George Clooney

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

179

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-05-06 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Lexington, Kentucky, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Clooney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Jay Kelly

    Jay Kelly

  • Friends

    Friends

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • South Park

    South Park

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • ER

    ER

  • Morgenmagazin

    Morgenmagazin

  • The Monuments Men

    The Monuments Men

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Leute heute

    Leute heute

  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Hotel

    Hotel

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • The Flash

    The Flash

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Facts of Life

    The Facts of Life

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Poker Face

    Poker Face

  • Beckmann

    Beckmann

  • Taff

    Taff

  • Ocean's Eleven

    Ocean's Eleven

  • American Masters

    American Masters

  • Murphy Brown

    Murphy Brown

  • IF

    IF

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Wolfs

    Wolfs

  • Biography

    Biography

  • Batman & Robin

    Batman & Robin

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • MTV Movie & TV Awards

    MTV Movie & TV Awards

  • Ocean's Twelve

    Ocean's Twelve

  • The American

    The American

  • From Dusk Till Dawn

    From Dusk Till Dawn

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Fantastic Mr. Fox

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

    Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

  • You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

    You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

  • Out of Sight

    Out of Sight

  • Tomorrowland

    Tomorrowland

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    O Brother, Where Art Thou?

  • Syriana

    Syriana

  • Ocean's Thirteen

    Ocean's Thirteen

  • The Peacemaker

    The Peacemaker

  • The Thin Red Line

    The Thin Red Line

  • The Perfect Storm

    The Perfect Storm

  • And the Oscar Goes To...

    And the Oscar Goes To...

  • Roseanne

    Roseanne

  • My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman

    My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

    The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

  • Crazy like a Fox

    Crazy like a Fox

  • Call My Agent! The Movie

    Call My Agent! The Movie

  • South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

  • Gravity

    Gravity

  • Michael Clayton

    Michael Clayton

  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

    Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

  • Spy Kids

    Spy Kids

  • The Descendants

    The Descendants

  • Combat Academy

    Combat Academy

  • His Way

    His Way

  • The Ides of March

    The Ides of March

  • Burn After Reading

    Burn After Reading

  • Catch-22

    Catch-22

  • Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

    Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

  • Solaris

    Solaris

  • Street Hawk

    Street Hawk

  • Curdled

    Curdled

  • New Heights

    New Heights

  • The Frame

    The Frame

  • Up in the Air

    Up in the Air

  • Fail Safe

    Fail Safe

  • Red Table Talk

    Red Table Talk

  • Hail, Caesar!

    Hail, Caesar!

  • Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

    Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

  • Three Kings

    Three Kings

  • In Love

    In Love

  • Intolerable Cruelty

    Intolerable Cruelty

  • Plankton Salesmen

    Plankton Salesmen

  • Money Monster

    Money Monster

  • Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief

    Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief

  • 100 Years of Warner Bros.

    100 Years of Warner Bros.

  • Red Surf

    Red Surf

  • Today

    Today

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • Bodies of Evidence

    Bodies of Evidence

  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

    Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

  • Live 8

    Live 8

  • The Men Who Stare at Goats

    The Men Who Stare at Goats

  • Radioman

    Radioman

  • Leatherheads

    Leatherheads

  • The Harvest

    The Harvest

  • The Midnight Sky

    The Midnight Sky

  • Ticket to Paradise

    Ticket to Paradise

  • Darfur Now

    Darfur Now

  • Some Good News

    Some Good News

  • Always at The Carlyle

    Always at The Carlyle

  • Jack's Place

    Jack's Place

  • One Fine Day

    One Fine Day

  • E/R

    E/R

  • Ein Herz für Kinder

    Ein Herz für Kinder

  • Return to Horror High

    Return to Horror High

  • A Very Murray Christmas

    A Very Murray Christmas

  • Return of the Killer Tomatoes!

    Return of the Killer Tomatoes!

  • Anton Corbijn Inside Out

    Anton Corbijn Inside Out

  • Grizzly II: Revenge

    Grizzly II: Revenge

  • Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

    Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

  • Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

    Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

  • Fahrenheit 11/9

    Fahrenheit 11/9

  • The Good German

    The Good German

  • Trump @War

    Trump @War

  • Throb

    Throb

  • The Making of Jay Kelly

    The Making of Jay Kelly

  • Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter

    Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter

  • Good Night, and Good Luck.

    Good Night, and Good Luck.

  • America’s Game & The Iran Hostage Crisis

    America’s Game & The Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte

    Die Coen-Brüder - Eine amerikanische Geschichte

  • The Entertainment Biz

    The Entertainment Biz

  • America | A Tribute to Heroes

    America | A Tribute to Heroes

  • Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

    Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

  • Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

    Without Warning: Terror in the Towers

  • The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship

    The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship

  • Welcome to Collinwood

    Welcome to Collinwood

  • A Thousand Cuts

    A Thousand Cuts

  • Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

    Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

  • Full Tilt Boogie

    Full Tilt Boogie

  • Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres

    Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres

  • And They're Off

    And They're Off

  • The Magic Bubble

    The Magic Bubble

  • Sand and Sorrow

    Sand and Sorrow

  • Good Night, and Good Luck

    Good Night, and Good Luck

  • La Classe américaine

    La Classe américaine

  • Comic Relief

    Comic Relief

  • Paris Hilton, Inc.

    Paris Hilton, Inc.

  • Rose McGowan: Being Brave

    Rose McGowan: Being Brave

  • In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

    In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

  • Architects of Denial

    Architects of Denial

  • Ocean's Fourteen

    Ocean's Fourteen

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

  • JFK: One PM Central Standard Time

    JFK: One PM Central Standard Time

  • Being George Clooney

    Being George Clooney

  • His Highness Hollywood

    His Highness Hollywood

  • George Clooney: Leading Man

    George Clooney: Leading Man

  • The Coen Brothers

    The Coen Brothers

  • 'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con

    'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con

  • Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors: Broadway

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors: Broadway

  • 8

    8

  • Knights of the Kitchen Table

    Knights of the Kitchen Table

  • We Come as Friends

    We Come as Friends

  • The Book That Wrote Itself

    The Book That Wrote Itself

  • Waiting for Woody Allen

    Waiting for Woody Allen

  • Screaming Soup Presents: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective

    Screaming Soup Presents: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective

  • Celebrities Uncensored

    Celebrities Uncensored

  • Inside 'Out of Sight'

    Inside 'Out of Sight'

  • DC Insiders Run Amuck

    DC Insiders Run Amuck

  • Finding the Burn

    Finding the Burn

  • Hot Prospects

    Hot Prospects

  • A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty

    A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty

  • Welcome Back, George

    Welcome Back, George

  • An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube

    An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube

  • Baby Talk

    Baby Talk

  • Inside Look: Down from the Mountain

    Inside Look: Down from the Mountain

  • Rewrite for Murder

    Rewrite for Murder