Jarrod Cooke appeared on Coronation Street in two roles: firstly as a student named Gary who briefly dated Violet Wilson between April and May 2007; and he returned to the programme in September 2010 as Thomas Hughes, a lad drinking in the Rovers who mocked Izzy Armstrong for her disability and was ultimately knocked unconscious by a protective Gary Windass. His other credits include roles in Holby City, Girls in Love, Lunch Monkeys, The Royal, Heartbeat, Emmerdale, Doctors and the 2011 film The Holding. On stage he has appeared in productions of The Fox and Our Style is Legendary.