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Mohammed George
Mohammed George
	George in 2009 at Wendy Richard's funeral service
Born	Mohammed Michael George; 11 March 1982 (age 42); Hackney, East London, England
Education	Sylvia Young Theatre School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994-present

Mohammed Michael "Mo" George (born 11 March 1982) is a British actor who played Gus Smith on the soap opera EastEnders from 2002 to 2008.

Early life

Mohammed Michael George was born to a Jamaican mother and Antiguan father, in Hackney, London, England.

Career

Before appearing in EastEnders, George made guest appearances in Holby City, Bottom (as a young trick-or-treater in the episode Terror), Kidulthood and The Last Detective. He also starred as Dennis in the children's program Renford Rejects in 2000.

Personal life

George has a daughter, Olivia Destiny. His daughter was born in 2005 in Barnet, Greater London.^[1]

Legal troubles

George was arrested on 8 December 2006 for a suspected assault on girlfriend Emma Archibald during an argument outside a restaurant.^[2] She corroborated the claims, in what started as an argument over who should empty the dishwasher.^[3] George was cautioned by the police for having swung a bag of rubbish,^[4] and was subsequently suspended by EastEnders Executive Producer Diederick Santer for two months. He apologised to the BBC and the show's producers.^[5] It was announced on 18 January 2008 that George and EastEnders had reached a mutual agreement not to renew his contract and he left the show after six years, later in 2008.^[6] George has since stated that he was "forced" to leave EastEnders after the bosses there believed newspaper headlines which he later proved wrong. He has also admitted to suffering from depression as a result of his departure from EastEnders.^[7]

Lawsuits

In March 2009, George started libel action against The Sun newspaper, claiming that they said he was "acting like a wild animal" and branded him a "woman beater" and that this was untrue. His lawyer said the reports had "damaged his prospects as an actor". The newspaper contested the claim,^[8] but George won £75,000 libel damages on 2 April 2009.^[9] In July 2010, the Daily Star apologised and paid damages to George after they incorrectly reported that he had arrived drunk to an EastEnders 25th anniversary party and acted aggressively to the programme's producers.^[10]

Other interests

George is now a full-time DJ playing around clubs across the United Kingdom.

In June 2016, George was nominated for best actor alongside Idris Elba, Shone Romulus, and Emmanuel Imani at the 2016 British Urban Film festival for his role in "Murder Capital" a short film written and directed by Rob Woods.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Never Play with the Dead
2013	Forget the Pact	Frankie	Short film
2015	Murder Capital	Reaper	Short film
2016	Remembrance Day	Kofi	Short film
2016	The Naked Poet	Martin
2019	A Man Down	Paul Drummond	Short film
2024	Here	Winston
TBA	Thirteen Cars	Bez	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Bottom	Small Devil	Episode: "Terror" Credited as Mohammad George
1995	The Biz	Max	Unknown episodes
2000	The Bill	Mark Okin	Episode: "White Lies"
2000-2001	Renford Rejects	Dennis Quayle	Unknown episodes
2002	Holby City	Dean Flynn	Episode: "Birthday"
2002-2008	EastEnders	Gus Smith	Main cast 319 episodes
2003	The Last Detective	Warren	Episode: "Pilot" Credited as Mohammad George
2007	Children in Need	Himself (performer)	Episode: "#1.28"
2011	Postcode	Rob	Television movie
2012	Crime Stories	Peter Green	Episode: "#1.19"