T.R. Knight is an American actor with an estimated net worth of $3 million. He was born Theodore Raymond Knight on March 26, 1973 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, and became involved with the Guthrie Theater at the age of five. He went to Annunciation Catholic School and later received the Conners Foundation Scholarship as a freshman and apprenticed at the Academy of Holy Angels. He then enrolled at the University of St. Thomas for a brief period of time.
Knight dropped out of school, and subsequently landed leading roles at the Guthrie Theater. He moved to New York and made his Broadway debut with the 2001 revival of Noises Off. Since then, he has appeared in a number of Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including Tartuffe, This Lime Tree Bower and Anto Scattergood, where he received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play.
Knight later moved on to work on-camera and had guest starring roles on the television shows including Law & Order: Criminal Intent, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Frasier. He became a household name in 2005 when he played the role of Dr. George O’Malley on Grey’s Anatomy. He was part of the show until 2009 and he earned a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards.
When Knight left the program, he was guest star on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Currently, he plays a recurring role in The Good Wife. He is openly gay and is married to Patrick Leahy, his partner for three years.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2007 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Amount donated to the Proposition 8 campaign. |
$50,000 |
|
2006 |
Asset |
Purchase value of the Tudor-style house located at the posh Los Feliz neighborhood in Los Angeles, California |
$2,900,000 |
|
2006 |
Salary |
Salary per episode from the TV series, Grey’s Anatomy |
$125,000 |