George Clooney
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.
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Acting (97 movies)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
Ocean's Eleven
2001
Ocean's Twelve
2004
The Good German
2006
Syriana
2005
Ocean's Thirteen
2007
Batman & Robin
1997
Out of Sight
1998
Solaris
2002
The Perfect Storm
2000
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
Wolfs
2024
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009
The Ides of March
2011
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
Michael Clayton
2007
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002
Leatherheads
2008
Burn After Reading
2008
Three Kings
1999
Up in the Air
2009
One Fine Day
1996
The Peacemaker
1997
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
The Thin Red Line
1998
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
1999
The American
2010
Full Tilt Boogie
1998
Return of the Killer Tomatoes!
1988
Red Surf
1989
The Descendants
2011
Gravity
2013
And They're Off
1982
The Flash
2023
The Monuments Men
2014
Radioman
2012
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
2022
Paris Hilton, Inc.
2009
Hail, Caesar!
2016
Curdled
1996
Jay Kelly
2025
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022
The Magic Bubble
1993
Rose McGowan: Being Brave
2019
Tomorrowland
2015
Spy Kids
2001
Money Monster
2016
Live 8
2005
America’s Game & The Iran Hostage Crisis
2015
Tarantino's Mind
2006
His Way
2011
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
A Very Murray Christmas
2015
IF
2024
8
2012
The Book That Wrote Itself
2000
Anton Corbijn Inside Out
2012
Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief
2017
His Highness Hollywood
2008
Sand and Sorrow
2007
Fail Safe
2000
Grizzly II: Revenge
2020
An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube
2000
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
Return to Horror High
1987
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
Combat Academy
1986
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
The Harvest
1993
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
2016
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
Always at The Carlyle
2018
Being George Clooney
2016
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020
Architects of Denial
2017
Trump @War
2018
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
2013
Fahrenheit 11/9
2018
Darfur Now
2007
The Midnight Sky
2020
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
1993
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000
La Classe américaine
2012
We Come as Friends
2014
Ticket to Paradise
2022
A Thousand Cuts
2020
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
Rewrite for Murder
1991
George Clooney: Leading Man
2024
Screaming Soup Presents: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective
2023
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001
Good Night, and Good Luck
2025
Welcome to Collinwood
2002
Waiting for Woody Allen
1998
Plankton Salesmen
2017
Directing (9 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Fail Safe | 2000 | Executive Producer |
| Rock Star | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Insomnia | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| Welcome to Collinwood | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| Far from Heaven | 2002 | Executive Producer |
| Criminal | 2004 | Producer |
| The Jacket | 2005 | Producer |
| The Big Empty | 2005 | Executive Producer |
| Good Night, and Good Luck. | 2005 | Screenplay |
| Syriana | 2005 | Executive Producer |
| Rumor Has It... | 2005 | Executive Producer |
| A Scanner Darkly | 2006 | Executive Producer |
| Pu-239 | 2006 | Executive Producer |
| Wind Chill | 2007 | Executive Producer |
| Michael Clayton | 2007 | Executive Producer |
| Leatherheads | 2008 | Producer |
| Playground | 2009 | Executive Producer |
| The Informant! | 2009 | Executive Producer |
| The Men Who Stare at Goats | 2009 | Producer |
| The American | 2010 | Producer |
| The Ides of March | 2011 | Producer |
| The Ides of March | 2011 | Screenplay |
| Argo | 2012 | Producer |
| August: Osage County | 2013 | Producer |
| The Monuments Men | 2014 | Screenplay |
| The Monuments Men | 2014 | Producer |
| Our Brand Is Crisis | 2015 | Producer |
| Money Monster | 2016 | Producer |
| Suburbicon | 2017 | Producer |
| Suburbicon | 2017 | Writer |
| Ocean's Eight | 2018 | Producer |
| The Midnight Sky | 2020 | Producer |
| The Art of Political Murder | 2020 | Executive Producer |
| The Tender Bar | 2021 | Producer |
| Ticket to Paradise | 2022 | Producer |
| The Boys in the Boat | 2023 | Producer |
| Wolfs | 2024 | Producer |
| Good Night, and Good Luck | 2025 | Writer |
| Good Night, and Good Luck | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| Surviving Ohio State | 2025 | Producer |