Andrew Knott

Andrew Knott
Born	(1979-11-22) 22 November 1979 Salford, Greater Manchester, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present
Children	2

Andrew Knott (born 22 November 1979) is a British actor. He is known for portraying Dickon Sowerby in 1993 film adaptation, The Secret Garden, based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and as Henry Green in the television drama series, Where the Heart Is. He has also appeared in the sitcom, Gavin & Stacey as Dirtbox.

Life and career

Knott was born in Salford. 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. He went on to play Joe Green in Black Beauty. In the late 1990s, he played Darren Featherstone and 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. In 2011, he appeared in "The National Anthem", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror. Knott later appeared in the TV series Drop Dead Gorgeous, Gavin & Stacey and the BBC 3 drama series Spooks: Code 9 as Rob.

Credits

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Cracker	Joe Harvey	Series 3, Episodes 1–2 "Brotherly Love"
1996	Children's Ward	Steve
1997–2001	Where the Heart Is	Henry Green	Series 1–5
1997	Police 2020	Scully	Pilot
	Coronation Street	Liam Shepherd	2 Episodes
1998	Heartbeat	Billy Fawsley	Series 8, Episode 2" "Fall Out"
	Casualty	Garth	Series 13, Episode 3: "Honey Bunny"
2000	Peak Practice	Steve	Series 9, episode 8" "Ghosts"
2003	Casualty	Ed	Series 17, Episode 28: "A Hard Day's Night"
	The Bill	Colin McGuire	Series 19, Episode 67: "142"
2006	Life on Mars	Derek Bannister	Series 1, episode 3
2007	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Ben McIntyre	Series 2
2007–2009	Gavin & Stacey	Dirtbox	Series 1, episode 5 Series 1, episode 6 Series 2, episode 6 Series 3, episode 3
2008	Lewis	Ryan Gallen	Series 2, Episode 2: "Music to Die For"
	Spooks: Code 9	Rob Sullivan	Main cast
2011	Frankenstein's Wedding	Henry	Main Cast
	Waterloo Road	Greg Barrington	Series 7, Episode 17
	Black Mirror	Brian	Episode: "The National Anthem"
2014	Father Brown	Peter Royce	Series 2, Episode 7: The Three Tools of Death
	Casualty	John Cunningham	Series 28, Episodes 22 & 23
2015	Banana	Eddie	Series 1, Episode 4
2016	Casualty	Vince Callaghan	Series 30, Episodes 28 & 29, 33 & 34
	Grantchester	Sam Milburn	Series 2, Episodes 1 & 6
2017	No Offence	Freddie Dobson	Series 2, Episode 3
2018	Midsomer Murders	Mostyn Cartwright	Series 20, Episode 6, "Send in the Clowns"
	Strangers	Conrad Davies	Series 1, Episodes 6, 7 & 8
2019	Silent Witness	Nick Marlow	Series 22, Episodes 1&2
2020	Brave New World	Dario	1 episode
2021	Leonardo	Alfonso	2 episodes
	Time	Alexander Doyle	1 episode
2022	Ackley Bridge	Dean Dobson	7 episodes
	The Walk-In	Kevin	1 episode
2023	Maryland	Jim

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Secret Garden	Dickon	Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Motion Picture
1994	Black Beauty	Joe Green
2006	The History Boys	Lockwood
2007	The Sickhouse	Steve
2009	Cotton Stones	Rob Mally	Short film (13 minutes)
2010	In Our Name	Paul
	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	Reporter
2012	Spike Island	Voodoo Ray
2015	The Lady in the Van	Ambulance Man
2017	My Cousin Rachel	Joshua

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2004–2006	The History Boys	Lockwood	Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, South Bank (2004–2005) Lyric Theatre, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (2006) St. James Theatre, Wellington (2006) Sydney Theatre, Sydney (2006) Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway (2006)
2010–2013	Backbeat	John Lennon	Citizens Theatre, Glasgow (2010) Duke of York's Theatre, London (2011) Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto Canada (2012) Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles (2013)	Based on the 1994 film of the same name

Radio

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

Voice (video games)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Grand Theft Auto: III	Kenji Kasen	Video game

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title of work	Result
1994	Young Artist Award	Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Motion Picture Drama	The Secret Garden as Dickon	Nominated

External links

• Andrew Knott at IMDb