Andrew Knott
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Andrew Knott is an English actor.
. His first acting was done in British television and radio programmes. He was trained in the Oldham Theatre Workshop
. Knott's first major film was Warner Brothers' The Secret Garden in 1993, in which he played Dickon Sowerby opposite such actors as Maggie Smith
, John Lynch
and Kate Maberly
. Following this, he played Joe Green in Black Beauty
. In the late 1990s, he played Liam Shepherd in Coronation Street
.
In 2004, he returned to theatre to act in Alan Bennett's
The History Boys
. The National Theatre
production later toured the world, affording Knott his Broadway debut. He reprised his role on BBC radio, and in Bennett's film adaptation
which was directed by the National's Nicholas Hytner
. Knott most recently appeared in the TV series Drop Dead Gorgeous
, Gavin and Stacey and the BBC 3 drama series Spooks: Code 9 as Rob.
Biography
Knott was born in Salford and now lives in YorkshireYorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
. His first acting was done in British television and radio programmes. He was trained in the Oldham Theatre Workshop
Oldham Theatre Workshop
The Oldham Theatre Workshop is a youth theatre group based in the north west of England.-Outline:Founded by David Johnson in 1968, the workshop is renowned for producing some of the best young acting talent in Britain...
. Knott's first major film was Warner Brothers' The Secret Garden in 1993, in which he played Dickon Sowerby opposite such actors as Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE , better known as Maggie Smith, is an English film, stage, and television actress who made her stage debut in 1952 and is still performing after 59 years...
, John Lynch
John Lynch (actor)
John Lynch is an Irish actor from Northern Ireland.-Biography:John Lynch was born in the United Kingdom and moved to his father's native home in Corrinshego, County Armagh, near Newry, County Down in Northern Ireland as a child. He attended St Colman's College, Newry, a Catholic school...
and Kate Maberly
Kate Maberly
Kate Elizabeth Cameron Maberly is an English actress and musician. She has appeared in film, television, radio and on stage.-Early life:...
. Following this, he played Joe Green in Black Beauty
Black Beauty (1994 film)
Black Beauty is a 1994 film adaptation of Anna Sewell's novel by the same name directed by Caroline Thompson in her directorial debut. The film stars Andrew Knott, Sean Bean and David Thewlis. The film is also treated as an autobiography of the horse Black Beauty as in the original novel, and is...
. In the late 1990s, he played Liam Shepherd in Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
.
In 2004, he returned to theatre to act in Alan Bennett's
Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett is a British playwright, screenwriter, actor and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with The Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research mediaeval history at the university for several years...
The History Boys
The History Boys
The History Boys is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Lyttelton Theatre in London on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre where there were 185 performances staged before it closed on 1 October 2006.The play won multiple...
. The National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
production later toured the world, affording Knott his Broadway debut. He reprised his role on BBC radio, and in Bennett's film adaptation
The History Boys (film)
The History Boys is a 2006 British comedy-drama film adapted by Alan Bennett from his play of the same name, which won the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play...
which was directed by the National's Nicholas Hytner
Nicholas Hytner
Sir Nicholas Robert Hytner is an English film and theatre producer and director. He has been the artistic director of London's National Theatre since 2003.-Biography:...
. Knott most recently appeared in the TV series Drop Dead Gorgeous
Drop Dead Gorgeous (TV series)
Drop Dead Gorgeous is a British comedy-drama for BBC Three. Set in Runcorn, it tells the story of 15-year-old Ashley Webb , whose life is turned upside-down when she is approached by a spotter from a local modelling agency...
, Gavin and Stacey and the BBC 3 drama series Spooks: Code 9 as Rob.
