George Knight.

About George Knight

George Knight is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Colin Salmon. George was introduced by executive producer, Chris Clenshaw, in episode 6,708, broadcast on 1 June 2023, as the patriarch of the Knight family. Initially billed as a charismatic ex-boxer and protective father, the character debuted alongside his girlfriend Elaine Peacock and daughters Gina and Anna Knight. His storylines in the serial have included his arrival and moving into The Queen Victoria, his proposal to Elaine, his friendship with Phil Mitchell, the reveal that his ex-wife Rose was actually Cindy Beale in a witness protection programme, discovering he was adopted through baby farming, his ensuing identity struggles, his complicated relationship with his adoptive parents, cheating on Elaine with Cindy, being diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) from years of professional boxing, meeting his biological brothers Kobina and Kojo Asare, marrying Elaine, discovering Cindy's affair with his son Junior, being a suspect in the "Who Attacked Cindy?" storyline, his marriage to Elaine breaking down due to her infidelity, a relationship with Nicola Mitchell, leading to the birth of their daughter Ivy, and reluctantly taking in his racist adoptive father Eddie in his dying weeks.