Career
Bailey first began working as an actor on the Independent Television series Bramwell. After playing parts in various television series and films, Bailey secured a small role as sport enthusiast Flatpack in the sitcom Campus. In 2011, he was cast as Leonardo da Vinci in the program Leonardo and went on to play opposite Sarah Alexander in the British Broadcasting Corporation comedy Maine and Mistress
Jones.
He was nominated for the award for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2012 for his performance in David Hare"s South Downs. Bailey has played the role of Tim Price in the musical American Psycho at London"s Almeida Theatre since December 2013. In September 2014, he played the character Psi in the Doctor Who series 8 episode, "Time Heist".
He portrays small town reporter Olly Stevens in the Independent Television series Broadchurch.