[3][4][5] Prescott's first television credit was in Marchlands as Mark Ashburn, before making a guest appearance on Holby City.

He then began to appear in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Flynn Buchanan.

In 2015 Ryan took over for Khan Bonfils, who died during rehearsals for Dante's Inferno A Modern Telling.

In 2017, he then appeared in a documentary on the European Refugee Crisis, Dog Years, as himself.

[7] In 2018, Prescott joined the cast of Coronation Street as Ryan Connor, becoming the third actor to portray the role, replacing Sol Heras.