Elliot Knight grew up in the second largest city of the UK, Birmingham. In school, he excelled at drama and began winning awards for his talents, including the Three Musketeers Award for Drama Excellence and an additional regional title in the Acting Award from the Birmingham City Council for his leading role performance of Alfred Ill in The Visit. While attending drama school at Manchester Metropolitan University, where he lead as "Macbeth" in a string of local tour performances of the classic Shakespeare play, he won his first professional role as the titular hero in Sky 1's popular adventure series "Sinbad", beating out hundreds after an extensive worldwide search. Subsequently, he was lauded by Screen International as one of the much anticipated "Stars of Tomorrow" of 2011. After screen testing for leading roles in many TV pilots, Knight made his US network television debut in 2014 in ABC's hit series "How To Get Away With Murder" and is quickly being recognised as one of the industry's most exciting and fresh new talents.
