T.R. Knight - wikipedia T.R. Knight This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( October 2011 ) T.R. Knight Knight in January 2008 Theodore Raymond Knight ( 1973 - 03 - 26 ) March 26, 1973 ( age 44 ) Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Occupation Actor Spouse ( s ) Patrick B. Leahy ( m. 2013 ) Theodore Raymond `` T.R. '' Knight ( born March 26, 1973 ) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. George O'Malley on the ABC medical drama Grey 's Anatomy. Having acted on stage since the age of five, Knight had starred on Broadway, off - Broadway, and theatre productions in his home state of Minnesota. He received a Drama Desk Award nomination for his performance in MCC Theater 's Scattergood in 2003. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 Stage 6 References 7 External links Early Life Knight was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he became involved with the Guthrie Theater at the age of five. He attended Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, for grades K - 8. Knight received the Conners Foundation Scholarship as a freshman and apprenticed at the Children 's Theatre Company. He also worked at the local Red Owl supermarket alongside his brother. After finishing high school at the Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, Knight enrolled at the University of Minnesota for a brief period of time. He dropped out and soon landed leading roles at the Guthrie Theater. Career Knight moved to New York City and appeared on the stage. He played opposite Patti LuPone in the 2001 Broadway revival of Noises Off. He performed in 2003 as Damis in Tartuffe. He performed in the 2003 Off - Broadway production of Scattergood, receiving a Drama Desk Award nomination as Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. Knight also starred Off - Broadway at Primary Stages in the 2004 drama Boy. On television, Knight was a regular cast member of the short - lived Nathan Lane / Laurie Metcalf 2003 CBS television series, Charlie Lawrence. In 2005, Knight was cast as Dr. George O'Malley on the ABC medical drama Grey 's Anatomy. Introduced as a surgical intern at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital, O'Malley worked his way up to resident level, while his relationships with his colleagues Meredith Grey ( Ellen Pompeo ), Cristina Yang ( Sandra Oh ), Izzie Stevens ( Katherine Heigl ) and Alex Karev ( Justin Chambers ) formed a focal point of the series. Knight auditioned for the show, expecting a one - season run. In 2009, after the conclusion of the fifth season, it was confirmed that Knight would not be returning for the show 's sixth season. The actor stated the reason for his departure was due to a `` breakdown in communication '' with executive producer Shonda Rhimes, his character 's lack of screen time, as well as his coming out as gay. Knight received generally positive reviews for his performance as O'Malley, and garnered a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards. Despite this, O'Malley's death received mixed feedback. Knight starred in a production of the musical Parade, opening October 4, 2009, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles as Leo Frank. Knight returned to Broadway in David Mamet 's A Life in the Theatre in 2010, where he played the role of John, opposite Patrick Stewart. Personal Life On October 5, 2013, Knight married his boyfriend of three years, Patrick B. Leahy ( ballet dancer & writer ), in Hudson, New York. Filmography Film Year Title Role. Notes 2002 Garmento Daniel 2006 Last Request Jeffrey 2013 42 Harold Parrot 2015 A Year and Change Kenny 2017 Hello Again Carl Post-production Television Year Title Role Notes 2003 Charlie Lawrence Ryan Lemming 6 episodes 2003 Frasier Alex Episode : `` Maris Returns '' 2003 Law & Order : Criminal Intent Neil Colby Episode : `` F.P.S. '' CSI : Crime Scene Investigation Zero Adams Episode : `` XX '' 2005 -- 2009, 2017 Grey 's Anatomy Dr. George O'Malley 102 episodes Satellite Award for Best Cast -- Television Series Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated -- Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Nominated -- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated -- Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor -- Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated -- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2006 Sesame Street Private `` I '' Episode : `` Baby Bear Writes a Story Called ' The 3 Astro Bears ' '' 2011 Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Gabriel Thomas / Brian Smith Episode : `` Double Strands '' 2012 -- 13 The Good Wife Jordan Karahalios 7 episodes 2016 11.22. 