I was researching someone else when I came across Elliot (two ls, one t) Knight, telling us how he's "naked and vulnerable." Not naked, but sweaty, and I like the innie belly button, so we'll take a look at his Instagram.
Mostly modeling photos, but a video where he plays an FBI agent, and a promo for the Amazon Prime series Countdown, so he's an actor, too.
15th photo down, he says "There's french kissing and there's Frenchie kissing," while not kissing a guy named Tomer Capone.
Whoa, Tomer has a million Instagram followers! Only nine posts, and none indicate whether he is Elliot's boyfriend.
Here Elliot shows off his abs while playing with his kids. Dude must be straight. Wait -- he says he is in Cambodia, working with special needs kids..
Finally, in 2021, a rainbow flag motif! Elliot says: "There's not much more important than being free in who you are and loving others to do the same. Be a champion of love and truth... don't be afraid...being LOUD is the only way to be proud."
Bold words from a guy who closeted on his Instagram from 2021 to 2025.
Next we'll see how LOUD Elliot is in his movie and tv roles.
Elliot grew up in Manchester, England, trained at the Manchester School of Theatre, and got his on screen start in the title role of Sinbad (2012-13). He adventures with his brother (Dmitri Leonidas, left) and a female warrior, so I doubt that there were any gay subtexts (or texts).
Then he was "catapulted" across the Atlantic (his IMDB bio uses explosive verbs a lot) to play a lot of straight guys:
Michaela's fiance on 2 episodes of How to Get Away with Murder (2014-15)
Merlin falling in love with Nimue in six episodes of Once Upon a Time (2015),
A detective with a wife in 12 episodes of American Gothic (2016)...
It gets a little better after the break
The husband of a woman recovering from cancer on Life Sentences (2018).
Color Out of Space (2019): "After his wife's mastectomy..." Actually, Elliot plays a hydrologist without a wife who warns the family about the contaminated water.
Our Place Together (2020): A short that has Elliot falling in love with Rory O'Malley. Playing a gay character finally, after eight years in the industry!
But then came some war-themed video games, a straight-vague boy who becomes a vigilante after his mother dies of cancer on Titans (2018-21), and a straight-vague cop/hired goon on Animal Kingdom (2021).
On a 2024 episode of Hacks, he plays Davide, hookup of the trash-talking comedienne's relationship-phobic, self-destructive assistant Marcus (Carl Clemons-Hopkins). Finally, another gay role!
And another! Colin in four episodes of The Boys (2024): a recovering drug addict, he starts a relationship with the villain Frenchie (thus the "Frenchie kissing" reference), Later he discovers that Frenchie murdered his family, beats him up, and leaves.
I never watched The Boys because I heard that it was exceptionally homophobic, but at least you got to see Frenchie's butt. He's with a woman, so presumably he's bisexual, not gay.
Most recently Elliot has starred in Countdown (2025): an FBI agent who has no "private life" mentioned, but "a lot of chemistry with Shepherd" (a female cop). Looks like you're back to playing straight, buddy.
I'm still not sure if Elliot is gay or a straight ally, but according to Google AI, he's "openly gay," and talks about "the importance of being his authentic self...using his platform to advocate for truth and representation."
Bold words from someone with a closeted Instagram and mostly straight roles.
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