Andrew Knott

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title: "Andrew Knott" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["english-male-child-actors", "english-male-film-actors", "english-male-radio-actors", "english-male-stage-actors", "english-male-television-actors", "1979-births", "living-people", "male-actors-from-salford", "20th-century-english-male-actors", "21st-century-english-male-actors"] description: "British actor (born 1979)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Knott" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary British actor (born 1979) ::

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Field	Value
name	Andrew Knott
caption	[[File:Andrew Knott.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Salford, Greater Manchester, England
occupation	Actor
years_active	1993–present
children	2
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|name = Andrew Knott |image = |image_size = |caption = [[File:Andrew Knott.jpg|thumb|Actor Andrew Knott]] | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Salford, Greater Manchester, England | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1993–present | children = 2 Andrew Knott (born 22 November 1979) is an English 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 and Gavin & Stacey, and the BBC 3 drama series Spooks: Code 9 as Rob.

Filmography

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Cracker	Joe Harvey	2 episodes
1996	Emmerdale	Darryl	3 episodes
1996	Children's Ward	Steve
1997–2001	Where the Heart Is	Henry Green
1997	Police 2020	Scully	Pilot
Coronation Street	Liam Shepherd	2 episodes
1998	Heartbeat	Billy Fawsley	1 episode
Casualty	Garth	1 episode
2000	Peak Practice	Steve	1 episode
2003	Casualty	Ed	1 episode
**	Colin McGuire	1 episode
2006	Life on Mars	Derek Bannister	1 episode
2007	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Ben McIntyre
2007–2009, 2024	Gavin & Stacey	Dirtbox	4 episodes
2008	Lewis	Ryan Gallen	1 episode
Spooks: Code 9	Rob Sullivan
2011	Frankenstein's Wedding	Henry
Waterloo Road	Greg Barrington	1 episode
Black Mirror	Brian	1 episode
2014	Father Brown	Peter Royce	1 episode
Casualty	John Cunningham	1 episode
2015	Banana	Eddie	1 episode
2016	Casualty	Vince Callaghan	4 episodes
Grantchester	Sam Milburn	2 episodes
2017	No Offence	Freddie Dobson	1 episode
2018	Midsomer Murders	Mostyn Cartwright	1 episode
Strangers	Conrad Davies	3 episodes
2019	Silent Witness	Nick Marlow	1 episode
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
2024	Protection	DI Richard Bewley	6 episodes
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Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	**	Dickon	Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Motion Picture
1994	Black Beauty	Joe Green
2006	**	Lockwood
2007	**	Steve
2009	Cotton Stones	Rob Mally	Short film
2010	In Our Name	Paul
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	Reporter
2012	Spike Island	Voodoo Ray
2014	The Unbeatables	Beville Beville/Beville	Voice, UK version
2015	The Lady in the Van	Ambulance Man
2017	My Cousin Rachel	Joshua
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Theatre

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Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2004–2006	**	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	title=Backbeat	url=http://citz.co.uk/whatson/info/backbeat/	publisher=Citizens Theatre	accessdate=10 June 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
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Radio

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Year	Title	Role	Station	Notes
2000	title=Stockport, So Good They Named It Once	url=http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/s/st/stockport__so_good_they_named_it_once.html	publisher=RadioListings.co.uk	accessdate=10 June 2010}}
2002	title=Gary Brown Radio Plays	url=http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/gbrown.html	accessdate=10 June 2010}}	Josh
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Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Category	Title of work	Result
1994	Young Artist Award	title=Fifteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards	url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms15.htm	publisher=Young Artist Awards
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References

References

1. "Backbeat". [[Citizens Theatre]].
2. "Backbeat Credits". [[Citizens Theatre]].
3. "Stockport, So Good They Named It Once". RadioListings.co.uk.
4. "Gary Brown Radio Plays".
5. "Fifteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards". [[Young Artist Awards]].

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