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 George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (n��e Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney spent most of his youth in Ohio and Kentucky, and graduated from Augusta High School. He was very active in sports such as basketball and baseball, and tried out for the Cincinnati Reds, but was not offered a contract.After his cousin, Miguel Ferrer, got him a small role in a feature film, Clooney began to pursue acting. His first major role was on the sitcom E/R (1984) as Ace. More roles soon followed, including George Burnett, the handsome handyman on The Facts of Life (1979); Booker Brooks, a supervisor on Roseanne (1988); and Detective James Falconer on Sisters (1991). Clooney had his breakthrough when he was cast as Dr. Doug Ross on the award-winning drama series ER (1994), opposite Anthony Edwards, Noah Wyle and Julianna Margulies.While filming "ER" (1994), Clooney starred in a number of high profile film roles, such as Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), and One Fine Day (1996), opposite Michelle Pfeiffer. In 1997, Clooney took on the role of Batman in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin (1997). The film was a moderate success in the box office, but was slammed by critics, notably for the nipple-laden Batsuit. Clooney went on to star in Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998), Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998), and David O. Russell's Three Kings (1999).In 1999, Clooney left "ER" (1994) (though he would return for the season finale) and appeared in a number of films, including O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Perfect Storm (2000) and Ocean's Eleven (2001). Collaborating once again with Steven Soderbergh, Ocean's Eleven (2001) received critical acclaim, earned more than $450 million at the box office, and spawned two sequels: Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).In 2002, Clooney made his directorial debut with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), an adaptation of TV producer Chuck Barris' autobiography. This was the first film under the banner of Section Eight Productions, a production company he founded with Steven Soderbergh. The company also produced many acclaimed films, including Far from Heaven (2002), Syriana (2005), A Scanner Darkly (2006) and Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005). Clooney won his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Syriana (2005), and was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005).In 2006, Section Eight Productions was shut down so that Soderbergh could concentrate on directing, and Clooney founded a new production company, Smokehouse Productions, with his friend and longtime business partner, Grant Heslov.Clooney went on to produce and star in Michael Clayton (2007) (which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor), directed and starred in Leatherheads (2008), and took leading roles in Burn After Reading (2008), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), and Jason Reitman's Up in the Air (2009). Clooney received critical acclaim for his performance in Up in the Air (2009) and was nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award. He didn't win that year, but took home both Best Actor awards (as well as countless nominations) for his role as a father who finds out his wife was unfaithful as she lays in a coma in Alexander Payne's The Descendants (2011). Through his career, Clooney has been heralded for his political activism and humanitarian work. He has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since 2008, has been an advocate for the Darfur conflict, and organized the Hope for Haiti telethon, to raise money for the victims of the 2010 earthquake. In March 2012, Clooney was arrested for civil disobedience while protesting at the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C.Clooney was married to actress Talia Balsam, from 1989 until 1993. After their divorce, he swore he would never marry again. Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman bet him $10,000 that he would have children by the age of 40, and sent him a check shortly after his birthday. Clooney returned the funds and bet double or nothing he wouldn't have children by the age of 50. Although he has remained a consummate bachelor, Clooney has had many highly publicized relationships, including with former WWE wrestler Stacy Keibler. In 2014, he married lawyer and activist Amal Clooney, with whom he has two children, twins.
