After graduating from NIDA in 1988, Huggett guested in an episode of Home and Away, before he was cast as villain Sonny Bennett in E Street.
In 1994, Huggett joined short-lived soap Paradise Beach as Sam Dexter and police drama Blue Heelers as supporting character Sean Neale.
He appeared in a number of theatre productions as part of the graduating classes, including The Screens by Jean Genet and Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson.
The soap's creator Forrest Redlich cast Huggett after spotting him in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
[6] Sonny was introduced as the "bad seed" brother of Lisa Bennett (played by Alyssa-Jane Cook) at a time the storylines were becoming darker in order to keep the show's male audience interested.
[10] Following his departure from E Street, Huggett joined the cast of Neighbours as Glen Donnelly, the illegitimate son of Jim Robinson (Alan Dale).
[13] In September 1991, Chrissie Camp of TV Week confirmed that Huggett had decided to quit Neighbours and not renew his one-year contract, which ran out in November.
[18] In 1994, Huggett joined the Nine Network soap opera Paradise Beach as Sam Dexter, who became a love interest for Kimberley Joseph's character Cassie Barsby.
"[5] Kevin Sadler of The Sydney Morning Herald noted that while Sam would call himself an "environmental crusader", Paradise Beach viewers would soon describe him as a "terrorist".
He told Fiona Byrne of the Herald Sun that it felt like he was coming home and he was looking forward to "the twists and turns ahead" for Glen.