[2] Upon graduating from drama school in 2013, Scolding made his professional stage debut in Strange Interlude at the National Theatre.

[7][8] Also in 2017, Scolding began voicing Christopher Carter in the BBC Radio 4 audio soap opera The Archers.

[9] He has worked extensively with Big Finish Productions on a number of Doctor Who and original audio dramas.

He also appeared in the BBC One drama Mrs Wilson, and on stage in The Madness of George III at Nottingham Playhouse and The Sweet Science of Bruising at Wilton's Music Hall.

[11] In 2023, Scolding joined the cast of Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre on the West End as Ernst Ludwig[12][13] and played Captain Vanis Tigo in the Disney+ series Andor.