Bio:
George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (n��e Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney spent most of his youth in Ohio and Kentucky, and graduated from Augusta High School. He was very active in sports such as basketball and baseball, and tried out for the Cincinnati Reds, but was not offered a contract.After his cousin, Miguel Ferrer, got him a small role in a feature film, Clooney began to pursue acting. His first major role was on the sitcom E/R (1984) as Ace. More roles soon followed, including George Burnett, the handsome handyman on The Facts of Life (1979); Booker Brooks, a supervisor on Roseanne (1988); and Detective James Falconer on Sisters (1991). Clooney had his breakthrough when he was cast as Dr. Doug Ross on the award-winning drama series ER (1994), opposite Anthony Edwards, Noah Wyle and Julianna Margulies.While filming "ER" (1994), Clooney starred in a number of high profile film roles, such as Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), and One Fine Day (1996), opposite Michelle Pfeiffer. In 1997, Clooney took on the role of Batman in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin (1997). The film was a moderate success in the box office, but was slammed by critics, notably for the nipple-laden Batsuit. Clooney went on to star in Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998), Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998), and David O. Russell's Three Kings (1999).In 1999, Clooney left "ER" (1994) (though he would return for the season finale) and appeared in a number of films, including O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Perfect Storm (2000) and Ocean's Eleven (2001). Collaborating once again with Steven Soderbergh, Ocean's Eleven (2001) received critical acclaim, earned more than $450 million at the box office, and spawned two sequels: Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).In 2002, Clooney made his directorial debut with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), an adaptation of TV producer Chuck Barris' autobiography. This was the first film under the banner of Section Eight Productions, a production company he founded with Steven Soderbergh. The company also produced many acclaimed films, including Far from Heaven (2002), Syriana (2005), A Scanner Darkly (2006) and Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005). Clooney won his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Syriana (2005), and was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005).In 2006, Section Eight Productions was shut down so that Soderbergh could concentrate on directing, and Clooney founded a new production company, Smokehouse Productions, with his friend and longtime business partner, Grant Heslov.Clooney went on to produce and star in Michael Clayton (2007) (which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor), directed and starred in Leatherheads (2008), and took leading roles in Burn After Reading (2008), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), and Jason Reitman's Up in the Air (2009). Clooney received critical acclaim for his performance in Up in the Air (2009) and was nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award. He didn't win that year, but took home both Best Actor awards (as well as countless nominations) for his role as a father who finds out his wife was unfaithful as she lays in a coma in Alexander Payne's The Descendants (2011). Through his career, Clooney has been heralded for his political activism and humanitarian work. He has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since 2008, has been an advocate for the Darfur conflict, and organized the Hope for Haiti telethon, to raise money for the victims of the 2010 earthquake. In March 2012, Clooney was arrested for civil disobedience while protesting at the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C.Clooney was married to actress Talia Balsam, from 1989 until 1993. After their divorce, he swore he would never marry again. Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman bet him $10,000 that he would have children by the age of 40, and sent him a check shortly after his birthday. Clooney returned the funds and bet double or nothing he wouldn't have children by the age of 50. Although he has remained a consummate bachelor, Clooney has had many highly publicized relationships, including with former WWE wrestler Stacy Keibler. In 2014, he married lawyer and activist Amal Clooney, with whom he has two children, twins.
