Tarrant grew up in Raglan, New Zealand. He has Māori, Samoan, and Niuean ancestors. He graduated from Fraser High School in 2008. While at high school, he participated in the New Zealand Shakespeare Globe Centre's national schools production and was then part of the Young Shakespeare Company in 2009.
Tarrant graduated from Toi Whakaari, New Zealand's foremost national drama school, in 2012, having won the Museum Art Hotel Scholarship for his final year.[a] While at Toi Whakaari, Tarrant was diagnosed with dyslexia.
Tarrant appeared in season four of SeaChange, and played Maui in the 2015 BBC series Tatau.

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