George Clooney
Acting
Born: May 6, 1961 (age 65) · Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Highest Rated
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
Gravity
2013
Ocean's Eleven
2001
Friends
1994
Argo
2012
Ocean's Eight
2018
Ocean's Twelve
2004
Tomorrowland
2015
Ocean's Thirteen
2007
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
Batman & Robin
1997
Insomnia
2002
Photos (12)
Movies (67)
Ocean's Eleven
Danny Ocean
The Flash
Bruce Wayne (uncredited)
Tomorrowland
Frank Walker
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox (voice)
IF
Spaceman (voice)
Ocean's Twelve
Danny Ocean
Batman & Robin
Batman / Bruce Wayne
Gravity
Matt Kowalski
From Dusk Till Dawn
Seth Gecko
Wolfs
Margaret's Man
Ocean's Thirteen
Danny Ocean
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Everett
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Devlin
Jay Kelly
Jay Kelly
The Thin Red Line
Capt. Charles Bosche
Spy Kids
Devlin
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Dr. Gouache (voice)
Burn After Reading
Harry Pfarrer
The Perfect Storm
Capt. Billy Tyne
Hail, Caesar!
Baird Whitlock
The Peacemaker
Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe
The Ides of March
Mike Morris
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Lyn Cassady
The Monuments Men
Lt. Frank Stokes
Out of Sight
Jack Foley
Up in the Air
Ryan Bingham
The Descendants
Matt King
Ticket to Paradise
David Cotton
Intolerable Cruelty
Miles
Three Kings
Archie Gates
Syriana
Bob Barnes
The American
Jack / Edward
Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton
Money Monster
Lee Gates
Solaris
Chris Kelvin
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Jim Byrd
The Midnight Sky
Augustine Lofthouse
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Fred Friendly
The Good German
Jake Geismar
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Batman (archive footage)
Welcome to Collinwood
Jerzy
One Fine Day
Jack Taylor
Leatherheads
Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly
Fail Safe
Col. Jack Grady
Grizzly II: Revenge
Ron
A Very Murray Christmas
George Clooney
Good Night, and Good Luck
Edward R. Murrow
Henry David Thoreau
Narrator (voice)
Call My Agent! The Movie
George Clooney
Return of the Killer Tomatoes!
Matt Stevens
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
Return to Horror High
Oliver
Curdled
Seth Gecko (Archival Photo) (uncredited)
Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Red Surf
Remar
Combat Academy
Maj. Biff Woods
The Harvest
Lip Syncing Transvestite
The Magic Bubble
Mac
8
David Boies
ER: 24 Hours
Dr. Doug Ross
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler
Jay Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Book That Wrote Itself
George Clooney
And They're Off
1982
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers
Kevin Shea
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Narrator (voice)
Rewrite for Murder
Nick Bianco
America’s Game & The Iran Hostage Crisis
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (27)
Friends
Michael Mitchell · 1 eps
South Park
Sparky (voice) · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Kip Howard · 1 eps
ER
Doug Ross · 108 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 eps
The Golden Girls
Bobby Hopkins · 1 eps
Murphy Brown
1 eps
The Facts of Life
George Burnett · 24 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5 eps
Hotel
1 eps
Hunter
Matthew Winfield · 1 eps
The Oscars
Mr. Fox (voice) · 1 eps
Poker Face
Michael Clayton (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Biography
George Clooney · 1 eps
Crazy like a Fox
Skip Woods · 1 eps
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
Ron (archive footage) · 1 eps
Catch-22
Scheisskopf · 6 eps
Street Hawk
Kevin Stark · 1 eps
Some Good News
Weatherman · 1 eps
Roseanne
11 eps
The Frame
Matt Kowalsky · 1 eps
Bodies of Evidence
Det. Ryan Walker · 16 eps
E/R
Ace · 8 eps
Jack's Place
1 eps
The Adams Chronicles
Henry Clay · 1 eps
Sunset Beat
Chic Chesbro · 6 eps
Baby Talk
Joe · 12 eps
Self / Appearances (79)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 3 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 5 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · 3 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 3 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 5 eps
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self · 6 eps
Morgenmagazin
Self · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Leute heute
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
American Masters
Self · 1 eps
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Presenter · 1 eps
Taff
self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 3 eps
Today
Self · 1 eps
Beckmann
Self · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self · 1 eps
C à vous
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self - Honoree · 1 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 6 eps
Red Table Talk
Self · 1 eps
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Self · 1 eps
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self · 4 eps
Extra
Self - Guest · 1 eps
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Self · 1 eps
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Skip Intro
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Ein Herz für Kinder
Self · 1 eps
Radioman
Self
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Self
The Coen Brothers Story
Self
Fahrenheit 11/9
Self (archive footage)
Live 8
Self
Always at The Carlyle
Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self
Henry David Thoreau
Self – Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
Architects of Denial
Self (archive footage)
The Making of Jay Kelly
Self - Jay Kelly
Playmate Pajama Party
self
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Interviewee
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Full Tilt Boogie
Self
His Highness Hollywood
Self
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Self
La Classe américaine
Self
His Way
Self
The Coen Brothers
Self
Anton Corbijn Inside Out
Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Self
Trump @War
Self (archive footage)
Screaming Soup Presents: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective
Self (archive footage)
A Thousand Cuts
Self
Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story
Self
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
Self
Waiting for Woody Allen
Self
Darfur Now
Self
Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief
Self
Live from Studio Five
Self · 1 eps
Rose McGowan: Being Brave
Self
George Clooney: Leading Man
Self
Sand and Sorrow
Narrator (voice) / Self
Being George Clooney
Self (archive footage)
We Come as Friends
Self
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
Self- Narrator
An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · 4 eps
Upcoming (4)
Directing (11)
Catch-22
Director
The Ides of March
Director
The Monuments Men
Director
The Boys in the Boat
Director
Suburbicon
Director
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Director
The Midnight Sky
Director
Unscripted
Director
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Director
Leatherheads
Director
The Tender Bar
Director
Writing (6)
Producing (40)
The Agency
Executive Producer
Ocean's Eight
Producer
Argo
Producer
Wolfs
Producer
Insomnia
Executive Producer
The Ides of March
Producer
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Producer
The Monuments Men
Producer
The Jacket
Producer
The Boys in the Boat
Producer
Ticket to Paradise
Producer
Suburbicon
Producer
Syriana
Executive Producer
The American
Producer
Michael Clayton
Executive Producer
Money Monster
Producer
August: Osage County
Producer
A Scanner Darkly
Executive Producer
The Midnight Sky
Producer
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Executive Producer
Unscripted
Executive Producer
Rumor Has It...
Executive Producer
Wind Chill
Executive Producer
Our Brand Is Crisis
Producer
Rock Star
Executive Producer
The Informant!
Executive Producer
Welcome to Collinwood
Producer
Far from Heaven
Executive Producer
K Street
Producer
Memphis Beat
Producer
Leatherheads
Producer
The Tender Bar
Producer
Criminal
Producer
Fail Safe
Executive Producer
Trial by Media
Executive Producer
Good Night, and Good Luck
Executive Producer
Surviving Ohio State
Producer
Playground
Executive Producer
Pu-239
Executive Producer
The Art of Political Murder
Executive Producer