Bent recently portrayed Chekura Tiano in the television miniseries The Book of Negroes, based on the best-selling novel by Lawrence Hill. For this role, Bent won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Dramatic Role at the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards. Bent has recently announced to be playing Jamie Overstreet, one of the male leads, in Spike Lee's new Netflix series, She's Gotta Have It.