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Committed to O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) before even reading a script, because of his wish to work with the Coen brothers. He even accepted a significantly lower salary than usual.During the 1990s, Clooney often publicly asserted that he would never get remarried or have any children, but Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman both bet $10,000 each that he would be a father before he turned 40. They were both wrong, and each sent him a check. He returned the money, betting double or nothing that he wouldn't have kids by age 50. At age 53, he broke his vows to never marry again when he wed human rights lawyer Amal Clooney (n��e Alamuddin) in 2014. In early 2017, news broke that the couple were pregnant with twins.Has been friends with Sandra Bullock for around 25 years. They appear in a movie together for the first time in Gravity (2013).Suffers from a form of malaria that surfaces from time to time; he has to live with this for the rest of his life.Reportedly got into a fistfight with Three Kings (1999) director David O. Russell on the set. Russell had shouted and derided a few extras out of frustration and Clooney didn't appreciate this. Russell has since said, "I wouldn't make another George Clooney movie if they paid me $20 million.".He is known for his self-mocking sense of humor. The creators of South Park (1997) spoofed his Oscar acceptance speech in a South Park episode, and his political views in Team America: World Police (2004). Clooney commented that he would have been really disappointed, had he not been spoofed in the latter.During the 2012 Newsweek Magazine Oscar roundtable, Clooney told a story about working for the women's shoe department of a Cincinnati, Ohio, department store in 1979. He said that it was fashionable at that time for some women to have their fourth toe surgically removed so that they could more easily fit into tight pumps and heels. He came to know which women had had this procedure done, and he always tried to pass those customers of onto his co-workers, since he found the sight of the deliberately missing toe so disturbing.Tried out for a position on the Cincinnati Reds baseball team.His famous "Roman haircut" was actually an accident. While filming From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), he wanted to make his character Seth Gecko look really crazy with a chopped off hairstyle. But the haircut became popular and turned into a positive.Suffered from Bell's palsy for a time while he was in high school.Resided in a friend's closet while struggling as an actor in Los Angeles, early in his career.Helped celebrate a plan to rebuild a hospital in hurricane-devastated Louisiana alongside former President George Bush. The pair appeared outside the courthouse in Cameron Parish, the only surviving building in the town following Hurricane Rita. Bush presented local officials with a check for $2 million from the Bush-Clinton Katrina fund. The money will help run South Cameron Memorial Hospital once it has been rebuilt. Former ER (1994) star Clooney quipped, "There is good news in all of this, which is that when the hospital gets up and running, I will not be doing any of the medical procedures" (20 December 2006).A renowned practical joker, of whom Brad Pitt is often a target, George Clooney revealed on The Graham Norton Show, that he had replaced the license plate frame on Brad Pitt's car with one that said, "Fuck Cops". Of course, Pitt was pulled over by the LAPD.In December 2006, he traveled to China and Egypt to make a personal plea to Chinese and Egyptian officials to use their ties with the Sudanese government to help stop the violence in the Darfur region.In October 2005, after an accident on the set of his movie Syriana (2005), he suffered from back pain, bad headaches, and memory loss. After several spine surgeries, he fully recovered.Auditioned five times for Ridley Scott for the role of J.D. in Thelma & Louise (1991), a role that ultimately went to future friend Brad Pitt and catapulted Pitt to super-stardom.He auditioned for the role of Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega in Reservoir Dogs (1992), but was turned down. The role instead went to Michael Madsen.His production company, Section Eight Productions, is named after Jamie Farr's M*A*S*H (1972) character Maxwell Q. Klinger (Klinger tried to get out of the army via a section 8).Was originally to star in Jack Frost (1998) but chose to do Batman & Robin (1997) instead. His role went to Michael Keaton, who had previously starred as Batman in Batman (1989) and in Batman Returns (1992).He and his father, Nick Clooney, were arrested, on March 16, 2012, for participating in a staged protest outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C.Was the second man, after Richard Gere, to make an appearance on the cover of Vogue magazine.He got his start in a movie starring his cousin, Miguel Ferrer. Later, after Clooney had established himself on ER (1994), Ferrer made a guest appearance on the very first show. George's aunt, Rosemary Clooney, made guest appearances on two shows the first month ER (1994) aired.Shared an L.A. home with Kelly Preston when both were struggling actors.Attended Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky.He