[2] In his first film role in 2006, he played the lead character, Shaun Fields, in This Is England, written and directed by Shane Meadows.
On television he played the character Dizzy, a young boy mentored by Adam Solomons (Luke Treadaway), in the 2006 BBC drama series The Innocence Project.
In 2008, he was again in a Meadows film, Somers Town, where he co-starred in a comedy role with young Polish actor Piotr Jagiello.
In 2017, Turgoose appeared in the season 7 premiere of the HBO series Game of Thrones as a Lannister soldier.
[9] Prior to Grimsby Town's Conference Premier play-off final against Bristol Rovers, he interviewed manager Paul Hurst, club captain Craig Disley and striker Lenell John-Lewis for Football Focus, which was aired on 16 May 2015.