George Regout (born 26 July 1969) is a trans non-binary actor living and working in

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. Their father was Belgian and their mother is Austrian.

Biography

Regout grew up in Brussels,

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, and

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, Austria. After studying in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

they lived in

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, for two and half years, where they worked for several fashion houses, amongst others as a model. They also were a guest student for history of art at the

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. Regout fluently speaks German, French and English, as well as Spanish and Italian. After having lived in Paris, Regout studied to become an actor in

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, Germany. During their studies they played in ''Nathans Tod'', written and directed by

George Tabori George Tabori ( György Tábori; 24 May 1914 – 23 July 2007) was a Hungarian writer and theatre director. Life and career Tabori was born in Budapest as György Tábori, a son of Kornél and Elsa Tábori. His father Kornél (Cornelius) was m ...

, at the Bayrisches Staatsschauspiel in Munich. After working at the Weilheimer Theatersommer under

Cordula Trantow Cordula Trantow (born 29 December 1942 in Berlin) is a German actress and director. For her performance as Geli Raubal in the 1962 film, ''Hitler'', she was nominated for a 1962 Golden Globe in the category Most Promising Newcomer - Female. To ...

and the Rheinisches Landestheater

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(1995–96), Regout moved to Berlin, where they appeared in several theaters, Sophiensaele and Schillertheater-Werkstatt being just two of them. Regout had first appearances on TV in Series as ''

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'' (1998, ARD), ''

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'' (2002, Sat1) and ''

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'' (2003, RTL). In 2004 Regout co-hosted the TV show ''Style SOS'' (

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) in nearly 200 episodes. From 2005 until 2007, Regout starred in 645 episodes of the Sat1-

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Verliebt in Berlin ''Verliebt in Berlin'' (German pun for ''In Love in/with Berlin''; abbreviation: ViB) is a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, along with Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on 28 February 2 ...

'' (based on ''

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'' from Colombia) in the role of fashion designer ''Hugo Haas''. The series, which belongs to the most successful ones in more recent German TV history, was awarded with the ''

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'' (German TV Award) and the '' Golden Rose of Lucerne''. ''Verliebt in Berlin'' aired very successfully in several European countries, amongst others in France (TF1). The theme of this series also served as a base for the US TV hit show ''

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'', co-produced by

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. After that, Regout starred in the musical ''Elixier'' at the Komödie Dresden, Germany, in the role of ''Hagen'', one of the leading parts, music composed by

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. In February 2009, they joined the TV show ''

Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mal ...

(Forbidden Love)'' on recurring basis in the role of Eduard von Tepp. Regout appeared amongst others in movies like '' Walk on Water'' (directed by

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, Israel, 2004), as well as '' Suck My Dick'' (2001) and ''

Agnes and His Brothers ''Agnes and His Brothers'' (german: Agnes und seine Brüder) is a 2004 film directed by Oskar Roehler. Plot Three very different siblings: Hans-Jörg, a librarian who is a sex addict; Werner, a politician in a troubled marriage with a son who ...

'' (2004), both directed by German film director

Oskar Roehler Oskar Roehler (born 21 January 1959) is a German film director, screenwriter and journalist. He was born in Starnberg, the son of writers Gisela Elsner and Klaus Roehler. Since the mid-1980s, he has been working as a screenwriter, for, among ot ...

. In 2014, Regout starred as the ‘Son’ in Adam Rapp’s Pulitzer Prize short - listed, NOCTURNE, which garnered great reviews including from the Los Angeles Times. Regout played ‘SS Officer Metz’ in the very popular video game, CALL OF DUTY: WWII. Regout is

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. They are a practicing Zen Buddhist. Regout is trans non-binary and use they/she pronouns.

References

External links

* * * https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-review-nocturne-at-the-other-space-the-actors-company-20140212-story.html * https://www.instagram.com/artkillsgallery/?hl=en People from Brussels 21st-century Belgian actors Belgian expatriates in Germany 1969 births Living people Belgian television actors Belgian non-binary actors Belgian transgender people Transgender actors Transgender non-binary people {{belgium-actor-stub