Tommy Knight

For the English footballer, see Tommy Knight (footballer).

Tommy Knight
Knight in 2018
Born
Thomas Lawrence Knight

(1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 31)
Chatham, Kent, England
OccupationActor
Years active2001–2023
TelevisionThe Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011)
Waterloo Road (2012–2015)
Glue (2014)
Victoria (2016–2019)
PartnerAbby Mavers (2012-2017)
Websitehttps://www.tommyk.uk/

Thomas Lawrence Knight (born 22 January 1993),[1][2] usually credited as Tommy Knight, is an English former actor best known for playing Luke Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures and Doctor Who, Kevin Chalk in the original run of Waterloo Road, Cal Bray in Glue and Archibald Brodie in Victoria.

Early and personal life

Born in Chatham, Kent, Knight is the middle of five siblings, all of whom act.[3] He attended Delce Junior School in Rochester from year 4 onwards and formerly attended the Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School.[citation needed]

Knight was in a relationship with Waterloo Road co-star Abby Mavers from 2012 to 2017.[4]

Career

Knight started in West End Theatre with Deborah Warner's production of Euripides' Medea, (Queens Theatre, 2001),[5] and has since appeared in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, (London Palladium, 2002),[5] The Snowman, (Peacock Theatre, 2003),[5] The Full Monty, (UK National Tour, 2004)[5] and the Royal Shakespeare Company's Macbeth (Albery Theatre, 2005).[5]

Additional television performances include roles in TV to Go, (BBC, 2002),[6] Casualty, (BBC, 2005, 2007 and 2015),[6][7] The Impressionists, (BBC, 2006),[8] Sorted,[9] (BBC, 2006), Doctors (BBC, 2006),[10] and The Bill (Talkback Thames, 2006 and 2009),[11] and Myths (BBC, 2008).[12]

Knight is best known for playing Luke Smith, adoptive son of Sarah Jane Smith, in the first three series of The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007, 2008, 2009) and in the 2008 Doctor Who episodes "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End". He was featured in the second part of "The End of Time", the two-part 2009 Doctor Who Christmas specials.[13] He was written out as a regular on The Sarah Jane Adventures in the first serial of the fourth series in 2010, when Luke drives off to Oxford University, however he continued to make semi-regular appearances in the show up to the end of the fifth and final series, usually via webcam from his dorm room. His final appearance was in the show's final episode, "The Man Who Never Was".

He also featured in a CEOP e-Safety Video "Tom's Story", which can be watched on YouTube. Knight featured in a darker role in a 2012 independent UK horror film, A Suburban Fairytale, in which he acted alongside real life sister Yohanna Farrel in an incestuous and murderous role.[14][non-primary source needed] He joined Waterloo Road in 2012, first appearing in episode 8 of series 8 playing Kevin Skelton. His notable storylines included being adopted by teacher Daniel Chalk (and thus changing his name to Kevin Chalk), his relationship with Dynasty Barry, having an affair with a teaching assistant and most recently suffering a stroke before a university interview. He left Waterloo Road in Series 10 Episode 12.

In 2014, he appeared as murder victim Cal in the E4 drama series Glue. He later played Hall Boy Brodie in Victoria, a period drama starring Waterloo Road and Doctor Who alumnus Jenna Coleman.[15]

In March 2023, in an interview with Knight in Doctor Who Magazine, Knight says he no longer acts and is now a computer coder, offering tech support as well;[16] however, this is disputed by Knight's own LinkedIn page, crediting him as still acting.[17] As of 30 March, 2024, his LinkedIn page describes him as a Front-End Developer with no mention of acting.

Conventions

In August 2024, Knight was among the guest line-up at Whooverville 15, held in Derby.[18] While there, he was also interviewed by Martin Spellacey for Bristol-based community radio show ShoutOut.[19]