63 Johnny Clayton 4 episodes 2017 The Catch Tommy Vaughan 6 episodes 2017 When We Rise Chad Griffin 4 episodes 2017 Genius J. Edgar Hoover 3 episodes Stage Broadway Source : Playbill Vault Noises Off ( 2001 revival ) as Tim Allgood Tartuffe ( 2003 revival ) as Damis A Life in the Theatre ( 2010 ) as John It 's Only a Play ( 2015 ) as Frank Finger Off - Broadway Source : Internet Off - Broadway Database Marvin 's Room ( 1998 ) This Lime Tree Bower ( 1999 ) as Joe Macbeth ( 1999 ) as Donalbain / Messenger `` The Refreshment of the Spirit '' ( 2000 ) Right Way to Sue ( 2001 at HERE Mainstage ) as Franklin / Various characters The Hologram Theory ( 2000 ) at MCGinn / Cazale Theater as Tweety The Lake 's End ( 2003 ) Scattergood ( 2003 ) as Brendan Hilliard Voices of Peace and Dissent ( 2003 ) at Worth Street Theatre Boy ( 2004 ) as title character The Marriage of Bette & Boo ( 2007 ) Sold ( 2011 ) as Michael Romeo and Juliet ( 2013 ) as Mercutio Pocatello ( 2014 ) ( Playwrights Horizons ) Readings Truth or Consequences ( Staged Reading ) The Fool ( 2002 ) ( Staged Reading ) White People ( Staged Reading ) The Scholar ( Staged Reading ) Lend Me A Tenor ( 2009 ) ( Staged Reading ) On a Clear Day ( 2010 ) ( Staged Reading ) Torch Song Trilogy ( 2011 ) ( Staged Reading ) June Moon ( 2011 ) ( Roundabout PlayReading Series ) Honeymoon in Vegas ( 2011 ) ( Staged Reading ) as Jack Singer The Miser ( 2012 ) ( Reading ) Regional What Did n't Happen ( 2000 ) ( Workshop at Vassar ) Earth to Bucky ( 2003 ) at Bay Street Theater as Bucky Parade ( musical ) ( 2009 ) as Leo Frank at Mark Taper Forum - Los Angeles, CA The Seagull ( 2012 ) ( radio theater ) as Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev, James Bridges Theater at UCLA - Los Angeles, CA Guthrie Theater - Minneapolis, MN A Christmas Carol ( 1978 -- 1980, 1996 ) as Tiny Tim, Dick Wilkins / Others Philadelphia, Here I Come ! ( 1996 ) as Joe She Stoops to Conquer ( 1996 ) Racing Demon as Ewan Gilmour ( 1997 ) A Midsummer Night 's Dream ( 1997 ) as Francis Flute Much Ado About Nothing ( 1998 ) as Watchman Ah, Wilderness ! ( 1999 ) as Richard Miller Amadeus ( 2001 ) as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Jungle Theater - Minneapolis, MN Journey 's End as 2nd Lt. Jimmy Raleigh ( 1995 ) Minnesota History Theatre - St. Paul, MN Civil Ceremony as Samuel ( 1996 ) Illusion Theatre - Minneapolis, MN Angelheaded Hipster : Howl for Allen ( 1997 ) as Allen Ginsberg Women 's Club of Minneapolis - Minneapolis, MN The Laramie Project ( 2008 ) Chanhassen Dinner Theatres - Chanhassen, MN Brighton Beach Memoirs ( 1993 ) as Eugene Morris Jerome Theatre in the Round - Minneapolis, MN Gemini ( 1992 ) as Randy Off - Broadway Musical Theatre - New Hope, MN Oliver ! ( 1985 ) as Oliver References Jump up ^ `` Hollywood at Church : Where the A-List Prays ''. Hollywood Reporter. 2012 - 12 - 24. ^ Jump up to : `` Biography. T.R. Knight '' infoplease.com, accessed March 31, 2015 Jump up ^ Walsh, Jim. `` An improvisational life '' southwestjournal.com, September 23, 2012 ^ Jump up to : Papatola, Dominic P. `` ' Grey 's Anatomy ' star comes home for a project near to his heart '' twincities.com, October 12, 2008 Jump up ^ Jones, Kenneth. `` Bway Run of Noises Off Revival Ends Sept. 1 '' playbill.com, September 1, 2002 Jump up ^ Isherwood, Charles. `` Review. ' Tartuffe ' '' Variety, January 9, 2003 Jump up ^ Weber, Bruce. `` Theater Review. A Dedicated Pupil for a Professor of Seduction '' The New York Times, March 5, 2003 Jump up ^ Murray, Matthew. `` 2003 Drama Desk Awards Presented '' theatermania.com, May 18, 2003 Jump up ^ `` Boy Listing '' Internet Off - Broadway Database, accessed March 31, 2015 Jump up ^ Gans, Andrew. `` Nathan Lane 's `` Charlie Lawrence '' Pulled from CBS Schedule '' playbill.com, JUly 1, 2003 Jump up ^ T.R. Knight reveals why he left ' Grey 's Anatomy ' '' cnn.com, July 23, 2009 Jump up ^ Trisha Yearwood 's Chicken Pizza ( 2006 - 10 - 19 ). `` EXCLUSIVE : Grey 's Anatomy star T.R. Knight Confirms He 's Gay - T.R. Knight ''. People.com. