Tommy Knight

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Thomas Lawrence Knight
Tommy's Head Shot - Nov 2018.jpg
Knight in 2018
Born (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 28)
Chatham, Kent, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present
TelevisionThe Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011)
Waterloo Road (2012–2015)
Glue (2014)
Victoria (2016–present)
Partner(s)Abby Mavers (2012–2017)

Thomas Lawrence Knight (born 22 January 1993),[1][2] usually credited as Tommy Knight, is an English actor best known for playing Luke Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures and Doctor Who, Kevin Chalk in Waterloo Road,[3] murder victim Caleb "Cal" Bray in Glue[4] and Brodie in Victoria.

Personal life[]

Born in Chatham, Kent, Knight is the middle of five siblings (3 boys, 2 girls), all of whom act.[5] He attended Delce Junior School in Rochester from year 4 onwards and formerly attended the Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School.

Knight was in a relationship with Waterloo Road co-star Abby Mavers from 2012 to 2017.[6]

Career[]

Knight started in West End Theatre with Deborah Warner's production of Euripides' Medea, (Queens Theatre, 2001),[7] and has since appeared in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, (London Palladium, 2002),[7] The Snowman, (Peacock Theatre, 2003),[7] The Full Monty, (UK National Tour, 2004)[7] and the Royal Shakespeare Company's Macbeth (Albery Theatre, 2005).[7]

Additional television performances include roles in TV to Go, (BBC, 2002),[8] Casualty, (BBC, 2005, 2007 and 2015),[8][9] The Impressionists, (BBC, 2006),[10] Sorted,[11] (BBC, 2006), Doctors (BBC, 2006),[12] and The Bill (Talkback Thames, 2006 and 2009),[13] and Myths (BBC, 2008).[14]

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.[15] 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.[16] 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. Most recently, he was cast as "Hall Boy Brodie" in Victoria, a period drama starring Waterloo Road Alumnus, Jenna Coleman.[17]

List of credits[]

Commercials[]

Year Title Role Network Notes
2002 Nationwide Building Society Commercial[7] Young Footballer
Various
 Filmed at Hackney Marshes, London
KFC Commercial[7] Child of Family 2
Various
 Filmed at Wood Green, North London.
2003
 Little Monsters Commercial[7] Bullied child in title scenes and Body Double
Sky
 Filmed at Canning Town, London.
2006 Sainsbury's Commercial[7] Boy in a Park
Various
 Filmed with Jamie Oliver in Brighton
Low Low Commercial for Ireland[7] Middle Son
Various
 Directed by Declan Lowry, filmed on location in Manchester.

Television[]

