George Clooney
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.
Filmography (61)
Jay Kelly
IF
Wolfs
The Flash
The Boys in the Boat
Ticket to Paradise
The Tender Bar
Grizzly II: Revenge
The Midnight Sky
Ocean's Eight
Suburbicon
Money Monster
Hail, Caesar!
Tomorrowland
The Monuments Men
Gravity
August: Osage County
Argo
The Descendants
The Ides of March
The American
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Up in the Air
The Men Who Stare at Goats
The Informant!
Burn After Reading
Leatherheads
Ocean's Thirteen
Michael Clayton
Wind Chill
The Good German
A Scanner Darkly
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Syriana
The Jacket
Rumor Has It...
Ocean's Twelve
Criminal
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Intolerable Cruelty
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Solaris
Welcome to Collinwood
Insomnia
Far from Heaven
Ocean's Eleven
Spy Kids
Rock Star
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Perfect Storm
Fail Safe
Three Kings
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
The Thin Red Line
Out of Sight
Batman & Robin
The Peacemaker
From Dusk Till Dawn
One Fine Day
Return of the Killer Tomatoes!