List of credits

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2002 TV to Go Timothy [20]
15 Storeys High Various [5]
2005 Casualty Liam Woodbridge [21]
The Impressionists Paul Cézanne Junior [8]
2006 Doctors Kevin Dobson
Sorted Robert
The Bill Shaun Perkins
2007–2011 The Sarah Jane Adventures Luke Smith Main role; 43 episodes
2007 Chute
Blue Peter Himself
2007, 2010 TMi Himself
2007 Casualty Jugg
2008, 2010 Doctor Who Luke Smith 3 episodes
2010 Sarah Jane's Alien Files Main role; 2 episodes [22]
The Bill Greg Holbrook
2011 My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen Himself [23]
2012–2015 Waterloo Road Kevin Skelton/Chalk 55 episodes
2013 Let's Dance for Comic Relief Himself
12 Again Himself Doctor Who special
2014 Glue Cal Bray
2015 Casualty Rhys Healy
You, Me and the Apocalypse Dealer Dan [24]
2016–2019 Victoria Brodie Main role; 25 episodes
2016 Doctors Nathan Williams
2020 Ghost Seekers Naked Ghost 1 episode

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 There's No Santa Dumbass Thomas
2004 Beneath the Steel Sky Peter Student film
2004 The Real Guthrie Young Guthrie
2005 Dialogue for One Boy Short film
2007 Runaways Charlie Short film
Pudding Bowl Jack Short film
2009 The Silver Key Dark haired boy Short film
2011 Why Grandson Short film
2011 Il Maestro Pianist Short film
2012 Stitches Tom
2015 Closets Henry Short film
2015 The Enchanted Rose Alex Short film
2017 The Hippopotamus David
2021 A Suburban Fairytale Paul
2023 Last Village on the Right Liam Upcoming

Audio

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Doctor Who: Podshock Himself Episode 226 Extra Edition
2023 Rani Takes on the World Luke Smith The Revenge of Wormwood, 2 episodes

Online

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Think You Know? Tom
2014 Glue Online Cal Bray
2020 "Farewell, Sarah Jane" Luke Smith

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Whistle Down The Wind (show cancelled.)[5] Poor Baby Aldwych Theatre, London
2001 Medea[5] Medea's son Queen's Theatre, West End
2002–2003 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang[5] Rolf London Palladium, West End
2003 Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All to You[5] Thomas Barons Court Theatre, London
2003–2004 The Snowman[5] The boy Peacock Theatre, West End
2004 The Full Monty[5] Nathan UK national tour
2005 Macbeth[5] Young MacDuff Albery Theatre, West End
2014–2015 Hope[25] Jake Royal Court Theatre, West End
2019 The Market Boy [26] The Boy The Union Theatre, London

References

  1. ^ "England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916–2005". Ancestry.com.
  2. ^ Eerste kind: Hendrikje Ouweneel (1857–1916) Archived 22 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Cook, Benjamin (20 August 2008). "Smells Like Teen Spirit: Luke Smith". Doctor Who Magazine (398): 40.
  4. ^ Shenton, Zoe (13 February 2015). "The real life Waterloo Road romances revealed". The Daily Mirror.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Tommy Knight". Knightkids.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  6. ^ a b TV to Go (TV Series 2001–2002) – IMDb
  7. ^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 16 February 2008.
  8. ^ a b "The Impressionists". 30 April 2006 – via IMDb.
  9. ^ ""Sorted" Episode #1.4 (TV Episode 2006) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  10. ^ "Fighting Talk". 15 June 2006 – via IMDb.
  11. ^ "The Bill" 426 (TV Episode 2006) – Full Cast & Crew – IMDb
  12. ^ "Switch – Myths – Credits". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  13. ^ "Star Trek Comedy And Doctor Who Tragedy – Revealed!". Io9.com. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  14. ^ "A Suburban Fairytale". Facebook. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  15. ^ "Rufus Sewell to join Jenna Coleman in major new ITV drama Victoria". ITV. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  16. ^ "The DWM Interview: Curiouser and Curiouser, page 24". Panini. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  17. ^ Tommy Knight | LinkedIn, Retrieved 2024-01-24
  18. ^ "Whooverville 15". The Whoovers. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  19. ^ "Knight and Capron". ShoutOut Radio. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  20. ^ Peak Practice (TV Series 1993–2002) – Full Cast & Crew – IMDb
  21. ^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 30 July 2005.
  22. ^ "CBBC Programmes – Sarah Jane's Alien Files, Episode 3". BBC. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  23. ^ "My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elizabeth Sladen". 23 April 2011 – via IMDb.
  24. ^ "Episode #1.7". IMDb. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  25. ^ Kutchinsky, Serena (10 December 2014). "Hope, Royal Court: Jack Thorne lays bare Labour's identity crisis". prospectmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  26. ^ "Tommy Knight". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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