Theatre Croft made his first
West End stage appearance in 2010 in
Sam Mendes' production of
Oliver! (
Theatre Royal Drury Lane). In 2011, he was cast as
Gavroche in
Les Misérables (
Queen's Theatre). Croft was later handpicked by producer
Cameron Mackintosh to return to
Oliver! this time playing the title role in the UK touring company for eighteen months. In 2013, Croft played Tommy in the
Royal Shakespeare Company production of
Matilda (
Cambridge Theatre). His final musical performance as a juvenile was in the title role of the world premiere production of
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (
Leicester Curve). Prominent musical theatre workshops include: ''
I Can't Sing, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
, Bumblescratch, Danny Hero
and The Braille Legacy
. Prominent one night concerts and performances include: Rags: The Musical (Lyric Theatre) and A Charity Concert With
Emeli Sande and
Laura Wright. In June 2016 Croft appeared in the West End Live presentation of Bumblescratch'' in
Trafalgar Square. In 2014, Croft's vocals were featured in the
National Theatre Live's production of
Coriolanus (
Donmar Warehouse) with
Tom Hiddleston. for which Croft received high praise from the national press. In 2023, in his first stage appearance in eight years, Croft appeared in
Amy Herzog's play
4000 Miles at the
Minerva Theatre at
Chichester Festival Theatre, with Dame
Eileen Atkins.
Film and television In 2016, Croft appeared in the
ITV and
Fox series
Houdini and Doyle and the
Sky Atlantic and
Showtime series
Penny Dreadful. Croft rose to prominence portraying the role of a young
Eddard Stark (portrayed by
Sean Bean as an adult and
Robert Aramayo as a young adult) in the
sixth season of the
HBO series
Game of Thrones. Croft made his feature film debut in 2017 as a Young David Logan in
The Hippopotamus. He appeared in the 2019 films
Music, War and Love and
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans as Young Robert Pulaski and Atti respectively, the latter of which earned him a
BAFTA Children's Award nomination in the Young Performer category. In April 2021, it was announced Croft would play Ben Hope in the 2022
Netflix series
Heartstopper, an adaptation of the webcomic and graphic novel of the same name by
Alice Oseman. Later that year, he was part of the cast of the horror-fantasy film
Dampyr released in Italy on 28 October 2022. Croft co-starred with
Charithra Chandran in the young adult romantic comedy
How to Date Billy Walsh for
Amazon Prime. In August 2023, it was confirmed that Croft would not be returning for the third season of
Heartstopper as Ben Hope, given his character's storyline had finished in the second season's seventh episode. In November 2023, it was announced Croft would star in the film
Get Away (originally titled Svalta) with
Nick Frost and
Aisling Bea. The same month, Croft joined the cast of the
BBC crime drama series
Dope Girls. Croft is set to appear on the
second series of
The Celebrity Traitors in Autumn 2026.
Music On 7 November 2025, Croft independently released his debut single "Tokyo" after teasing snippets weeks before. On 4 March 2026, he released his second single "Better than ever". ==Personal life==