Sheikh started his acting career from television shows like AAG TV's 2011's Dreamers in which he played the lead role of Mickey along with Ainy Jaffri.
[7] Sheikh also played another lead in 2012 as Zeeshan in the Geo's serial Mi Raqsam along with Ayeza Khan, Waseem Abbas, and Salman Shahid which Sabiha Sumar directed and written by Kifayat Rodani.
[11] In 2014, he starred in a supporting role in ARY's serial Bhabhi along with Aijaz Aslam and Sohai Ali Abro, which Asif Younus directed and Ghazala Aziz wrote.
[12][13] He played a supporting role in the ARY's Soteli along with Ayesha Khan, Deepak Perwani, and Sabreen Hisbani, directed by Shehrazade Sheikh and written by Seema Ghazal.
[14] Sheikh came on board as the lead in the road comedy film Karachi Se Lahore (2015), directed by Wajahat Rauf and written by Yasir Hussain.
[17] Sheikh then won the accolades for playing the polite and naive Gulraiz in Mohabbat Tumse Nafrat Hai alongside Ayeza Khan and Imran Abbas Naqvi.
He concluded the year with the Hum TV series Tum Ho Wajah, along with an ensemble cast of Sawera Nadeem, Shahood Alvi, Saboor Aly and Sumbul Iqbal.