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==