His family moved to the Netherlands when he was five,[1] where he took acting classes at the AATG in the Hague.
[4] He graduated from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
[3][5] Before landing the leading role in fantasy TV series Olympus in 2015, York featured as the teenage version of one of the main cast in the first 2 episodes of the TV series Tyrant in 2014.
[3] After Olympus, in 2016 York appeared as Mike Maddox in Endeavour, as Mitch McCordell in Midsomer Murders, as Leo Richards in Death in Paradise, and as Zac Leeson in Agatha Raisin.
[6] In 2017 he was cast as Sam Carne in the BBC hit series Poldark.