T.R. Knight

T.R. Knight is an American actor from Minneapolis, where he joined the Guthrie Theater at twelve. He moved to New York City and worked on stage, acting with Patti LuPone in Noises Off, a 2001 Broadway revival, and appearing as Damis in a 2003 Tartuffe. His Off-Broadway turn in Scattergood brought a Drama Desk nomination, and he starred in the 2004 drama Boy. On television, he was a regular on the 2003 CBS series Charlie Lawrence, then landed his breakthrough role as Dr. George O'Malley in Grey's Anatomy, the ABC medical drama, in 2005. The part earned him a 2007 Emmy nomination, and he stayed with the show through its fifth season. Later stage work included playing Leo Frank in Parade at the Mark Taper Forum in 2009 and returning to Broadway in A Life in the Theatre in 2010 opposite Patrick Stewart. In 2019 he voiced Sir Cedric in the series The Bravest Knight.