Probably for the series. He seems to be part of a journalist agency traveling across the globe, so his character may not have time to shave. Also, if he works from home, he doesn't need toHas he been working on trying to establish a new look, these last couple of months his stylings have been all over the place, or they’ve been posting picture from throughout the years.
It's too bad that World on Fire has been cancelled -- the show had potential and some interesting characters. It also had some good actors like Jonah Hauer-King & Lesley Manville.The sly smile in this picture of him linked and headlining the article about the show’s cancellation seems incongruous:
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