loves the sitcom South Park (1997). He got a hold of Trey Parker, the creator of the series, and asked for a role in an episode. He was given the role of "Sparky", the gay dog, which involved little more than panting and yelping. However, when it was time for South Park to go to the big screen, Clooney got a full speaking role, as an ER surgeon.Clooney grew up working in tobacco fields. In his late teens, he took up smoking and continued to do so through his late 20's. A decision he regrets and has discussed in numerous interviews. He finally decided to quit when his favorite Uncle died after a long battle with lung cancer. Clooney's parents were non-smokers, although many of his Aunts and Uncles smoked.He loves beer. He does voiceovers for Budweiser TV commercials and allegedly had a beer keg installed in his dressing room during filming of Ocean's Eleven (2001).Is very closely related to the noted Republican president Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's aunt is George Clooney's great-great-great-great grandmother. Which also makes him a distant cousin of Tom Hanks, via Lincoln's mother Nancy Hanks.His voice was dubbed for the singing moments in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).In 2006, his The Peacemaker (1997) co-star Nicole Kidman presented him his Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.In August 2006, he and his producing partner Steven Soderbergh decided to close down their Section Eight production company after a six-year working partnership. Soon after, he and Grant Heslov founded their production company, Smokehouse Pictures.George and Amal Clooney welcomed two babies on June 6, 2017, daughter Ella Clooney and son Alexander Clooney.Frequently involves himself in projects involving the "Golden Age" of television. For example, he produced and starred in Fail Safe (2000), a throwback to the live television plays of the 1950s and 1960s; he directed and appeared in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), a movie about Chuck Barris' career in early game shows; and he directed, wrote, and appeared in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), a movie about Edward R. Murrow's battle with Senator Joseph McCarthy.Owned a pet pig named Max, given to him by Kelly Preston, for eighteen years. Max died on December 1, 2006.Has stated in several interviews that he has suffered from bleeding stomach ulcers and is still on medication for stomach pain.He and his cousin, Miguel Ferrer, have both shared a role with their respective fathers. Nick Clooney plays the aged version of George's character in The Monuments Men (2014). Miguel Ferrer played the younger version of Jos�� Ferrer's character on the series episode, Lest We Forget (1981).In April 2008, he quit the WGA after the union turned down his wish to be credited as a co-writer for Leatherheads (2008). He felt that he was let down by the union.With his partners sold their tequila brand Casamigos to Diageo Plc, a British multinational alcoholic beverages company for $1 Billion. (June 2017)On the DVD commentary for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), George Clooney says that shortly after he met Grant Heslov in 1982, Heslov loaned Clooney $200.00 to buy his first set of headshots, and they have been friends ever since (and later writing and producing partners).Uncle is Academy Award winner Jos�� Ferrer.Coincidentally, his first steady TV role was in the medical sitcom E/R (1984) that was based in Chicago and co-starred Elliott Gould, Mary McDonnell and Jason Alexander. Ten years later, it would take another TV series ER (1994) (also based in Chicago) to finally launch him into the galaxy of super-stardom.As of 2006, he is the only regular cast member from ER (1994) to win an Oscar (for Best Supporting Actor in Syriana (2005)).His role as Danny Ocean in the Ocean's Eleven (2001) trilogy was parodied on Robot Chicken (2001), and the character was voiced by his cousin Miguel Ferrer.He has Irish, English, German, and smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Dutch, Welsh, and French Huguenot, roots.His palatial estate "Villa Oleandra" in Laglio overlooking Italy's Lake Como comprises 15 rooms, a wine cellar, and a master bedroom suite atop three floors. In his garage, Clooney keeps his collection of Piaggio motorbikes. Docked at his pier is a Colombo classic powerboat. Previously owned by philanthropist Drue Heinz, the former mother-in-law of Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of US Secretary of State John Kerry, Clooney discovered the property when the was tossed from his Harley-Davidson motorcycle near the gates of the villa while touring the region in 2001. He purchased the estate for a reported EUR11.7 million in 2002.In the process of setting the mood at his home for his marriage proposal to fianc��e Amal, George programmed a playlist of his legendary aunt Rosemary Clooney's records including the apt, "Why Shouldn't?" (first verse: Why shouldn't I take a chance when romance passes by? / Why shouldn't I know of love? / Why wait around when each age has a sage who has sung / That upon this earth love is all that is really worth thinking of?).Waged war against the paparazzi by boycotting Entertainment Tonight (1981), the sister show of Hard Copy (1989), which had filmed Clooney without his permission.Rode a bicycle to get to auditions as a struggling actor.Turned down two roles which went to Kevin Kline: Artemus Gordon in Wild Wild West (1999) and Guy Noir in A Prairie Home Companion (2006).On January 31, 2008, he was appointed a United Nations Messenger of Peace. |
