Profile
George Clooney
Actor + Director + Producer + Screenwriter
Male
Born
May 6, 1961
Age
52
Hometown
Lexington, Kentucky
Nationality
American
Other Names
Clooney, George T...
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received three Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. Clooney is also noted for his political activism, and has served as one of… Read More
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Celine BalitranDated 1996 - 1999
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Kimberly RussellDated 1995
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George Clooney
Age 52
parents
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Nina WarrenMother, Age 73
siblings
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Adelia ClooneySister
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Photo: George Clooney Has Always Had Magnificent HairHuffington Post - May 06, 2013
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Watch: Adorable Kid Explains How To Treat The LadiesHuffington Post - May 03, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1961
Birth
Born on May 6, 1961.
TEENAGE
1977
16 Years Old
He tried out to play professional baseball with the Cincinnati Reds organization in 1977, but was not offered a contract.
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Though he made his acting debut on television in 1978, Clooney gained fame and recognition by portraying Dr. Douglas "Doug" Ross on the long-running medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999.
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TWENTIES
1984
23 Years Old
Clooney's first major role came in 1984 in the short-lived sitcom E/R (not to be confused with ER, the better-known hospital drama, on which Clooney also co-starred a decade later).
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1988
27 Years Old
In 1988, Clooney also played a role in Return of the Killer Tomatoes.
1989
28 Years Old
Clooney was married to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 until they divorced in 1993.
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THIRTIES
1994
33 Years Old
Clooney achieved stardom when he played Dr. Doug Ross, alongside Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, and Noah Wyle, on the hit NBC drama ER from 1994 to 1999.
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1998
37 Years Old
In 1998, he starred in Out of Sight opposite Jennifer Lopez, marking the first of his many collaborations with director Steven Soderbergh.
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2000
39 Years Old
After meeting British model Lisa Snowdon on the set of a Martini advertisement in 2000, he had a five-year on-again, off-again relationship with her.
FORTIES
After leaving ER, Clooney starred in commercially successful films including The Perfect Storm and O Brother, Where Art Thou? In 2001, he teamed up with Soderbergh again for Ocean's Eleven, a remake of the 1960s Rat Pack film of the same name.
He made his directorial debut a year later with the 2002 biographical thriller Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and has since directed Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Leatherheads (2008), and The Ides of March (2011).
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At the 2006 Academy Awards, Clooney was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck, as well as Best Supporting Actor for Syriana.
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In June 2007, he started dating reality personality Sarah Larson, but the couple broke up in May 2008.
On January 22, 2008, Clooney was nominated for an Academy Award (and many other awards) for Best Actor for his role in Michael Clayton (2007).
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In February 2009, he visited Goz Beida, Chad, with NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof.
In January 2010, he organized the Telethon Hope for Haiti Now, which collected donations for the 2010 Haiti earthquake victims.
FIFTIES
As of 2011, it was Clooney's most commercially successful film, earning more than $450 million worldwide.
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In March 2012, Clooney was featured with Martin Sheen and Brad Pitt in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play, '8' — a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage — as attorney David Boies.
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