George Clooney's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) ER Dr. Doug Ross The Facts of Life George Burn… Entertainment Tonight George Cloo… Stephen Fry - The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive (UK) George Cloo… E/R Ace Baby Talk Joe Bodies of Evidence Det. Ryan W… Sunset Beat Chic Chesbro The Building Bonnie's Fi…

Main Movie Roles 2016 - Hail, Caesar! 2015 - Tomorrowland 2014 - The Monuments Men 2012 - Gravity 2011 - The Descendants 2010 - The American 2010 - The American 2010 - Morning Glory 2009 - The Men Who Stare at Goats 2009 - Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 - Up in the Air 2008 - Leatherheads 2008 - Burn After Reading 2007 - Sand and Sorrow 2007 - Darfur Now 2007 - Ocean's Thirteen 2007 - Michael Clayton 2007 - Sand and Sorrow 2006 - Going to Pieces - The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film 2006 - The Good German 2005 - Good Night, and Good Luck 2005 - Syriana 2004 - Ocean's Twelve 2003 - Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over 2003 - Intolerable Cruelty 2002 - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 2002 - Welcome to Collinwood 2002 - Solaris 2001 - Ocean's Eleven 2001 - Spy Kids 2000 - The Perfect Storm 2000 - O Brother, Where Art Thou? 1999 - Three Kings 1999 - The Limey 1998 - Out of Sight 1998 - The Thin Red Line 1997 - Batman & Robin 1997 - Full Tilt Boogie 1997 - Batman & Robin 1997 - Full Tilt Boogie 1997 - The Peacemaker 1996 - One Fine Day 1996 - Curdled 1996 - From Dusk Till Dawn 1988 - Return of the Killer Tomatoes! 1987 - Return to Horror High

BIOGRAPHY:

Born in Lexington, Kentucky, as son of Nick Clooney, a TV newscaster of many years, who hosted a talk show at Cincinnati and often invited George into the studios already at the age of 5. Avoiding competition with his father, he quit his job as broadcast journalist after a short time.

Studied a few years at Northern Kentucky University. Failed to join the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. He came to acting when his cousin, Miguel Ferrer, got him a small part in a feature film. After that, he moved to L.A. in 1982 and tried a whole year to get a role while he slept in a friend's closet. His first movie, together with Charlie Sheen, stayed unreleased but got him the producers' attention for later contracts.


TRIVIA:

• 2007 - Ranked #13 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.
• He and 'Grant Heslov' (qv) founded production company Smoke House after his production company Section Eight closed down.
• His voice was dubbed for the singing moments in _O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)_ (qv).
• Owns a villa in Laglio at Lake Como, Italy, where he lives several months of the year.
• Played a gangster in seven movies: _From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)_ (qv), _Out of Sight (1998)_ (qv), _O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)_ (qv), _Ocean's Eleven (2001)_ (qv), _Welcome to Collinwood (2002)_ (qv), _Ocean's Twelve (2004)_ (qv), and _Ocean's Thirteen (2007)_ (qv).
• Is a Dallas Mavericks fan.
• Quit the WGA in April 2008 after the union turned down his wish to be credited as a co-writer for _Leatherheads (2008)_ (qv). He felt that he was let down by the union.
• Ranked #27 on Premiere's 2002 Power 100 List.