British actor (born 1979)

Andrew Knott (born 22 November 1979) is a British actor. He played Dirtbox in Gavin & Stacey, and Dickon Sowerby in the 1993 film The Secret Garden.

Contents

• 1 Life and career
• 2 Credits
• 3 Awards and nominations
• 4 References
• 5 External links

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 most recently appeared in the TV series Drop Dead Gorgeous, Gavin & Stacey and the BBC 3 drama series Spooks: Code 9 as Rob. Recently he appeared in 1 episode of the LGBT miniseries Banana and he has guest starred on the BBC show Father Brown.

Knott is married with two daughters.

Credits

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Andrew Knott at IMDb