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