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 09. Jump up ^ McNulty, Charles. `` Theater Review '' latimes.com, October 4, 2009 Jump up ^ `` T.R. Knight Returning to Broadway ''. TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 2010 - 06 - 14. Jump up ^ Blum, Haley ( October 7, 2013 ). `` Former ' Grey 's ' star T.R. Knight weds boyfriend ''. USA Today. Retrieved 7 October 2013. Jump up ^ Blumm, K.C. ( October 7, 2013 ). `` T.R. Knight Ties the Knot ''. People Magazine. Retrieved October 7, 2013. Jump up ^ `` T.R. Knight Broadway '' playbillvault.com, accessed March 31, 2015 Jump up ^ `` T.R. Knight Listing '' Internet Off - Broadway Database, accessed March 31, 2015 Jump up ^ under DAVID CASTANEDA ( Lighting Design ) Jump up ^ under directing credits Jump up ^ Cherry Lane Theatre, http://www.cherrylanetheatre.org/ ( 2014 - 03 - 01 ). `` Mentor Project Programs ''. Cherry Lane Theatre. Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 09. Jump up ^ Murray, Matthew. `` Review '' talkinbroadway.com, May 21, 2001 Jump up ^ Hofler, Robert. `` Review '' Variety, April 3, 2000 Jump up ^ Simonson, Robert. `` Worth Street Revives ' Voices of Peace and Dissent ' Aug. 16, 23 and 30 '' playbill.com, August 11, 2004 Jump up ^ Hernandez, Ernio ( April 2, 2004 ). `` T.R. Knight to Star as Boy in World Premiere Julia Jordan Play at Primary Stages ''. Playbill. Retrieved 2007 - 05 - 25. Jump up ^ Gans, Andrew. `` DIVA TALK : News of Betty, Bernadette, Patti, Karen, Audra & Ute : Who Could Ask for Anything More ? '' playbill.com, April 12, 2002 Jump up ^ `` T.R. Knight to Exit ' Grey 's Anatomy ' ; Eyes Tenor on Broadway '' broadway.com, June 17, 2009 Jump up ^ `` ' June Moon ' Listing '' archive.roundabouttheatre.org, accessed March 31, 2015 Jump up ^ `` ' Honeymoon in Vegas ' Reading '' broadwayworld.com, 2011 Jump up ^ Healy, Patrick ( November 1, 2011 ). `` Investors Check Out ' Honeymoon in Vegas ' Workshop ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ Hetrick, Adam. Red Bull Readings to Feature T.R. Knight, Jan Maxwell, Lily Rabe, Michael Urie and More '' Archived 2014 - 12 - 16 at the Wayback Machine. playbill.com ( webcache.googleusercontent.com ), October 2, 2012 Jump up ^ Rizzo, Frank. An Historic Murder In Verse And Song '' Hartford Courant, July 6, 2000 Jump up ^ Klein, Alvin. `` THEATER ; Three Lost Souls, Yearning for a Way Out '' The New York Times, July 20, 2003 Jump up ^ `` Culture Monster ''. The Los Angeles Times. June 19, 2009. Jump up ^ Bacalzo, Dan. `` Calista Flockhart, T.R. Knight, Dakin Matthews to Head Up L.A. Theatre Works ' Seagull ' '' theatermania.com, August 28, 2012 Jump up ^ `` Actor TR Knight To Return For Minn. 's Guthrie Gala '' minnesota.cbslocal.com, May 3, 2013 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to T.R. Knight. T.R. Knight on IMDb T.R. Knight on TVguide.com T.R. Knight at Broadway.com ABC Bio Articles 2001 interview at Broadway.com 2004 article from Playbill 2006 interview at ABC News 2006 article from Minneapolis Star Tribune Satellite Award for Best Cast -- Television Series 2000 The West Wing Alan Alda Stockard Channing Kristin Chenoweth Dulé Hill Allison Janney Moira Kelly Rob Lowe Joshua Malina Mary McCormack Janel Moloney Richard Schiff Martin Sheen Jimmy Smits John Spencer Bradley Whitford Buffy the Vampire Slayer Amber Benson Marc Blucas David Boreanaz Nicholas Brendon Charisma Carpenter Emma Caulfield Sarah Michelle Gellar Seth Green Alyson Hannigan Anthony Stewart Head James Marsters Michelle Trachtenberg 2005 Rescue Me Denis Leary John Scurti Daniel Sunjata Mike Lombardi Steven Pasquale Andrea Roth Callie Thorne Adam Ferrara Larenz Tate James McCaffrey Dean Winters 2006 Grey 's Anatomy Justin Chambers Eric Dane Patrick Dempsey Katherine Heigl T.R. Knight Sandra