On television, George starred as Jackson Rhames in UPN's critically-acclaimed drama series "Platinum," rap star Status Quo in "Off Centre," and gang leader turned lifeguard Michael Bourne in the daytime drama "Sunset Beach" for three years. For this role he received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series and was voted one of Soap Opera Digest's "50 Most Beautiful Men in the World." He also starred in "Titans" and guest starred in UPN's GIRLFRIENDS, HALF & HALF and "Moesha," as well as in "Friends," "Roswell" and "Arli$$."
On stage, he starred in U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove's epic drama "The Darker Face of the Earth" in Los Angeles. The play, which relocated Sophocles' tragedy "Oedipus Rex" to a South Carolina cotton plantation in 1820, received accolades from the Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
Born and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia, George majored in rhetoric and communication studies at the University of Virginia and later honed his craft earning a master's of fine arts from Temple University's theater department.
George has also lived in Los Angeles, and has served on the Board of Directors for Temple University's School of Communication and Theater as well as the National and Los Angeles boards of the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists.
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