 Despite this, he struggled for many years to make ends meet, working as an usher at the Strand Theatre and teaching maths to young students while auditioning.In 2007, Floyd starred as a young alcoholic indigenous Canadian in J.B. Priestley’s play "The Glass Cage" at the Royal & Derngate theatre, directed by Laurie Sansom.And in 2008, he played Ali, a Pakistani student from Detroit in Anna Ziegler’s "Dov and Ali" at Theatre503.