George Clooney
- Acting
- May 6, 1961 · Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Biography
George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for his leading man roles on screen in both blockbuster and independent films, Clooney has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award and four Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. His honours include the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2015, the Honorary César in 2017, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2018, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2022. Clooney's breakthrough role came as Dr. Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER (1994–1999), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He established himself as a film star with roles in From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Out of Sight (1998), Three Kings (1999), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and the Ocean's film series (2001–2007). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a CIA officer in Syriana (2005). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles in Michael Clayton (2007), Up in the Air(2009) and The Descendants (2011). He has also starred in Burn After Reading (2008), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Gravity (2013), Hail, Caesar! (2016), and Jay Kelly (2025). Clooney has directed nine feature films, including the spy film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind(2002), the historical drama Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), the political drama The Ides of March(2011), the war film The Monuments Men (2014), and the coming-of-age film The Tender Bar (2021) starring BenAffleck. He received the Academy Award for Best Picture for co-producing the political thriller Argo (2012). He made his Broadway debut portraying Edward R. Murrow in the play adaptation of his 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck (2025), for which he earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.\n\nClooney was included on Time's annual Time 100 list, which identifies the most influential people in the world, every year from 2006 to 2009. He is also noted for his political and economic activism. He has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since 2008. Clooney is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Divorced from actress Talia Balsam, he has been married to human rights lawyer Amal Clooney since 2014, with whom he has two children. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Clooney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- In Love · Producer
- Gravity II: Legacy - An AI Fan Film · Matt Kowalski (likeness, archive footage)
- Furies · Executive producer
- Call My Agent! The Movie · George Clooney
- Henry David Thoreau · Narrator (Voice)
- Henry David Thoreau · Self
- Skip Intro · Self
- The Coen Brothers Story · Self
- The Making of Jay Kelly · Self
- My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler · Jay Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Jay Kelly · Jay Kelly
- The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20 · Self
- Surviving Ohio State · Producer
- Good Night, and Good Luck · Edward R. Murrow, Writer
- No Friends · Dr. Michael Mitchell
- Actors on Actors: Broadway · Self
- The Agency · Executive producer
- Wolfs · Margaret's Man, Producer
- George Clooney: Leading Man · Self
- IF · Spaceman (Voice)
- The Boys in the Boat · Director, Producer
- The Flash · Bruce Wayne (uncredited)
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. · Self
- Screaming Soup Presents: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective · Self
- Poker Face · Michael Clayton (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? · Self
- Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter · Self
- Ticket to Paradise · David Cotton, Producer
- Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres · Narrator (Voice)
- The Tender Bar · Director, Producer
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend · Self
- The Art of Political Murder · Executive producer
- The Midnight Sky · Augustine Lofthouse, Director
- In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat · Self
- Trial by Media · Executive producer, Creator
- Some Good News · Weatherman
- Grizzly II: Revenge · Ron
- A Thousand Cuts · Self
- On Becoming a God in Central Florida · Executive producer
- Catch-22 · Scheisskopf, Director
- Rose McGowan: Being Brave · Self
- Trump @War · Self
- Fahrenheit 11/9 · Self
- Ocean's Eight · Producer
- Always at The Carlyle · Self
- Red Table Talk · Self
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman · Self
- Plankton Salesmen · Self
- Suburbicon · Director, Producer
- Architects of Denial · Self
- Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief · Self
- Money Monster · Lee Gates, Producer
- Being George Clooney · Self
- Hail, Caesar! · Baird Whitlock
- Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You · Self
- America’s Game & The Iran Hostage Crisis · Narrator (Voice)
- A Very Murray Christmas · George Clooney
- Our Brand Is Crisis · Producer
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Tomorrowland · Frank Walker
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- And the Oscar Goes To... · Self
- The Monuments Men · Lt. Frank Stokes, Director
- We Come as Friends · Self
- August: Osage County · Producer
- JFK: One PM Central Standard Time · Self
- Gravity · Matt Kowalski
- Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten · Ron (archive footage)
- The Frame · Matt Kowalsky
- Radioman · Self
- Argo · Producer
- La Classe américaine · Self
- Anton Corbijn Inside Out · Self
- 8 · David Boies
- The Ides of March · Mike Morris, Director
- The Descendants · Matt King
- His Way · Self
- The American · Jack / Edward, Producer