| Name: |
George Clooney |
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Actor,Producer,Director (IMDB) |
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All World |
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Actor,Producer,Director |
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| Model rank: |
3 |
| Last update: |
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| Height: |
5' 11' (1.80 m) |
| Biography: |
George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (n��e Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He h |
| Trivia: |
Committed to O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) before even reading a script, because of his wish to work with the Coen brothers. He even accepted a significantly lower salary than usual.During the 1990s, Clooney often publicly asserted that he would never get remarried or have any children, but Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman both bet $10,000 each that he would be a father before he turned 40. They were both wrong, and each sent him a check. He returned the money, betting double or nothing that he wouldn't have kids by age 50. At age 53, he broke his vows to never marry again when he wed human rights lawyer Amal Clooney (n��e Alamuddin) in 2014. In early 2017, news broke that the couple were pregnant with twins.Has been friends with Sandra Bullock for around 25 years. They appear in a movie together for the first time in Gravity (2013).Suffers from a form of malaria that surfaces from time to time; he has to live with this for the rest of his life.Reportedly got into a fistfight with Three Kings (1999) director David O. Russell on the set. Russell had shouted and derided a few extras out of frustration and Clooney didn't appreciate this. Russell has since said, "I wouldn't make another George Clooney movie if they paid me $20 million.".He is known for his self-mocking sense of humor. The creators of South Park (1997) spoofed his Oscar acceptance speech in a South Park episode, and his political views in Team America: World Police (2004). Clooney commented that he would have been really disappointed, had he not been spoofed in the latter.During the 2012 Newsweek Magazine Oscar roundtable, Clooney told a story about working for the women's shoe department of a Cincinnati, Ohio, department store in 1979. He said that it was fashionable at that time for some women to have their fourth toe surgically removed so that they could more easily fit into tight pumps and heels. He came to know which women had had this procedure done, and he always tried to pass those customers of onto his co-workers, since he found the sight of the deliberately missing toe so disturbing.Tried out for a position on the Cincinnati Reds baseball team.His famous "Roman haircut" was actually an accident. While filming From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), he wanted to make his character Seth Gecko look really crazy with a chopped off hairstyle. But the haircut became popular and turned into a positive.Suffered from Bell's palsy for a time while he was in high school.Resided in a friend's closet while struggling as an actor in Los Angeles, early in his career.Helped celebrate a plan to rebuild a hospital in hurricane-devastated Louisiana alongside former President George Bush. The pair appeared outside the courthouse in Cameron Parish, the only surviving building in the town following Hurricane Rita. Bush presented local officials with a check for $2 million from the Bush-Clinton Katrina fund. The money will help run South Cameron Memorial Hospital once it has been rebuilt. Former ER (1994) star Clooney quipped, "There is good news in all of this, which is that when the hospital gets up and running, I will not be doing any of the medical procedures" (20 December 2006).A renowned practical joker, of whom Brad Pitt is often a target, George Clooney revealed on The Graham Norton Show, that he had replaced the license plate frame on Brad Pitt's car with one that said, "Fuck Cops". Of course, Pitt was pulled over by the LAPD.In December 2006, he traveled to China and Egypt to make a personal plea to Chinese and Egyptian officials to use their ties with the Sudanese