Name
George Clooney
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1961-05-06 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Everett
- 2001 Ocean's Eleven as Danny Ocean
- 2004 Ocean's Twelve as Danny Ocean
- 2006 The Good German as Jake Geismar
- 2005 Syriana as Bob Barnes
- 2007 Ocean's Thirteen as Danny Ocean
- 1997 Batman & Robin as Batman / Bruce Wayne
- 1998 Out of Sight as Jack Foley
- 2002 Solaris as Chris Kelvin
- 2000 The Perfect Storm as Capt. Billy Tyne
- 1996 From Dusk Till Dawn as Seth Gecko
- 2024 Wolfs as Margaret's Man
- 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck. as Fred Friendly
- 2009 The Men Who Stare at Goats as Lyn Cassady
- 2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox as Mr. Fox (voice)
- 2011 The Ides of March as Mike Morris
- 2007 Michael Clayton as Michael Clayton
- 2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as Jim Byrd
- 2008 Leatherheads as Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly
- 2008 Burn After Reading as Harry Pfarrer
- 1999 Three Kings as Archie Gates
- 2009 Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham
- 1996 One Fine Day as Jack Taylor
- 1997 The Peacemaker as Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe
- 2003 Intolerable Cruelty as Miles
- 1998 The Thin Red Line as Capt. Charles Bosche
- 2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Devlin
- 1999 South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut as Dr. Gouache (voice)
- 2010 The American as Jack / Edward
- 1998 Full Tilt Boogie as Self
- 1988 Return of the Killer Tomatoes! as Matt Stevens
- 1989 Red Surf as Remar
- 2011 The Descendants as Matt King
- 2013 Gravity as Matt Kowalski
- 1982 And They're Off
- 2023 The Flash as Bruce Wayne (uncredited)
- 2014 The Monuments Men as Lt. Frank Stokes
- 2002 'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con as Self
- 2012 Radioman as Self
- 2022 Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 Hail, Caesar! as Baird Whitlock
- 1996 Curdled as Seth Gecko (Archival Photo) (uncredited)
- 2025 Jay Kelly as Jay Kelly
- 2022 Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter as Self
- 1993 The Magic Bubble as Mac
- 2019 Rose McGowan: Being Brave as Self
- 2015 Tomorrowland as Frank Walker
- 2001 Spy Kids as Devlin
- 2016 Money Monster as Lee Gates
- 2005 Live 8 as Self
- 2015 America’s Game & The Iran Hostage Crisis as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 His Way as Self
- 2005 Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 A Very Murray Christmas as George Clooney
- 2024 IF as Spaceman (voice)
- 2000 Inside Look: Down from the Mountain as Self
- 2004 A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty as Self
- 2012 8 as David Boies
- 2000 The Book That Wrote Itself as George Clooney
- 2012 Anton Corbijn Inside Out as Self
- 2017 Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief as Self
- 2014 And the Oscar Goes To... as Self - Interviewee
- 1987 Return to Horror High as Oliver
- 2016 Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You as Self
- 2000 Fail Safe as Col. Jack Grady
- 2007 Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self
- 2020 Grizzly II: Revenge as Ron
- 1986 Combat Academy as Maj. Biff Woods
- 1993 The Harvest as Lip Syncing Transvestite
- 2001 Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Batman (archive footage)
- 2008 You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story as Self
- 2007 Sand and Sorrow as Narrator (voice) / Self
- 2008 His Highness Hollywood as Self
- 2000 An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube as Self
- 2000 The Coen Brothers as Self
- 2018 Always at The Carlyle as Self
- 2016 Being George Clooney as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat as Self
- 2017 Architects of Denial as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 Trump @War as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 JFK: One PM Central Standard Time as Self- Narrator
- 2018 Fahrenheit 11/9 as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 Darfur Now as Self
- 2020 The Midnight Sky as Augustine Lofthouse
- 1993 Without Warning: Terror in the Towers as Kevin Shea
- 2000 Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' as Self
- 2012 La Classe américaine as Self
- 2014 We Come as Friends as Self
- 2022 Ticket to Paradise as David Cotton
- 2020 A Thousand Cuts as Self
- 2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters as Self
- 1991 Rewrite for Murder as Nick Bianco
- 2021 Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 George Clooney: Leading Man as Self
- 2023 Screaming Soup Presents: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
