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George Clooney

Actor, Producer, Director, WriterBorn May 6, 1961 (64 years)
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.

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Known For

  • Ocean's Eleven
  • Argo
  • Up in the Air
  • From Dusk Till Dawn
  • Gravity
  • The Ides of March
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • The Descendants
  • Ocean's Twelve
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • Ocean's Thirteen
  • Burn After Reading
  • Insomnia
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Batman & Robin
  • Syriana
  • Michael Clayton
  • The Perfect Storm
  • Three Kings
  • The Monuments Men
  • Wolfs
  • The Men Who Stare at Goats
  • The American
  • A Scanner Darkly

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    Filmography

    2025
    My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler · as Jay Kelly (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    2025
    Jay Kelly · as Jay Kelly
    2025
    Good Night, and Good Luck · as Edward R. Murrow
    2024
    Wolfs · as Margaret's Man
    2024
    IF · as Spaceman (voice)
    2023
    The Flash · as Bruce Wayne (uncredited)
    2023
    Poker Face (2023) (TV Series) · as Michael Clayton (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    2022
    Ticket to Paradise · as David Cotton
    2022
    The Last Movie Stars (TV Series) · as Paul Newman
    2020
    The Midnight Sky · as Augustine Lofthouse
    2020
    Some Good News (TV Series) · as Weatherman
    2019
    Catch-22 (TV Series) · as Scheisskopf
    2018
    2016
    Money Monster · as Lee Gates
    2016
    Hail, Caesar! · as Baird Whitlock
    2015
    The Timeline (TV Series) · as Narrator
    2015
    Tomorrowland · as Frank Walker
    2014
    Text Santa 2014 · as Lord George Oceans Gravity, Marquis Of Hollywood
    2014
    The Monuments Men · as Lt. Frank Stokes
    2013
    Gravity · as Matt Kowalski
    2013
    The Worst Movies of All Time (TV Series) · as Ron (archive Footage)
    2013
    The Frame (TV Series) · as Matt Kowalsky
    2012
    8 · as David Boies
    2011
    The Descendants · as Matt King
    2011
    Touch of Evil · as The Tyrant
    2011
    The Ides of March · as Mike Morris
    2010
    The American · as Jack / Edward
    2009
    Up in the Air · as Ryan Bingham
    2009
    The Men Who Stare at Goats · as Lyn Cassady
    2009
    Fantastic Mr. Fox · as Mr. Fox (voice)
    2008
    Burn After Reading · as Harry Pfarrer
    2008
    Strictly Courtroom · as Michael Clayton
    2008
    Leatherheads · as Jimmy 'dodge' Connelly
    2007
    Sand and Sorrow · as Narrator (voice) / Self
    2007
    Michael Clayton · as Michael Clayton
    2007
    Ocean's Thirteen · as Danny Ocean
    2006
    The Good German · as Jake Geismar
    2005
    Syriana · as Bob Barnes
    2005
    Good Night, and Good Luck. · as Fred Friendly
    2004
    Ocean's Twelve · as Danny Ocean
    2004
    2003
    2003
    2002
    2002
    Solaris · as Chris Kelvin
    2002
    2001
    2001
    Ocean's Eleven · as Danny Ocean
    2001
    Spy Kids · as Devlin
    2000
    2000
    2000
    The Perfect Storm · as Capt. Billy Tyne
    2000
    Fail Safe · as Col. Jack Grady
    1999
    Three Kings · as Archie Gates
    1999
    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut · as Dr. Gouache (voice)
    1998
    The Thin Red Line · as Capt. Charles Bosche
    1998
    Out of Sight · as Jack Foley
    1997
    The Peacemaker · as Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe
    1997
    South Park (TV Series) · as Sparky (voice)
    1997
    Batman & Robin · as Bruce Wayne / Batman
    1996
    One Fine Day · as Jack Taylor
    1996
    Curdled · as Seth Gecko (archival Photo) (uncredited)
    1996
    From Dusk Till Dawn · as Seth Gecko
    1994
    Friends (TV Series) · as Michael Mitchell
    1994
    ER (TV Series) · as Doug Ross
    1993
    The Harvest · as Lip Syncing Transvestite
    1993
    The Building (TV Series) · as Bonnie's Fiancé
    1993
    1992
    Bodies of Evidence (TV Series) · as Det. Ryan Walker
    1992
    Jack's Place (TV Series)
    1992
    1992
    Unbecoming Age · as Mac
    1991
    Rewrite for Murder · as Nick Bianco
    1991
    Sisters (TV Series) · as Detective James Falconer
    1991
    Baby Talk (TV Series) · as Joe
    1990
    Sunset Beat (TV Series) · as Chic Chesbro
    1990
    Knights of the Kitchen Table · as Rick Stepjack
    1989
    Red Surf · as Remar
    1988
    Murphy Brown (TV Series)
    1988
    Roseanne (TV Series)
    1988
    1988
    1987
    The Law & Harry McGraw (TV Series) · as Vinnie Calucci
    1987
    Bennett Brothers · as Tom Bennett
    1987
    1986
    Combat High · as Maj. Biff Woods
    1986
    Throb (TV Series)
    1985
    The Golden Girls (TV Series) · as Bobby Hopkins
    1985
    Street Hawk (TV Series) · as Kevin Stark
    1984
    Crazy Like A Fox (TV Series) · as Skip Woods
    1984
    Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Kip Howard
    1984
    Hunter (TV Series) · as Matthew Winfield
    1984
    E/R (1984) (TV Series) · as Ace
    1984
    Riptide (1984) (TV Series) · as Lenny Colwell
    1983
    Hotel (TV Series)
    1983
    1982
    1979
    The Facts of Life (TV Series) · as George Burnett
    1978
    Centennial (TV Series) · as Young Man Carrying Barrel

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