government to help stop the violence in the Darfur region.In October 2005, after an accident on the set of his movie Syriana (2005), he suffered from back pain, bad headaches, and memory loss. After several spine surgeries, he fully recovered.Auditioned five times for Ridley Scott for the role of J.D. in Thelma & Louise (1991), a role that ultimately went to future friend Brad Pitt and catapulted Pitt to super-stardom.He auditioned for the role of Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega in Reservoir Dogs (1992), but was turned down. The role instead went to Michael Madsen.His production company, Section Eight Productions, is named after Jamie Farr's M*A*S*H (1972) character Maxwell Q. Klinger (Klinger tried to get out of the army via a section 8).Was originally to star in Jack Frost (1998) but chose to do Batman & Robin (1997) instead. His role went to Michael Keaton, who had previously starred as Batman in Batman (1989) and in Batman Returns (1992).He and his father, Nick Clooney, were arrested, on March 16, 2012, for participating in a staged protest outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C.Was the second man, after Richard Gere, to make an appearance on the cover of Vogue magazine.He got his start in a movie starring his cousin, Miguel Ferrer. Later, after Clooney had established himself on ER (1994), Ferrer made a guest appearance on the very first show. George's aunt, Rosemary Clooney, made guest appearances on two shows the first month ER (1994) aired.Shared an L.A. home with Kelly Preston when both were struggling actors.Attended Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky.He loves the sitcom South Park (1997). He got a hold of Trey Parker, the creator of the series, and asked for a role in an episode. He was given the role of "Sparky", the gay dog, which involved little more than panting and yelping. However, when it was time for South Park to go to the big screen, Clooney got a full speaking role, as an ER surgeon.Clooney grew up working in tobacco fields. In his late teens, he took up smoking and continued to do so through his late 20's. A decision he regrets and has discussed in numerous interviews. He finally decided to quit when his favorite Uncle died after a long battle with lung cancer. Clooney's parents were non-smokers, although many of his Aunts and Uncles smoked.He loves beer. He does voiceovers for Budweiser TV commercials and allegedly had a beer keg installed in his dressing room during filming of Ocean's Eleven (2001).Is very closely related to the noted Republican president Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's aunt is George Clooney's great-great-great-great grandmother. Which also makes him a distant cousin of Tom Hanks, via Lincoln's mother Nancy Hanks.His voice was dubbed for the singing moments in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).In 2006, his The Peacemaker (1997) co-star Nicole Kidman presented him his Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.In August 2006, he and his producing partner Steven Soderbergh decided to close down their Section Eight production company after a six-year working partnership. Soon after, he and Grant Heslov founded their production company, Smokehouse Pictures.George and Amal Clooney welcomed two babies on June 6, 2017, daughter Ella Clooney and son Alexander Clooney.Frequently involves himself in projects involving the "Golden Age" of television. For example, he produced and starred in Fail Safe (2000), a throwback to the live television plays of the 1950s and 1960s; he directed and appeared in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), a movie about Chuck Barris' career in early game shows; and he directed, wrote, and appeared in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), a movie about Edward R. Murrow's battle with Senator Joseph McCarthy.Owned a pet pig named Max, given to him by Kelly Preston, for eighteen years. Max died on December 1, 2006.Has stated in several interviews that he has suffered from bleeding stomach ulcers and is still on medication for stomach pain.He and his cousin, Miguel Ferrer, have both shared a role with their respective fathers. Nick Clooney plays the aged version of George's character in The Monuments Men (2014). Miguel Ferrer played the younger version of Jos�� Ferrer's character on the series episode, Lest We Forget (1981).In April 2008, he quit the WGA after the union turned down his wish to be credited as a co-writer for Leatherheads (2008). He felt that he was let down by the union.With his partners sold their tequila brand Casamigos to Diageo Plc, a British multinational alcoholic beverages company for $1 Billion. (June 2017)On the DVD commentary for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), George Clooney says that shortly after he met Grant Heslov in 1982, Heslov loaned Clooney $200.00 to buy his first set of headshots, and they have been