Oh James Pickens Jr. Ellen Pompeo Sara Ramirez Kate Walsh Isaiah Washington Chandra Wilson 2007 Mad Men Bryan Batt Anne Dudek Michael Gladis Jon Hamm Christina Hendricks January Jones Vincent Kartheiser Robert Morse Elisabeth Moss Kiernan Shipka Maggie Siff John Slattery Rich Sommer Aaron Staton 2009 True Blood Chris Bauer Mehcad Brooks Anna Camp Nelsan Ellis Michelle Forbes Mariana Klaveno Ryan Kwanten Todd Lowe Michael McMillian Stephen Moyer Anna Paquin Jim Parrack Carrie Preston William Sanderson Alexander Skarsgård Sam Trammell Rutina Wesley Deborah Ann Woll 2012 The Walking Dead Andrew Lincoln Sarah Wayne Callies Laurie Holden Norman Reedus Steven Yeun Lauren Cohan Chandler Riggs Melissa McBride Scott Wilson Danai Gurira Michael Rooker David Morrissey 2013 Orange Is the New Black Taylor Schilling Laura Prepon Michael J. Harney Michelle Hurst Kate Mulgrew Jason Biggs 2014 The Knick Clive Owen André Holland Jeremy Bobb Juliet Rylance Eve Hewson Michael Angarano Chris Sullivan Cara Seymour Eric Johnson David Fierro Maya Kazan Leon Addison Brown Grainger Hines Matt Frewer 2015 American Crime Felicity Huffman Timothy Hutton W. Earl Brown Richard Cabral Regina King Caitlin Gerard Benito Martinez Penelope Ann Miller Elvis Nolasco Johnny Ortiz 2016 Outlander Caitriona Balfe Sam Heughan Tobias Menzies Lotte Verbeek Laura Donnelly Steven Cree Duncan Lacroix Grant O'Rourke Gary Lewis Graham McTavish Stephen Walters Simon Callow Nell Hudson Dominique Pinon Stanley Weber Richard Rankin Sophie Skelton Andrew Gower Rosie Day Clive Russell Frances de la Tour Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series ( 2000 -- 2009 ) 2000 : The West Wing, season 1 / season 2 Hill Janney Kelly Lowe Moloney Schiff Sheen Spencer Whitford 2001 : The West Wing, season 2 / season 3 Hill Janney Lowe Moloney Schiff Sheen Spencer Whitford 2002 : Six Feet Under, season 2 Ambrose Conroy Griffiths Hall Krause Rodríguez St. Patrick 2003 : Six Feet Under, season 3 Ambrose Conroy Foster Griffiths Hall Krause Macdissi Machado Rodríguez St. Patrick Taylor Wilson 2004 : CSI : Crime Scene Investigation, season 4 / season 5 Dourdan Eads Fox Guilfoyle Hall Helgenberger Petersen Szmanda 2005 : Lost, season 1 / season 2 Akinnuoye - Agbaje Andrews de Ravin Fox Garcia Grace Holloway Kelley D.D. 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Kim Lilly Monaghan O'Quinn Perrineau Rodriguez Somerhalder Watros 2006 : Grey 's Anatomy, season 2 / season 3 Chambers Dane Dempsey Heigl Knight Oh Pickens Pompeo Ramirez Walsh Washington Wilson 2007 : The Sopranos, season 6, part II Antonacci Bracco Falco Gandolfini Grimaldi Iler Imperioli Nascarella Schirripa Servitto Sigler Sirico Turturro Van Zandt Vincent 2008 : Mad Men, season 2 Batt Brie Gladis Hamm Hart Hendricks Jones Kartheiser Moses Moss Shipka Slattery Sommer Staton 2009 : Mad Men, season 3 Alemanni Batt Gilmore Gladis Hamm Harris Hendricks Jones Kartheiser Morse Moss Shipka Slattery Sommer Stanley Staton Complete list ( 1994 -- 1999 ) ( 2000 -- 2009 ) ( 2010 -- present ) VIAF : 41602365 LCCN : no2006103298 GND : 1059470780 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=T._R._Knight&oldid=803494457 '' Categories : 1973 births Living people 20th - century American male actors 21st - century American male actors American male stage actors American male television actors American Roman Catholics Gay actors LGBT entertainers from the United States LGBT people from Minnesota LGBT Roman Catholics Male actors from Minneapolis University of Minnesota alumni Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links BLP articles lacking sources from October 2011 All BLP articles lacking sources Pages using infobox person with unknown parameters Infobox person using religion Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Eesti Español فارسی Français 한국어 Hrvatski Italiano עברית ქართული Македонски Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Română Русский Suomi Svenska 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 2 October 2017, at 21 : 41. 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Question: who plays george o'malley on grey's anatomy
Answer: Theodore Raymond "T. R." Knight