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