Biography
Size : 170 cm
Hair color: blond
Eye color: green-brown
Education : Tischler Studio Zürich Branch, Giles Foreman Centre for Acting London, Ivana Chubbuck Studio London
Place of residence : Switzerland
Native language: French, English and German (trilingual upbringing)
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Elijah Knight is a Swiss Actor known for "Miss Fallaci" (2024), "Unbreak My Heart" (2023) and the Swiss Lord of the Rings film "Battles of the Fords of Isen" (2022). With "Miss Fallaci", he was the first ever Swiss actor to be in the first ever Italian Paramount+ Show and with "Unbreak My Heart", he was also the first ever Swiss actor to be in the biggest coproduction in Phillipino History.
In Europe, he is known for his ability to act accent-free in French, English and German as well as his athletic and comedic capabilities on camera. After having played Junior Hockey in Utah (USA), he served in the Swiss Armed Forces as a Special Forces Soldier and his career started with sketch shows in which he impersonated military officers. Soon after that, he studied Business at the University of St. Gallen and became an Ensemble member of the StuThe Theater St. Gallen from 2014 to 2017. In 2018, he won the St.Gallen's Got Talent Competition with his comedic cover of Asher Roth's song "I love college".
In 2019, Knight took a sabbatical to China to expand his acting skills overseas and add some martial arts to his acting portfolio. The last 5 years, he has been establishing himself as a film and TV actor in numerous films and shows such as "RTL I Can See Your Voice", "The Safe" and "Es geschah am... Das Attentat von Zug".
Elijah Knight has trained at the Giles Foreman Centre for Acting in London, The Groundlings and Ivana Chubbuck Studios in Los Angeles, and the Tischler Studio in Zürich.
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Films
Thug Love Homosexual Gangster Pascal Schmidlin – ZFF72
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk2E0pAH6II&feature=youtu.be
Retrograders Kevin K (drug dealer) Visual Storytelling Crew – University of St. Gallen (HSG)
Drone Victim Cédric Spozio – Filmwerk St. Gallen
Stadt, Land, Flütsch Philipp Visual Storytelling Crew – University of St. Gallen (HSG)
Ghost Hunter Viktor V. Visual Storytelling Crew – University of St. Gallen (HSG)
Written in the Stars Punk Rocker Sandro Rossi – SoWasted Productions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuuxOM8-tiM
Mount Yesterday Francois Belvedere IMT (HSG)– University of St. Gallen (HSG)
2010 - present
Theatre
Container Paris. Heinrich H. Sophia Stöckl – Student Theatre St. Gallen
Caligula Cherea Alfonso Hophan – Student Theatre St. Gallen
Der Gemeindepräsident Muammar Ghallafi Benjamin Gertsch – Student Theatre St. Gallen
Uncle Wanja Iwán Petrówitsch (Uncle Wanja) Benjamin Gertsch – Student Theatre St. Gallen
Earl Öderland Wolfgang Schweiger Benjamin Gertsch – Student Theatre St. Gallen
MacBeth MacDuff Benjamin Gertsch – Student Theatre St. Gallen
Hercules and the Stables of Augia Cambyses Benjamin Gertsch – Student Theatre St. Gallen
2010 - present
Commercials
Stockberg Hat Guy STÜRMER FOTO Robert Stürmer
https://vimeo.com/297178630?fbclid=IwAR1Acb7ajzF7aPEFMbZwEqFKDnI5_2C1K9Ik3mlraRjd_PK1ZZtJZkU5vtU
Grotto Reale Cyril (Weird Tinder Date Partner) Tischgespräche
Sika Construction Worker Undpartner.digital
https://vimeo.com/user12478307/review/277421490/5fa126cb90
Zukrass.ch Thug Galactic-pictures.ch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6kdqkgo6iY
Dein Robert Beach Boy Simon Saner/Ray Kroy – ManinRed Pictures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt3LQaDGYH4&t=10s
Aromat (Student Commercial) Aromat Man – Media Lab HSG
https://youtu.be/kiyuDesqcsY
Courses and Training
Meisner Technik - The 7 Basic Emotions Marco Hausamman-Giliardi Zentrum für Entwicklung im Schauspiel (ZES)
Camera Acting Marco Hausammann-Giliardi Zentrum für Entwicklung im Schauspiel (ZES)
Preparatory Course Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHDK)
Visual Storytelling Film Making Course University of St. Gallen (HSG)
Private Coaching Marco Hausammann-Gilardi Zentrum für Entwicklung im Schauspiel (ZES)