George Clooney

Biography

George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for his leading man roles on screen in both blockbuster and independent films, Clooney has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award and four Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. His honours include the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2015, the Honorary César in 2017, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2018, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2022. Clooney's breakthrough role came as Dr. Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER (1994–1999), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He established himself as a film star with roles in From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Out of Sight (1998), Three Kings (1999), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and the Ocean's film series (2001–2007). He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing a CIA officer in Syriana (2005). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles in Michael Clayton (2007), Up in the Air(2009) and The Descendants (2011). He has also starred in Burn After Reading (2008), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Gravity (2013), Hail, Caesar! (2016), and Jay Kelly (2025). Clooney has directed nine feature films, including the spy film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind(2002), the historical drama Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), the political drama The Ides of March(2011), the war film The Monuments Men (2014), and the coming-of-age film The Tender Bar (2021) starring BenAffleck. He received the Academy Award for Best Picture for co-producing the political thriller Argo (2012). He made his Broadway debut portraying Edward R. Murrow in the play adaptation of his 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck (2025), for which he earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.\n\nClooney 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 served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since 2008. Clooney is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Divorced from actress Talia Balsam, he has been married to human rights lawyer Amal Clooney since 2014, with whom he has two children. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Clooney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Friends

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Real Time with Bill Maher

ER

The Graham Norton Show

South Park

All Movies (115)

• Call My Agent! The Movie2026 · as George Clooney
• Henry David Thoreau2026 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Coen Brothers - An American Story2025 · as Self
• The Making of Jay Kelly2025 · as Self - Jay Kelly
• My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler2025 · as Jay Kelly (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Jay Kelly2025 · as Jay Kelly
• The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship -- A Special Edition of 20/202025 · as Self
• Good Night, and Good Luck2025 · as Edward R. Murrow
• Wolfs2024 · as Margaret's Man
• George Clooney: Leading Man2024 · as Self
• IF2024 · as Spaceman (voice)
• The Flash2023 · as Bruce Wayne (uncredited)
• Screaming Soup Presents: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter2022 · as Self
• Ticket to Paradise2022 · as David Cotton
• Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres2022 · as Narrator (voice)
• Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Midnight Sky2020 · as Augustine Lofthouse
• In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat2020 · as Self
• Grizzly II: Revenge2020 · as Ron
• A Thousand Cuts2020 · as Self
• Rose McGowan: Being Brave2019 · as Self
• Trump @War2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fahrenheit 11/92018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Always at The Carlyle2018 · as Self
• Plankton Salesmen2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Architects of Denial2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief2017 · as Self
• Money Monster2016 · as Lee Gates
• Being George Clooney2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hail, Caesar!2016 · as Baird Whitlock
• Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You2016 · as Self
• America’s Game & The Iran Hostage Crisis2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Very Murray Christmas2015 · as George Clooney
• Tomorrowland2015 · as Frank Walker
• And the Oscar Goes To...2014 · as Self - Interviewee
• The Monuments Men2014 · as Lt. Frank Stokes
• We Come as Friends2014 · as Self
• JFK: One PM Central Standard Time2013 · as Self- Narrator
• Gravity2013 · as Matt Kowalski
• Radioman2012 · as Self
• La Classe américaine2012 · as Self
• Anton Corbijn Inside Out2012 · as Self
• 82012 · as David Boies
• The Ides of March2011 · as Mike Morris
• The Descendants2011 · as Matt King
• His Way2011 · as Self
• The American2010 · as Jack / Edward
• Up in the Air2009 · as Ryan Bingham
• The Men Who Stare at Goats2009 · as Lyn Cassady
• Fantastic Mr. Fox2009 · as Mr. Fox (voice)
• Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story2009 · as Self
• Finding the Burn2008 · as Self / Harry Pfarrer (archive footage)
• DC Insiders Run Amuck2008 · as Self
• Welcome Back, George2008 · as Self
• His Highness Hollywood2008 · as Self
• Burn After Reading2008 · as Harry Pfarrer
• You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story2008 · as Self
• Leatherheads2008 · as Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly
• Sand and Sorrow2007 · as Narrator (voice) / Self
• Darfur Now2007 · as Self
• Michael Clayton2007 · as Michael Clayton
• Ocean's Thirteen2007 · as Danny Ocean
• Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens2007 · as Self
• The Good German2006 · as Jake Geismar
• Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters2006 · as Self
• Syriana2005 · as Bob Barnes
• Live 82005 · as Self
• Good Night, and Good Luck.2005 · as Fred Friendly
• Nos Bastidores de Hollywood2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Ocean's Twelve2004 · as Danny Ocean
• A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty2004 · as Self
• Intolerable Cruelty2003 · as Miles
• Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over2003 · as Devlin
• Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration2003
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind2002 · as Jim Byrd
• Solaris2002 · as Chris Kelvin
• Welcome to Collinwood2002 · as Jerzy
• 'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con2002 · as Self
• Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes2001 · as Batman (archive footage)
• Ocean's Eleven2001 · as Danny Ocean
• America | A Tribute to Heroes2001 · as Self
• Spy Kids2001 · as Devlin
• Inside Look: Down from the Mountain2000 · as Self
• The Coen Brothers2000 · as Self
• Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'2000 · as Self
• O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000 · as Everett
• The Book That Wrote Itself2000 · as George Clooney
• An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube2000 · as Self
• The Perfect Storm2000 · as Capt. Billy Tyne
• Fail Safe2000 · as Col. Jack Grady
• Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party1999
• Three Kings1999 · as Archie Gates
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut1999 · as Dr. Gouache (voice)
• The Thin Red Line1998 · as Capt. Charles Bosche
• Full Tilt Boogie1998 · as Self
• Inside 'Out of Sight'1998 · as Self
• Out of Sight1998 · as Jack Foley
• Waiting for Woody Allen1998 · as Self
• The Peacemaker1997 · as Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe
• Batman & Robin1997 · as Bruce Wayne / Batman
• One Fine Day1996 · as Jack Taylor
• Curdled1996 · as Seth Gecko (Archival Photo) (uncredited)
• From Dusk Till Dawn1996 · as Seth Gecko
• The Harvest1993 · as Lip Syncing Transvestite
• Without Warning: Terror in the Towers1993 · as Kevin Shea
• The Magic Bubble1993 · as Mac
• Rewrite for Murder1991 · as Nick Bianco
• Red Surf1989 · as Remar
• Return of the Killer Tomatoes!1988 · as Matt Stevens
• Return to Horror High1987 · as Oliver
• Combat Academy1986 · as Maj. Biff Woods
• And They're Off1982
• Ocean's Fourteen— · as Danny Ocean
• In Love—

