George Clooney

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George Clooney

George Clooney

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George Clooney

Birthday: May 6
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky

George Clooney is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, activist, businessman, and philanthropist. He has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards, one for acting in Syriana (2006) and the other for co-producing Argo (2012).

George Clooney is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, activist, businessman, and philanthropist. He has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards, one for acting in Syriana (2006) and the other for co-producing Argo (2012).

Clooney made his acting debut on television in 1978, and later gained wide recognition in his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the long-running medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. While working on ER, he began attracting a variety of leading roles in films, including the superhero film Batman & Robin (1997) and the crime comedy Out of Sight (1998), in which he first worked with director Steven Soderbergh, who would become a long-time collaborator. In 1999, he took the lead role in Three Kings, a well-received war satire set during the Gulf War.

In 2001, Clooney's fame widened with the release of his biggest commercial success, the heist comedy remake Ocean's Eleven, the first of what became a trilogy starring Clooney. He made his directorial debut a year later with the biographical spy comedy Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and has since directed the historical drama Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), the sports comedy Leatherheads (2008), the political drama The Ides of March (2011), and the war film The Monuments Men (2014).

Clooney won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Middle East thriller Syriana (2005), and subsequently earned Best Actor nominations for the legal thriller Michael Clayton (2007) and the comedy-dramas Up in the Air (2009) and The Descendants (2011). In 2013, he received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the political thriller Argo. He is the only person who has been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories.

In 2009, Clooney was included in Time's annual Time 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World". He is also noted for his political and economic activism, and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31, 2008. His humanitarian work includes his advocacy of finding a resolution for the Darfur conflict, raising funds for the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Armenian Genocide recognition, 2004 tsunami, and 9/11 victims, and creating documentaries such as Sand and Sorrow to raise awareness about international crises. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Hail, Caesar!, a comedy from the Coen brothers set in the Hollywood film industry in the 1950s, premiered in February 2016. Clooney portrayed Baird Whitlock, a Robert Taylor-type film star who is kidnapped during the production of a film. Josh Brolin co-starred as fixer Eddie Mannix. Clooney reunited with Julia Roberts for the Jodie Foster-directed thriller Money Monster (2016), playing the host of a television show that investigates conspiracies on commerce and Wall Street, who is taken hostage by a bankrupt viewer given a bad tip. His most recent directorial project was the 1950s-set crime comedy Suburbicon (2017), starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, and Oscar Isaac.

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Awards & Nominations

3 Nominations | 1 Honor
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special - 2010
  • Nominee
  • George Clooney, Executive Producer
  • Hope For Haiti Now
  • Tenth Planet Productions and MTV
Bob Hope Humanitarian Award - 2010
  • Winner
  • George Clooney, as Honoree
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR FOR A DRAMA SERIES - 1996
  • Nominee
  • George Clooney, as Dr. Douglas Ross
  • ER
  • NBC
  • Constant c Productions, Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Television
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series - 1995
  • Nominee
  • George Clooney, as Dr. Douglas Ross
  • ER
  • NBC
  • Constant c Productions, Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Television

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George Clooney & Laurence Fishburne at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards
Elisabetta Canalis and George Clooney in the Green Room during the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre
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George Clooney accepts the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award from presenter Julianna Margulies at the 62nd Emmy Awards on August 29, 2010. 

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George Clooney upon receiving the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 62nd Emmy Awards on August 29, 2010. 

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George Clooney received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 62nd Emmy Awards on August 29, 2010. 

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George Clooney accepts the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award from presenter Julianna Margulies at the 62nd Emmy Awards on August 29, 2010. 

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George Clooney & Laurence Fishburne at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards
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Elisabetta Canalis and George Clooney in the Green Room during the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre
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