friends ever since (and later writing and producing partners).Uncle is Academy Award winner Jos�� Ferrer.Coincidentally, his first steady TV role was in the medical sitcom E/R (1984) that was based in Chicago and co-starred Elliott Gould, Mary McDonnell and Jason Alexander. Ten years later, it would take another TV series ER (1994) (also based in Chicago) to finally launch him into the galaxy of super-stardom.As of 2006, he is the only regular cast member from ER (1994) to win an Oscar (for Best Supporting Actor in Syriana (2005)).His role as Danny Ocean in the Ocean's Eleven (2001) trilogy was parodied on Robot Chicken (2001), and the character was voiced by his cousin Miguel Ferrer.He has Irish, English, German, and smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Dutch, Welsh, and French Huguenot, roots.His palatial estate "Villa Oleandra" in Laglio overlooking Italy's Lake Como comprises 15 rooms, a wine cellar, and a master bedroom suite atop three floors. In his garage, Clooney keeps his collection of Piaggio motorbikes. Docked at his pier is a Colombo classic powerboat. Previously owned by philanthropist Drue Heinz, the former mother-in-law of Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of US Secretary of State John Kerry, Clooney discovered the property when the was tossed from his Harley-Davidson motorcycle near the gates of the villa while touring the region in 2001. He purchased the estate for a reported EUR11.7 million in 2002.In the process of setting the mood at his home for his marriage proposal to fianc��e Amal, George programmed a playlist of his legendary aunt Rosemary Clooney's records including the apt, "Why Shouldn't?" (first verse: Why shouldn't I take a chance when romance passes by? / Why shouldn't I know of love? / Why wait around when each age has a sage who has sung / That upon this earth love is all that is really worth thinking of?).Waged war against the paparazzi by boycotting Entertainment Tonight (1981), the sister show of Hard Copy (1989), which had filmed Clooney without his permission.Rode a bicycle to get to auditions as a struggling actor.Turned down two roles which went to Kevin Kline: Artemus Gordon in Wild Wild West (1999) and Guy Noir in A Prairie Home Companion (2006).On January 31, 2008, he was appointed a United Nations Messenger of Peace. |
| Trademarks: |
Often plays scoundrels that are likable and have redeeming qualities
Silver/grey hair
Smooth, resonant voice
Often works with Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Often works with Brad Pitt and Matt Damon |
| Quotes: |
[discussing casting choices Mel Gibson and Nicolas Cage for Three Kings (1999) before he had signed] Luckily, both those guys were tied and gagged in my apartment, and that was a problem for the casting department.
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I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it.
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[on the fact he had nothing to do with the breakup of Julia Roberts and Benjamin Bratt] I was too busy breaking up Tom and Nicole's marriage.
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[speaking about the 2003 start to the Iraq war] You can't beat your enemy anymore through wars; instead you create an entire generation of people revenge-seeking. These days it only matters who's in charge. Right now that's us -for a while, at least. Our opponents are going to resort to car bombs and suicide attacks because they have no other way to win. . . . I believe [Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld] thinks this is a war that can be won, but there is no such thing anymore. We can't beat anyone anymore.
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It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period. |
| Salaries: |
Money Monster (2016) - $20,000,000
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Hail, Caesar! (2016) - $10,000,000
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Tomorrowland (2015) - $25,000,000
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The Monuments Men (2014) - $2,000,000
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Gravity (2013) - |
| Job title: |
Actor,Producer,Director |
| Others works: |
(1998) TV commercial for Arthur Andersen (voice)
(1997) TV commercial for AT&T (voice)
Network Identification (voice) for The Learning Channel
(1996) Music video: "She's Just Killing Me" by ZZ Top.
(1998) TV commercial for El corte ingl |
| Spouse: |
Amal Clooney (September 27, 2014 - present) (2 children)Talia Balsam (December 15, 1989 - September 17, 1993) (divorced) |
| Children: |
Ella ClooneyAlexander Clooney |
| Parents: |
Nina Bruce Warren
Nick Clooney |
| Relatives: |
Adelia Clooney Zeidler (Sibling)
Monsita Ferrer (Cousin)
Rafael Ferrer (Cousin)
Miguel Ferrer (Cousin)
Tessa Ferrer (Cousin)
Rosemary Clooney (Aunt or Uncle) |
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