Rob Knox

Writing about Rob Knox is difficult, because his story is less a career than a promise interrupted. He won the role of Marcus Belby in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, had already signed on for the next film, and then his life ended at eighteen in May 2008. What stays with me is the glimpse of who he might have become — a teenager from Kent breaking into one of the biggest franchises in cinema. I believe the kindest thing an editor can do is keep his name in the record, so he is remembered for the door he opened, not only for how suddenly it closed.

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Name (English)

Rob Knox

Name (Japanese)

ロブ・ノックス

Reading

ろぶ・のっくす

Born

August 21, 1989 – May 24, 2008

Origin

Kent, United Kingdom

Occupation

television actor / film actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob%20Knox
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438704

Tags

• television actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

September 25, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.