[1] He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for three years from 2011 to 2014.
In 2016, he featured in an episode of the sixth season of Game of Thrones as Lord Cley Cerwen[2] and in episode 1 of ITV series Dark Angel as Billy Mowbray.
Varey played PE teacher Will Simpson for the first two series of Ackley Bridge from 2017 to 2018.
Varey starred as Trevor in the feature film Pond Life in 2018.
[1][3] In 2023, Varey starred as Steve O'Callaghan in the Amazon Prime Video series, Fifteen-Love.