List of credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Cracker Cracker (UK TV series) Cracker is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. The series is centered on a criminal psychologist , Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald, played by Robbie Coltrane. Set in Manchester, it consists of three series which were... |
Joe Harvey | Series 3, episodes 1–2 "Brotherly Love" |
| 1996 | Children's Ward Children's Ward Children's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its Children's ITV strand on weekday afternoons... |
Steve | |
| 1997–2001 | Where the Heart Is Where the Heart Is (1997 TV series) Where the Heart Is is a British television drama series set in the fictional town Skelthwaite.First shown in 1997, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone... |
Henry Green | Series 1–5 |
| 1997 | Police 2020 Police 2020 Police 2020 is a TV film which was released in 1997. It was intended to serve as the pilot episode of a British police drama set in the near future.... |
Scully | Pilot |
| 1997 | Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960... |
Liam Shepherd | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Heartbeat | Billy Fawsley | Series 8, episode 2" "Fall Out" |
| 1998 | Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The... |
Garth | Series 13, episode 3: "Honey Bunny" Casualty (series 13) The thirteenth series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 5 September 1998 and finished on 13 March 1999.... |
| 2000 | Peak Practice Peak Practice Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time... |
Steve | Series 9, episode 8" "Ghosts" |
| 2003 | Casualty | Ed | Series 17, episode 28: "A Hard Day's Night" Casualty (series 17) The seventeenth series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 14 September 2002 and finished on 21 June 2003... |
| 2003 | Colin McGuire | Series 19, episode 67: "142" | |
| 2006 | Life on Mars Life on Mars (TV series) Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007. The series combines elements of science fiction and police procedural.... |
Derek Bannister | Series 1, episode 3 Series 1: Episode 3 (Life on Mars) The third episode of the first series of the British time travel police procedural television series, Life on Mars, was first broadcast on 23 January 2006. It was produced by Kudos Film & Television for BBC One.-Synopsis:... |
| 2007 | Drop Dead Gorgeous Drop Dead Gorgeous (TV series) Drop Dead Gorgeous is a British comedy-drama for BBC Three. Set in Runcorn, it tells the story of 15-year-old Ashley Webb , whose life is turned upside-down when she is approached by a spotter from a local modelling agency... |
Ben McIntyre | Series 2 |
| 2007–2009 | Gavin & Stacey Gavin & Stacey Gavin & Stacey is a British comedy television series. A romantic comedy-drama, the show follows the long-distance relationship of Gavin from Billericay in Essex, England, and Stacey from Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. The writers of the show, actors James Corden and Ruth Jones, also... |
Dirtbox | |
| 2008 | Lewis | Ryan Gallen | Series 2, episode 2: "Music to Die For" |
| 2008 | Spooks: Code 9 | Rob Sullivan | Main cast |
| 2011 | "Frankenstein's Wedding Frankenstein's Wedding Frankenstein's Wedding is a live musical drama based on Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. The show was broadcast live on BBC Three on the 19 March 2011 from Kirkstall Abbey. -Summary:... " |
Henry | Main Cast |
| 2011 | Waterloo Road Waterloo Road Waterloo Road may refer to:Places:* Waterloo Road, London, England* Waterloo Road, Hong Kong* Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, England. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.'s Molineux Stadium is located on this road.Film and television:... |
Greg Barrington | Series 7, episode 17 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Dickon | Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Motion Picture Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist... |
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| 1994 | Black Beauty Black Beauty (1994 film) Black Beauty is a 1994 film adaptation of Anna Sewell's novel by the same name directed by Caroline Thompson in her directorial debut. The film stars Andrew Knott, Sean Bean and David Thewlis. The film is also treated as an autobiography of the horse Black Beauty as in the original novel, and is... |
Joe Green | |
| 2006 | Lockwood | ||
| 2007 | Steve | ||
| 2009 | Cotton Stones | Rob Mally | Short film (13 minutes) |
| 2010 | Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (film) Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is a 2010 biopic of Ian Dury, starring Andy Serkis as Dury. The film follows Dury's rise to fame and documents his personal battle with the disability caused by having contracted polio during childhood. The effect that his disability and his lifestyle have upon his... |
Reporter |
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–2006 | Lockwood | |||
| 2010 | Backbeat | John Lennon John Lennon John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music... |
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow | Based on the 1994 film of the same name Backbeat (film) Backbeat is a 1994 British-German drama film directed by Iain Softley. It chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe and John Lennon , and also with Sutcliffe's German girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr... |
| Year | Title | Role | Station | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Stockport... So Good They Named It Once | Jason | BBC Radio 7 | Series 2 |
| 2002 | Fat Camp | Josh | BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2002 open world action computer and video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and sixth original title overall... |
Kenji Kasen | Video game |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Title of work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Young Artist Award Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist... |
Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Motion Picture Drama |
as Dickon |