George Timothy Clooney is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for his work in blockbusters and independent films, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award and four Golden Globe Awards. His honors include the Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Honorar ... y César, the AFI Life Achievement Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor. Clooney started acting in television in the late 1970s and later gained wide recognition as Dr. Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER (1994–1999), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He expanded to leading roles in films, with his breakthrough role in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), followed by Batman & Robin (1997), Out of Sight (1998), Three Kings (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). Greater stardom came from his starring role in Soderbergh's Ocean's film series from 2001 to 2007. Clooney won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the thriller Syriana(2005) and earned Best Actor nominations for the legal thriller Michael Clayton (2007) and the comedy-dramas Up in the Air (2009) and The Descendants (2011). He has also starred in Burn After Reading (2008), The American (2010), Gravity (2013), Hail, Caesar! (2016) and Ticket to Paradise (2022). Clooney made his directorial debut with the spy drama Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) and has since directed the historical drama Good Night and Good Luck (2005), the political drama The Ides of March (2011), the war film The Monuments Men (2014), the science fiction film The Midnight Sky (2020) and the biographical sports drama The Boys in the Boat (2023). He received the Academy Award for Best Picture for co-producing the political thriller Argo (2012). As of 2023, he is one of four people to have been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories. Clooney 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 been one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since 2008. Clooney is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Organization | Category | Movie | |
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Golden Globes | Best Actor | Michael Clayton | Nominated |
Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actor | Syriana | Won |
Academy Awards | Best Director | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Nominated |
Golden Globes | Best Director | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Nominated |
Golden Globes | Best Actor | The Descendants | Won |
Golden Globes | Best Actor | The Ides of March | Nominated |
Golden Globes | Best Actor | Gravity | Nominated |
BAFTA Awards | Best Director | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Nominated |
Berlin International Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | The Thin Red Line | Won |
BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Michael Clayton | Nominated |
Spirit Awards | Best Director | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Nominated |
SAG Awards | Best Actor | Michael Clayton | Nominated |
SAG Awards | Best Actor | The Help | Won |
ER
as Doug Ross
Episodes: 107
First Aired: Sep 19, 1994
The Facts of Life
as George Burnett
Episodes: 24
First Aired: Aug 24, 1979
Bodies of Evidence
as Det. Ryan Walker
Episodes: 16
First Aired: Jun 18, 1992
Baby Talk
as Joe
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Mar 08, 1991
E/R
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First Aired: Sep 16, 1984
Catch-22
as Scheisskopf
Episodes: 6
First Aired: May 17, 2019
Murder, She Wrote
as Kip Howard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
The Golden Girls
as Bobby Hopkins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1985
South Park
as Sparky (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 13, 1997
Street Hawk
as Kevin Stark
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 04, 1985
Hunter
as Matthew Winfield
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1984
Crazy like a Fox
as Skip Woods
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 30, 1984
Friends
as Michael Mitchell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1994
Hot Prospects
as Ben Braddock
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Unknown
Knights of the Kitchen Table
as Rick Stepjack
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Unknown
Downton Abbey
as Lord George Oceans Gravity, Marquis of Hollywood
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 2010
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
as Ron (archive footage)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 26, 2013
The Frame
as Matt Kowalsky
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 09, 2013
Some Good News
as Weatherman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 29, 2020
Biography
as George Clooney
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 06, 1987
ER
as Dr. Doug Ross
Episodes: 0
First Aired: Sep 19, 1994
Roseanne
Episodes: 11
First Aired: Oct 18, 1988
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Sep 15, 1981
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Episodes: 5
First Aired: May 25, 1992
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jun 04, 2003
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Apr 27, 2014
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: May 25, 2023
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jan 26, 2003
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 22, 2007
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 21, 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1988
Today
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 14, 1952
Murphy Brown
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First Aired: Nov 14, 1988
Hotel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 21, 1982
Throb
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1986
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 30, 1999
Comic Relief
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 05, 1988
Live from Studio Five
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 2009
Jack's Place
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 26, 1992
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 11, 1975
Red Table Talk
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 07, 2018
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self / Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 10, 1992
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 2018
Leute heute
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 23, 1997
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 10, 1996
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 25, 1966
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2022
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self - Honoree
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 28, 1978
American Masters
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 23, 1986
Beckmann
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 25, 1999
Ein Herz für Kinder
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 03, 1998
Taff
as self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 11, 1997
Morgenmagazin
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 19, 1992
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner/Nominee
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner/Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
Parkinson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1998
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 21, 2014
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner / Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
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