Born in Wilson, North Carolina, Britt made his television debut in 2003 appearing in the recurring role of Devon Fox in One Tree Hill. Subsequently, he appeared in TV shows such as Veronica Mars, CSI: Miami, Cold Case and The Vampire Diaries. He has also acted in movies such as the Victor Salva film Peaceful Warrior and in the Twilight parody film Vampires Suck.

In 2013 he joined the main cast of BET series Being Mary Jane as Paul Patterson Jr., the responsible younger brother of the lead character Pauletta (“Mary Jane Paul”) Patterson. The series pilot episode aired on July 2, 2013. The pilot re-aired on November 3, 2013 and the series officially premiered on January 7, 2014. The series ended on April 23, 2019 with a two-hour film finale.

In 2014 he was cast as Agent Antoine Triplett in the ABC series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The character was supposed to die in season 1, but was kept through the first half of season 2 where he was killed off. He briefly returned in season 4 as a virtual artificial intelligence version of the character when the show’s lead cast is sent into a “what if” type of world known as the Framework.

In 2016, he joined the main cast of the second season of Unreal, while he also plays the recurring role of Will Baker in Pitch within the same year.