He is best known for his role as Fenmore Baldwin in the CBS Daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless.
Tinker has also appeared in Law & Order True Crime, American Horror Story, NCIS: Los Angeles and Why Women Kill.
However, after he participated in a theater production of Stephen Belber's Tape, Tinker realized he wanted to a career as an actor.
[11] In 2017, Tinker appeared in Law & Order True Crime, a dramatic retelling of the murder trial of Lyle and Erik Menendez.
[7] In 2018, Tinker would go on to appear in episodes of CBS's NCIS and the Facebook Watch series, Turnt.
[11] In November 2018, it was announced that he had joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as a recast of Fenmore as the previous actor, Max Ehrich, was unable to reprise the role.
[2] In August 2021, Tinker joined the cast of the Days of Our Lives spinoff miniseries Beyond Salem as a recast of Sonny Kiriakis, a role originated by Freddie Smith.
[18] On February 11, 2022, Days of Our Lives announced that Tinker was slated to step into the role of Sonny on the main show.