Jason George is an actor with over fifty guest star and eight series regular television roles to his credit. Originally, George and his mentor—a Virginia Supreme Court Justice—had mapped out a career path in law. However, a college friend coaxed Jason into taking an acting class where he discovered his true calling on the stage. The career change paid off when George beat out 14,000 hopefuls in a nationwide search and landed his first major acting job on Aaron Spelling’s “SUNSET BEACH.” Seen for the last five seasons of “GREY’S ANATOMY” as Bailey’s husband, Dr. Ben Warren, Jason was also a regular on the new ABC series “MISTRESSES” with Alyssa Milano. George is also known for his work on “EVE” and “ELI STONE” with Victor Garber and Jonny Lee Miller or films such as “PLAYING THE FIELD” with Gerard Butler. Other projects include “THREE CAN PLAY THAT GAME,” “WITCHES OF EAST END,” “THE CLIMB” or “BARBERSHOP” with Anthony Anderson and Ice Cube. Besides “GREYS ANATOMY,” Jason will next be seen as Halle Berry’s husband in the upcoming film “KIDNAP” and the Lifetime movie “WITH THIS RING” with Jill Scott, Eve and Regina Hall.

A classically trained theater actor, George’s most recent stage work had him starring in the well-received but controversial production of “12 ANGRY MEN” at the Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theatre of California. With a half-white, half-black cast, Jason had the honor of playing the role of Juror #8, the role made famous by Henry Fonda and Jack Lemon in film versions. In a prior stage outing, George played the lead in U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove’s epic drama, “THE DARKER FACE OF THE EARTH.” The play relocates Sophocles’ “OEDIPUS REX” to the plantation south in 1820 and received accolades from The Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter.

When not on stage or in front of the camera, George’s passion turns to educating and engaging with other artists and young people. He has lectured, hosted panels, or given keynote and commencement speeches for many at-risk youth groups, schools and universities such as The University of Virginia, The Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Philadelphia’s Youth Study Center, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers and The Paley Center for Media (fka The Museum of Television and Radio).

After receiving a BA from the University of Virginia, Jason went on to get his Master of Fine Arts in Acting from Temple University and sits on the Board for Temple’s School of Communications and Theater. However, George has spent much of his free time in support of his fellow actors by serving on the Frank Nelson Memorial Sick and Benefit Fund as well as the National Boards of both the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists—now merged into SAG-AFTRA. He is the chair of the union’s National Diversity Advisory committee, Co-Chair of the Hollywood EEO Committee and has been part of the unions’ negotiating team for the last several prime-time television and film contracts where he has been instrumental in helping protect performers and championing diversity. Jason is extremely pleased to put all of this experience to work in COLLABORATIONS WORKSHOP, a weekly workspace he hosts for actors to further their craft and their career.