Torrens portrayed courtier Tommy Lascelles in the Netflix drama The Crown, aristocrat Lord Massen in the HBO series The Nevers, Herr Klaus Starr in Preacher, and held leading roles in Poldark and Versailles.

[4] In 2012, he appeared in the first episode of series 8 of Hustle,[4] as Heinz Zimmermann and also presented new gameshow The Devil's Dinner Party.

[4] In 2013, Torrens appeared in "The Waldo Moment", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.

[4] In November 2014, Torrens played the part of Richard Grenville in the BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers.

[4] In 2017, he began a starring role on American television series Preacher, on which he appeared in 33 episodes as Herr Klaus Helmut Starr.