Year Title Role Network Notes
2002 TV to Go[18] Timothy
BBC Two
 Series 2, Episodes 1 and 4
15 Storeys High[7] Various background characters
BBC Two
2005 Casualty[19] Liam Woodbridge
BBC One
 Series 19 Episode 45 "Aftermath"
The Impressionists[10] Paul Cézanne Junior
BBC One
 Mini-series
2006 Doctors[12] Kevin Dobson
BBC One
 Series 8 Episode 38 "Fighting Talk"
Sorted[11] Robert
BBC One
 Series 1 Episode 4
The Bill[13] Shaun Perkins
ITV
 Series 22 Episode 49 "426"
Credited as Thomas Knight.
2007 – 2011
The Sarah Jane Adventures[20] Luke Smith
CBBC and BBC HD
 Invasion of the Bane
All episodes of Series 1,[21] 2[22] and 3[23] except The Eternity Trap.
2009 Comic Relief special.
Series 4:[24] The Nightmare Man, The Vault of Secrets Part 1, Death of the Doctor Part 1 and Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith.
Series 5:[25] Sky Part 1 and The Man Who Never Was.
2007 Chute[7] Luke Smith
CBBC
 Episode 9
Blue Peter[26] Himself
BBC One
 Episode dated 26 September 2007
TMi[27] Himself
BBC Two
 Episode dated 20 October 2007
Credited as Thomas Knight.
Casualty[9] Jugg (Matt Turner)
BBC One
 Series 22 Episode 26 "Say Say My Playmate"
2008 Doctor Who[28][29] Luke Smith
BBC One
 Series 4 Episode 12 "The Stolen Earth"
Series 4 Episode 13 "Journey's End"
Credited as Thomas Knight.
Myths[14] Paris
BBC Switch
 Series 1 Episode 1 "Paris and the Goddesses"
Short (5 minutes)
Blue Peter[30] Himself
BBC One
 Episode dated 7 October 2008
TMi[31] Himself
BBC Two
 Episode dated 25 October 2008
2009
 CBBC[32] Himself
CBBC
 Continuity link question and answer session.
2010 Doctor Who[33] Luke Smith
BBC One and BBC HD
The End of Time Part 2
Credited as Thomas Knight.
The Bill[34] Greg Holbrook
ITV 1 and ITV 1 HD
 Series 26 Episode 2 Held Responsible
Sam & Mark's TMi Friday[35] Himself
CBBC
 Episode dated 8 October 2010
Sarah Jane's Alien Files[36] Luke Smith
CBBC
 Episodes 3 and 6
2011
 My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen[37] Himself
CBBC
Uncredited
2012–2015
 Waterloo Road[38] Kevin Skelton/Chalk
BBC One
55 Episodes. Series 8, Episodes 8–30 Series 9, Episodes 1–20 Series 10 Episodes 1–12.
(Credited as Tommy-Lawrence Knight.)
2013 Let's Dance for Comic Relief[39] Himself
BBC One
Episode 2
12 Again[40] Himself
CBBC
Doctor Who Special
2014 Glue[4] Cal Bray
E4
2015 Casualty[41] Rhys Healey
BBC One
 Series 29 Episode 42 "Dark Horses"
You, Me and the Apocalypse[42] Dealer Dan
Sky 1
 Series 1 Episode 7 14 Days to Go
2016–present Victoria[43] Brodie
ITV
Series Regular – 25 Episodes
2016 Doctors[44] Nathan Williams
BBC One
 Series 18 Episode 105 "Cure"

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Nokia Shorts Competition Entry "There's No Santa Dumbass"[7] Thomas Directed by Pier Van Tijn, produced by Pye Films. Filmed on Location in Finchley, London.
Beneath the Steel Sky (Student Film)[7] Peter Directed by Sunny Audit, Filmed on Location in Milton Keynes, Twickenham and Dartford.
The Real Guthrie[7] Young Guthrie Directed by Jason Williams Filmed on Location at Camber Sands, Sussex.
2005 Dialogue for One[45] Boy Directed by Jeremy Bond, Short (3 minutes).
2007 Runaways[46] Charlie Directed by Zaheer Ahmad, Short (10 minutes).
Pudding Bowl[47] Jack Directed by Vanessa Caswill, Short (8 minutes).
2009 The Silver Key[48] Dark haired boy Directed by Brian McGleenon, Short (7 minutes).
2011 Why[49] Grandson Directed by Peter Coster, Short (1 minute).
Il Maestro[50] Pianist Directed by Jennie Paddon, Short (14 minutes).
2012 Stitches[51] Tom Directed by Conor McMahon, Feature Film.
2015 [52] Henry Directed by Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, Short Film (18 minutes)..
2015 The Enchanted Rose [53] Alex Directed by Mikaela King (Short)
2017 The Hippopotamus[54] David Directed by John Jencks, Feature Film.
A Suburban Fairytale [54] Paul Directed by James Crow, Feature Film.

Online[]

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Think You Know?[7] Tom
CEOP Website
2014 Glue Online[55] Cal Bray Glue Website
2020 "Farewell, Sarah Jane" Luke Smith [56]

Theatre[]

Year Title Role Theatre
2000
 Whistle Down The Wind (show cancelled.)[7] Poor Baby Aldwych Theatre, London
2001
 Medea[7] Medea's son Queen's Theatre, West End
2002–2003
 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang[7] Rolf London Palladium, West End
2003
 Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All to You[7] Thomas Barons Court Theatre, London
2003–2004
 The Snowman[7] The boy Peacock Theatre, West End
2004
 The Full Monty[7] Nathan UK national tour
2005
 Macbeth[7] Young MacDuff Albery Theatre, West End
2014–2015
 Hope[57] Jake Royal Court Theatre, West End
2019 The Market Boy [58] The Boy The Union Theatre, London

Radio/Audio[]

Year Title Release Role Notes
2010
 Doctor Who: Podshock – Episode 226 Extra Edition[59][60] iTunes Himself Only available to subscribers.

References[]

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