- 1998 Inside 'Out of Sight' as Self
- 2025 Good Night, and Good Luck as Edward R. Murrow
- 2002 Welcome to Collinwood as Jerzy
- 1998 Waiting for Woody Allen as Self
- 2008 Finding the Burn as Self / Harry Pfarrer (archive footage)
- 2008 DC Insiders Run Amuck as Self
- 2008 Welcome Back, George as Self
- Soon Ocean's Fourteen as Danny Ocean
- 2017 Plankton Salesmen as Self (archive footage)
- 2027 In Love
- 2026 Call My Agent! The Movie as George Clooney
- 2025 The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
- 2025 The Coen Brothers Story as Self
- 2025 The Making of Jay Kelly as Self - Jay Kelly
- 2025 My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler as Jay Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2003 Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration
- 1999 Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
- 2009 Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story as Self
- 2026 Henry David Thoreau as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 ER: 24 Hours as Dr. Doug Ross
- 1999 Playmate Pajama Party as self
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Kip Howard
- 1979 The Facts of Life ( 24 episodes ) as George Burnett
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1985 The Golden Girls ( 1 episode ) as Bobby Hopkins
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode )
- 1952 Today ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 South Park ( 1 episode ) as Sparky (voice)
- 1988 Roseanne ( 11 episodes )
- 1988 Murphy Brown ( 1 episode )
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 5 episodes )
- 1985 Street Hawk ( 1 episode ) as Kevin Stark
- 1982 Hotel ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Matthew Winfield
- 1994 ER ( 108 episodes ) as Doug Ross
- 1984 Crazy like a Fox ( 1 episode ) as Skip Woods
- 2003 Celebrities Uncensored ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1991 Baby Talk ( 12 episodes ) as Joe
- 2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 1986 Throb ( 1 episode )
- 1953 The Oscars ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1988 Comic Relief ( 1 episode )
- 2009 Live from Studio Five ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Jack's Place ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 1992 Bodies of Evidence ( 16 episodes ) as Det. Ryan Walker
- 1994 Friends ( 1 episode ) as Michael Mitchell
- Soon Hot Prospects ( 1 episode ) as Ben Braddock
- Soon Knights of the Kitchen Table ( 1 episode ) as Rick Stepjack
- 2018 Red Table Talk ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 100 Years of Warner Bros. ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self / Presenter
- 2013 Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten ( 1 episode ) as Ron (archive footage)
- 2018 My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1997 Leute heute ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2013 The Frame ( 1 episode ) as Matt Kowalsky
- 1984 Goldene Kamera ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 1978 The Kennedy Center Honors ( 1 episode ) as Self - Honoree
- 2020 Some Good News ( 1 episode ) as Weatherman
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Real Time with Bill Maher ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1986 American Masters ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Beckmann ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 Ein Herz für Kinder ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1984 E/R ( 8 episodes ) as Ace
- 1997 Taff ( 1 episode ) as self
- 2019 Catch-22 ( 6 episodes ) as Scheisskopf
- 1992 Morgenmagazin ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Nominee
- 1998 Parkinson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Audience Member
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1987 Biography ( 1 episode ) as George Clooney
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- 2025 Actors on Actors: Broadway ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 The Entertainment Biz ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 Poker Face ( 1 episode ) as Michael Clayton (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2009 C à vous ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Fox (voice)
- 1994 Extra ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2026 Skip Intro ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2026 Henry David Thoreau ( 3 episodes ) as Self – Narrator (voice)
- 1990 Sunset Beat ( 6 episodes ) as Chic Chesbro
- 1976 The Adams Chronicles ( 1 episode ) as Henry Clay
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
