Andrew Knott (born 22 November 1979) is an English actor.
Knott was born in Salford and now lives in Yorkshire, England, like his character in The Secret Garden. His first acting was done in British television and radio programs. He was trained in the Oldham Theatre Workshop. Knott's first major movie was Warner Brothers' The Secret Garden in 1993, when at the age of 13 he played Dickon Sowerby opposite such actors as Maggie Smith, John Lynch, an...
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Andrew Knott (born 22 November 1979) is an English actor.
Knott was born in Salford and now lives in Yorkshire, England, like his character in The Secret Garden. His first acting was done in British television and radio programs. He was trained in the Oldham Theatre Workshop. Knott's first major movie was Warner Brothers' The Secret Garden in 1993, when at the age of 13 he played Dickon Sowerby opposite such actors as Maggie Smith, John Lynch, and Kate Maberly. Following this critically acclaimed and award-winning film, he played Joe Green in Black Beauty, also critically acclaimed. 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...
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