Between 2006 and 2010, Haze starred in several films and television shows including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Live!, Prey For Me, Tunnel Vision, and Cop Dog.
In September 2011, Franco announced at the Toronto International Film Festival that he was set to direct and adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel Child of God, the story of Lester Ballard, "a young man who becomes ostracized from society and falls into a life of crime and sexual depravity while living in a cave in Tennessee." In January 2012, Haze had signed on to play that lead role of Lester Ballard. Haze worked on the role of Ballard for a year prior to filming and actually moved to Sevierville, Tennessee, where the Cormac McCarthy novel is set. In preparation for the role, Haze lost 45 pounds, lived in caves and stayed in character for months before and during filming.
Haze was named one of Variety's 10 Actors To Watch For 2013. For his performance in Child Of God, Haze was also award the Breakthrough Performer Of The Year at the 2013 Hamptons International Film Festival.
He starred Franco’s adaptation of william Faulkner’s novel The Sound and The Fury as Jason Compson IV. The film co-starred Franco, Ahna O'Reilly, and Tim Blake Nelson. The Sound and The Fury made its premiered at the 71st Venice Film Festival on September 5, 2014. The film had its North American premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, and screened at the Austin Film Festival and Virginia Film Festival, in October and November 2014.
Haze’s directorial debut Mully made its world premiere on November 1, 2015 at The Austin Film Festival. In 2016, Mully won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Film at the Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival. The film was awarded The Man In The Mirror Awards at the 2017 Bentonville Film Festival.
Haze starred as Levi in the Warner Bros. film Midnight Special. The film, written and directed by Jeff Nichols, also stars Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver and Sam Shepard. In February 2016 Midnight Special made its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival to positive reviews.
On October 19, 2017 it was announced that Haze had joined the cast of Venom. The film, directed by Ruben Fleischer, also stars Tom Hardy, Riz Ahmed, Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate and is set for release on October 5, 2018.
Haze had a cameo as serial killer, Charles Manson, in the 2018 adaptation of Steven Erikson’s novel Zeroville, which is directed by and stars Franco alongside Seth Rogen, Megan Fox, Jackie Weaver and Will Ferrell.
Haze then made his New York Stage debut on July 13 in the Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre’s production of Robert Boswell's The Long Shrift, directed by Franco. The play also starred Ahna O'Reilly, Brian Lally, Allie Gallerani, and Ally Sheedy.
