He auditioned for the BBC reality TV series Any Dream Will Do and won the competition. He starred in the title role of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat which opened in the West End in July 2007. He has also gone on to star in the West End in Wicked, The West End Men, and Legally Blonde: The Musical. Mead joined the cast of the BBC drama series Casualty in 2014. He has also released several solo albums since 2007.