Ĭlooney was raised a strict Roman Catholic but said in 1998 that he did not know if he believed "in Heaven, or even God." He has said, "Yes, we were Catholic, big-time, whole family, whole group." He began his education at the Blessed Sacrament School in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. Through Rosemary, his cousins include actors Miguel Ferrer, Rafael Ferrer, and Gabriel Ferrer, who is married to singer Debby Boone. Cabaret singer and actress Rosemary Clooney was an aunt. Clooney has an older sister named Adelia (known as Ada). His maternal great-great-great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann Sparrow, was the half-sister of Nancy Lincoln, mother of President Abraham Lincoln. Clooney is of Irish, German, and English ancestry. His father, Nick Clooney, is a former anchorman and television host, including five years on the AMC network. His mother, Nina Bruce ( née Warren), was a beauty queen and city councilwoman. 2.5 Career slump and resurgence (2014-present)Ĭlooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky.2.4 Directorial debut and acclaim (2005-2013).He is married to human rights lawyer Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin). Clooney is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also noted for his political and economic activism, and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31, 2008. 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 also starred in Burn After Reading (2008), The American (2010), Gravity (2013), and Hail, Caesar! (2016).Īs of 2022, Clooney is one of three people to have been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories, a position shared with Walt Disney and Alfonso Cuaron, and second only to Kenneth Branagh (with seven), and with Brad Pitt is one of only two actors to have won both the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Picture. He received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the political thriller Argo (2012). Clooney won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Middle East thriller Syriana (2005), and subsequently earned Best Actor nominations for the legal thriller Michael Clayton (2007), the comedy-dramas Up in the Air (2009) and The Descendants (2011). He made his directorial debut a year later with the spy drama Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and has since directed the historical drama Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), the sports comedy Leatherheads (2008), the political drama The Ides of March (2011), the war film The Monuments Men (2014), and the science fiction film The Midnight Sky (2020). In 2001, Clooney's fame widened with the release of his biggest commercial success, Soderbergh's heist comedy remake Ocean's Eleven, the first of what became a trilogy, starring Clooney. Russell's Three Kings, and the Coen brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). He continued starring in films such as the superhero film Batman & Robin (1997), and Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998), David O. During this time he would also attract a variety of leading roles in films, with his breakthrough role in From Dusk till Dawn (1996). Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Ĭlooney started his career in television, gaining wide recognition in his role as Dr. In 2018, he was the recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Academy Awards, one for his acting and the other as a producer.
George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker.