George was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He graduated from the
University of Virginia in 1994 with a double major in Rhetoric and Communication Studies and Drama. He met his wife Vandana Khanna, an Indian-American poet, while studying at the University of Virginia. They were married on July 10, 1999, and have three children. In 1996, George was cast as lifeguard Michael Bourne on the soap opera
Sunset Beach, a role he played from the series' first episode on January 6, 1997, until the show ended on December 31, 1999. In 2000, he made a successful stage appearance in
Rita Dove's drama
The Darker Face of the Earth at the
Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles, where he played the male lead of Augustus. From 2001 to 2002, he played the rapper Status Quo in
Off Centre. In 2002, George had a role in
Clockstoppers, a film directed by
Jonathan Frakes. He has also appeared on many
ABC series, such as
What About Brian,
Eli Stone,
Eastwick,
Off the Map, ''
Grey's Anatomy, and guest starred on Castle and Desperate Housewives. He also was cast as a regular on the ABC series Mistresses. He currently stars in Grey's Anatomy'' as Dr Ben Warren, a surgical resident and former firefighter of Seattle Fire Station 19. ==Filmography==