George Clooney
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George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961 in Lexington, Kentucky) is an American film and television actor, known for his former role in the long-running television drama ER (1994-99). He started his acting career in a similarly named sitcom, E/R and played a handyman on the series The Facts of Life. He has also appeared in a number of movies such as Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), One Fine Day (1996), Batman & Robin (1997), Out of Sight (1998), Three Kings (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Welcome to Collinwood (2002), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), and Ocean's Twelve (2004), along with guest appearances on sitcoms such as Roseanne and Friends. He made his debut as a film director in the 2002 feature Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, an adaptation of the implausible autobiography of groundbreaking TV producer Chuck Barris.
He is the son of Cincinnati news anchor and TV host Nick Clooney, a nephew of actress and singer Rosemary Clooney, and a cousin of actor Miguel Ferrer; another cousin, Gabriel Ferrer, is an Episcopal priest, married to Debby Boone. He is a strong supporter of the Democratic Party.
Filmography
- Grizzly II: The Predator (1987) (unreleased)
- Return to Horror High (1987)
- Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
- Red Surf (1990)
- Unbecoming Age (1992)
- The Harvest (1993)
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
- Curdled (1996)
- One Fine Day (1996)
- Batman & Robin (1997)
- Full Tilt Boogie (1997) (documentary)
- The Peacemaker (1997)
- Waiting for Woody (1998) (short subject)
- Out of Sight (1998)
- The Thin Red Line (1998)
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) (voice)
- The Book That Wrote Itself (1999) (Cameo)
- Three Kings (1999)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
- The Perfect Storm (2000)
- Spy Kids (2001)
- Ocean's Eleven (2001)
- Starbuck Holger Meins (2002) (documentary)
- Welcome to Collinwood (2002) (also executive producer and producer)
- Solaris (2002)
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) (also director)
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
- Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
- Ocean's Twelve (2004) (also executive producer)
- Syriana (2005) (currently in post-production) (also producer)
- Goodnight, and Good Luck (2006) (currently filming) (also producer, director, and writer)
External links
- Clooney Studio (http://www.clooneystudio.com)
- George Clooney (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000123/) at the Internet Movie Databasees:George Clooney
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Categories: 1961 births | American actors | Cinema actors | People from Kentucky | Television actors | Batman | U.S. film directors
