Background
His father was Belgian, his mother is Austrian. George Regout grew up in Brussels, Belgium, and Vienna, Austria.
His father was Belgian, his mother is Austrian. George Regout grew up in Brussels, Belgium, and Vienna, Austria.
After having lived in Paris, George Regout studied to become an actor in Munich, Germany.
After studying in Switzerland he lived in Paris, France, for two and half years, where he worked for several fashion houses, amongst others as a model. He also was a guest student for history of art at the École du Louvre. George Regout fluently speaks German, French and English, as well as Spanish and Italian.
During his studies he played in Nathans Tod, written and directed by George Tabori, at the Bayrisches Staatsschauspiel in Munich.
After working at the Weilheimer Theatersommer under Cordula Trantow and the Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss (1995-1996), George Regout moved to Berlin, where he appeared in several theaters, Sophiensaele and Schillertheater-Werkstatt being just two of them. George Regout had first appearances on television in Series as Klinik unter Palmen (1998, Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator) Edel & Starck (2002, Sat1) and Alarm für Cobra 11 (2003, RTL).
In 2004 George Regout co-hosted the television show Style SOS (Pro7) in nearly 200 episodes. From 2005 until 2007, George Regout starred in 645 episodes of the Sat1-Telenovela Verliebt in Berlin (based on Betty la fea from Colombia) in the role of fashion designer Hugo Haas.
The series, which belongs to the most successful ones in more recent German television history, was awarded with the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German television 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 United States television hit show Ugly Betty, co-produced by Salma Hayek. After that, George Regout starred in the musical Elixier at the Komödie Dresden, Germany, in the role of Hagen, one of the leading parts, music composed by Tobias Künzel.
In February 2009, he joined the television show Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love) on recurring basis in the role of Eduard von Tepp.
Regout is vegan.