Erik Kenneth William Knudsen (born March 25, 1988) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Daniel Matthews in Saw II

Saw II

Saw II is a 2005 Canadian-American horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and co-written by Bousman and the first film's co-writer Leigh Whannell. It is a sequel to 2004's Saw and the second installment in the seven-part Saw film series...

 and Robbie Mercer in Scream 4

Scream 4

Scream 4 is a 2011 American slasher horror film and the fourth installment in the Scream film series. Directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, writer of Scream and Scream 2, the film stars an ensemble cast which includes David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts,...

 and played Dale Turner in the CBS series Jericho

Jericho (TV series)

Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States...

.

Life and career

Knudsen was born in Toronto, Ontario. He has appeared in several movies and guest appearances, mostly in Canada. In 2000, Knudsen got his start in a small part in Tribulation

Tribulation

The Great Tribulation refers to tumultuous events that are described during the "signs of the times", first mentioned by Jesus in the Olivet discourse...

. In 2001, Knudsen guest starred on The Guardian

The Guardian (TV series)

The Guardian is an American drama series which aired on CBS from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. It is currently showing in re-runs on the Sleuth Channel in the US. The Guardian has also aired in the United Kingdom on the Hallmark Channel, ABC1 and more recently five USA and as of August...

 and appeared in three other episodes. He was nominated a Young Artist Award for his performance. In 2003, Knudsen started playing the lead role, "Donovan MacKay", in the children's comedy series, Mental Block

Mental Block

Mental Block is a Canadian children's comedy TV series, which premiered September 1, 2003 on YTV. It is directed by Sean Dwyer and Michael Kennedy....

. The last episode aired on November 1, 2004.

Knudsen's appeared in Saw II

Saw II

Saw II is a 2005 Canadian-American horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and co-written by Bousman and the first film's co-writer Leigh Whannell. It is a sequel to 2004's Saw and the second installment in the seven-part Saw film series...

 as Daniel Matthews. He portrayed Dale Turner in Jericho

Jericho (TV series)

Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States...

. He made an appearance in Bon Cop, Bad Cop

Bon Cop, Bad Cop

Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...

 and recently appeared in an episode of Flashpoint

Flashpoint (TV series)

Flashpoint is a Canadian police drama television series that debuted on July 11, 2008, on CTV in Canada and ran on CBS in the United States for its first three and a half seasons. In 2011, Ion Television began airing new episodes of the series in the United States...

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He co-starred as Leroy "Lefty" in the film adaptation of Youth in Revolt

Youth in Revolt

Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp is a 1993 epistolary novel by C. D. Payne. The story is told in a picaresque fashion and makes heavy use of black humor and camp...

, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, based on the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley. The film is about Scott Pilgrim , a young Canadian musician, meeting the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers , an American delivery girl...

, as Lucas "Crash" Wilson, lead singer of fictional band Crash and the Boys. Both films were released in 2010. He appeared in Beastly

Beastly (film)

Beastly is a 2011 romantic fantasy film loosely based on Alex Flinn's 2007 novel of the same name. It is a retelling of the fairytale Beauty and the Beast set in modern-day New York City. The film is written and directed by Daniel Barnz and stars Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer.The plot focuses...

, based on Alex Flinn's 2007 novel, released March 4, 2011, and co-starring Alex Pettyfer

Alex Pettyfer

Alexander Richard "Alex" Pettyfer is an English actor and model. He appeared in school plays and on television before being cast as Alex Rider, the main character in the 2006 film version of Stormbreaker. Pettyfer was nominated for a Young Artist Award and an Empire Award for his role. He has been...

, Vanessa Hudgens, and Mary-Kate Olsen

Mary-Kate Olsen

Mary-Kate Olsen is an American actress, producer, author and fashion designer. She made her career debut in 1987 alongside her twin sister Ashley Olsen in the television series Full House...

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Knudsen played Robbie in 2011's Scream 4

Scream 4

Scream 4 is a 2011 American slasher horror film and the fourth installment in the Scream film series. Directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, writer of Scream and Scream 2, the film stars an ensemble cast which includes David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts,...

.

He recently finished filming The Barrens

The Barrens (film)

The Barrens is an upcoming horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and starring Stephen Moyer.-Plot:A man takes his wife and two children on a camping trip in the New Jersey Pine Barrens and becomes convinced they are being stalked by the legendary monster the Jersey Devil....

, co-starring True Blood

True Blood

True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...

s Stephen Moyer

Stephen Moyer

Stephen Moyer is an English actor who has starred as vampire Bill Compton in the HBO series True Blood since 2008.-Early life and career:Moyer was born in Brentwood, Essex...

