Kel Knight

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Kel Knight is a fictional character in the Australian television show Kath & Kim, portrayed by comic actor Glenn Robbins.

Kel comes across as an honest, respectable, reliable man who finds out he has many talents throughout the episodes. Kel Knight is a gourmet butcher, of Kel's Fine Meats at Fountain Gate Shopping Centre, and is married to Kath Day-Knight, played by Jane Turner. He is a Sydney Swans supporter, much to the annoyance of Kath who supports Richmond Tigers. He is somewhat sexually ambiguous and is seen as a metrosexual.
John Michael Higgins portrayed his american equivalent (Philip "Phil" Lesley Knight) in the American Series.

Recurring gags and features

• Combover - Kel wears a combover hairstyle kept in place with Brylcreem

• Manbag - metrosexual Kel is never without one of his manbags.

• Short shorts - Kel is often seen wearing a pair shorts, way above the kneeline, when he is powerwalking.

• Bryce Courtenay - One of Kel's many interests is books and he seems to have a soft spot for the South African author Bryce Courtenay. This is evident in many episodes, for example in Episode 3, he is reading The Power of One at a butchers convention (failing to make communication with the other butchers, thus pulls out his book). In Episode 4, he references the author twice: Kath is reading the 'Anti Candida' diet book, and Kel mentions the author Bryce Courtenay, although Bryce didn't actually write the book (far from his genre). Later on, Kel complains of Kath participating in the musical The Hours (Kath recommends he joins the play, in which he does, this was due to the fact that they had busy schedules, looking for some time to spend together). Kath explains to Kel that it was a book/movie adaptation in which Kel responds "That was that Bryce Courtenay book,wasn't it?", however Bryce did not write this book either. In series 4 when Kath, Kim, Kel and Brett were playing Trivial Pursuit, Kath asked Kel who wrote Captain Underpants and he replied Bryce Courtenay.

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