Jeorge Bennett Watson (born October 4, 1965) is an American actor. He has appeared in television shows including ''

Blue Bloods ''Blue Bloods'' is an American police procedural drama (film and television), drama television series that aired on CBS from September 24, 2010, to December 13, 2024, across 14 seasons and 293 episodes. Its main characters were members of the fi ...

'', '' Law & Order: Organized Crime'', '' FBI: Most Wanted'', '' For Life'', ''

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'', '' Shameless'', '' Justified'', ''

The Wire ''The Wire'' is an American Crime fiction, crime Drama (film and television), drama television series created and primarily written by the American author and former police reporter David Simon for the cable network HBO. The series premiered o ...

'' and '' Homicide: Life on the Street''. He has also appeared in several indie and short films. He currently resides in New York City.

Early life

Watson was born in

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(North Carolina), in the town of Windsor, to Kertrina Grandy Watson and George Benton Watson of Ossining NY. He graduated from Bertie County Senior High School and attended the

Maryland Institute College of Art The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is a Private university, private art school, art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, it is regarded as one of ...

, in Baltimore to study illustration and painting. He left school early to pursue acting and the performing arts. Subsequently, Watson has trained at The Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory, The Ivana Chubbuck Studio, ESPA Studios, William Esper Studios, TK Acting Studios,

Atlantic Acting School The Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway non-profit theater company based in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1985 by playwright David Mamet, actor William H. Macy, and a group of acting students, the compan ...

and the

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, commonly shortened to Central, is a drama school founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for ...

London, UK London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Tha ...

Career

In 1989, Watson won the lead role in the Baltimore community theatre, Arena Players' 1990 production of Charles Fuller's “Zooman and the Sign,” as Zooman. Notable theaters he has worked at include

Capital Repertory Theatre Capital Repertory Theatre (also called Capital Rep or simply theREP) is a 309-seat professional regional theatre in Albany, New York. Capital Rep is the only theatre in the Capital District that is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (L ...

Triad Stage Triad Stage was a regional theatre located at 232 South Elm Street, Greensboro, North Carolina. History Triad Stage began with the goal of creating a professional not-for-profit regional theater to serve the communities of the Piedmont Tria ...

Pioneer Theatre Company The Pioneer Theatre Company (PTC) is one of four professional theatre companies in Utah, and the only fully professional theatre in Salt Lake City, contracting with union members belonging to Actors' Equity Association (AEA), Stage Directors an ...

Orlando Shakespeare Theater The Orlando Shakespeare Theater is a theater company based in Orlando, Florida that produces classic, contemporary, and children’s plays. The company was founded as the Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival and performed its first productions in 198 ...

Merrimack Repertory Theatre Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) is a non-profit professional theatre located in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. Known for its productions of contemporary work and world premieres, the company presents a September - May season of seven plays at the ...

, and

Portland Stage Company Portland Stage Company is a professional LORT (League of Resident Theaters) theater company in the state of Maine. Founded as the Profile Theatre in 1974 as a touring theater company, the company made Portland its permanent location in 1976. In 1 ...

. In 2018 he made his

Off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...

debut in director

Karin Coonrod Karin Coonrod is an American theater director and writer who is on the faculty of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. Coonrod is known for her modern adaptations of classic plays by William Shakespeare and other playwrights. She often choose ...

’s production of ''

Babette’s Feast ''Babette's Feast'' () is a 1987 Danish drama film directed by Gabriel Axel. The screenplay, written by Axel, was based on the 1958 story by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen). It was produced by Just Betzer, Bo Christensen and Benni Korzen, with fund ...

'', as General Loewenhielm/Player 4. He was seen in Manhattan Repertory Theater’s production of David Harm's new play ''Powerhouse'' in the fall of 2022.

References

External links

IMDB for Jeorge Bennett Watson

Broadway World entry for Jeorge Bennett Watson
{{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Jeorge Bennett Living people 1965 births 21st-century American male actors People from Windsor, North Carolina Maryland Institute College of Art alumni