, which will be released in 2012.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Real Kids, Real Adventures	Alex Schreffler	Episode: "Heimlich Hero: The Michelle Shreffler Story"
2000	Tribulation	Young Tom Canboro
2000	Common Ground Common Ground (film) Common Ground is a 2000 Showtime television movie directed by Donna Deitch and written by Paula Vogel, Terrence McNally and Harvey Fierstein. It stars Brittany Murphy, Jason Priestley, Steven Weber, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Edward Asner and James Le Gros...	Young Johnny Burroughs	TV movie
2000	In a Heartbeat In a Heartbeat In a Heartbeat is a Disney Channel Original Series inspired by real life EMT squads whose staff consists of high school students located all over the country that premiered in 2000 and ran from 2000-2001. The series follows the lives of several teenagers who volunteer as part-time EMTs while going...	Jason	Episode: "You Say It's Your Birthday"
2000	Santa Who? Santa Who? Santa Who? is a TV movie first shown in 2000 on ABC, starring Leslie Nielsen, and directed by William Dear. The plot centers on Santa Claus developing a case of amnesia right before Christmas...	Nasty Boy	TV movie
2001	Blackout	Ian Robbins	TV movie
2001	The Familiar Stranger	Young Chris Welsh	TV movie
2001	Doc Doc (TV series) Doc is a medical drama/family drama with strong Christian undertones starring Billy Ray Cyrus as Dr. Clint "Doc" Cassidy, a Montana doctor who takes a job in a New York City medical clinic. It ran from March 11, 2001 to November 28, 2004 on PAX...	Mitch	Episode: "First Impressions" Episode: "No Time Like the Present"
2001	Stolen Miracle	Tommy	TV movie
2001	The Guardian The Guardian (TV series) The Guardian is an American drama series which aired on CBS from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. It is currently showing in re-runs on the Sleuth Channel in the US. The Guardian has also aired in the United Kingdom on the Hallmark Channel, ABC1 and more recently five USA and as of August...	Hunter Reed	Episode: "Reunion" Episode: "Home"
2002	The Guardian	Hunter Reed	Episode: "The Beginning"
2003	Full-Court Miracle	TJ Murphy	TV movie
2003–2004	Mental Block Mental Block Mental Block is a Canadian children's comedy TV series, which premiered September 1, 2003 on YTV. It is directed by Sean Dwyer and Michael Kennedy....	Donovan Mackay	26 episodes
2004	Blue Murder	Jake Green	Episode: "Janet Green"
2005	Kevin Hill Kevin Hill Kevin Hill is an American legal drama that aired on UPN during the 2004-2005 TV season.-Synopsis:The series stars Taye Diggs as the title character, a lawyer who has to balance his professional career and his love life with having custody of Sarah, his 10 month old cousin...	Ryan Stallinger	Episode: "Losing Isn't Everything"
2005		Rog Ryan at 13 years
2005	Saw II Saw II Saw II is a 2005 Canadian-American horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and co-written by Bousman and the first film's co-writer Leigh Whannell. It is a sequel to 2004's Saw and the second installment in the seven-part Saw film series...	Daniel Matthews
2006	Booky Makes Her Mark Booky Makes Her Mark Booky Makes Her Mark is a made-for-TV movie that is based on the books by Bernice Thurman Hunter. This uplifting family film also features beloved Canadian actors Megan Follows , Roberta Maxwell and Lally Cadeau...	Arthur Thomson	TV movie
2006	Bon Cop, Bad Cop Bon Cop, Bad Cop Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...	Jonathan Ward
2006		Timmy Brock
2006–2008	Jericho Jericho (TV series) Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States...	Dale Turner	17 episodes
2008		Jeremy Rander	TV movie
2008	Flashpoint Flashpoint (TV series) Flashpoint is a Canadian police drama television series that debuted on July 11, 2008, on CTV in Canada and ran on CBS in the United States for its first three and a half seasons. In 2011, Ion Television began airing new episodes of the series in the United States...	Jackson Barcliffe	Episode: "The Element of Surprise"
2008	Saw V Saw V Saw V is a 2008 Canadian-American horror film directed by David Hackl and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan and stars Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor and Scott Patterson...	Daniel Matthews
2009	Youth in Revolt	Leroy "Lefty"
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a 2010 comedy film directed by Edgar Wright, based on the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley. The film is about Scott Pilgrim , a young Canadian musician, meeting the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers , an American delivery girl...	Luke "Crash" Wilson
2011	Beastly Beastly (film) Beastly is a 2011 romantic fantasy film loosely based on Alex Flinn's 2007 novel of the same name. It is a retelling of the fairytale Beauty and the Beast set in modern-day New York City. The film is written and directed by Daniel Barnz and stars Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer.The plot focuses...	Trey Madison
2011	Scream 4 Scream 4 Scream 4 is a 2011 American slasher horror film and the fourth installment in the Scream film series. Directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, writer of Scream and Scream 2, the film stars an ensemble cast which includes David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts,...	Robbie Mercer

External links

• Erik Knudsen Official Twitter
• Erik Knudsen Bio at CBS – Jericho
• Erik Knudsen Online Fansite