All TV Shows (72)

• Henry David Thoreau2026 · as Self – Narrator (voice)
• Skip Intro2026 · as Self - Guest
• Actors on Actors: Broadway2025 · as Self
• 100 Years of Warner Bros.2023 · as Self
• Poker Face2023 · as Michael Clayton (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?2022 · as Self
• Some Good News2020 · as Weatherman
• Catch-222019 · as Scheisskopf
• Red Table Talk2018 · as Self
• My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman2018 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten2013 · as Ron (archive footage)
• The Frame2013 · as Matt Kowalsky
• Live from Studio Five2009 · as Self
• C à vous2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn1999 · as Self - Guest
• Beckmann1999 · as Self
• Ein Herz für Kinder1998 · as Self
• The Entertainment Biz1998 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• South Park1997 · as Sparky (voice)
• Leute heute1997 · as Self
• Taff1997 · as self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Friends1994 · as Michael Mitchell
• ER1994 · as Doug Ross
• Extra1994 · as Self - Guest
• Morgenmagazin1992 · as Self
• Bodies of Evidence1992 · as Det. Ryan Walker
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self / Presenter
• Jack's Place1992
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Baby Talk1991 · as Joe
• Sunset Beat1990 · as Chic Chesbro
• Murphy Brown1988
• Roseanne1988
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• Comic Relief1988
• Biography1987 · as George Clooney
• Throb1986
• American Masters1986 · as Self
• The Golden Girls1985 · as Bobby Hopkins
• Street Hawk1985 · as Kevin Stark
• Crazy like a Fox1984 · as Skip Woods
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Kip Howard
• Hunter1984 · as Matthew Winfield
• E/R1984 · as Ace
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Hotel1982
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• The Facts of Life1979 · as George Burnett
• The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self - Honoree
• The Adams Chronicles1976 · as Henry Clay
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Mr. Fox (voice)
• Today1952 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Audience Member
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter
• Hot Prospects— · as Ben Braddock
• Knights of the Kitchen Table— · as Rick Stepjack