George Clooney is an American actor and filmmaker. He is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time with over $2.6 billion total box office gross and an average of $61.7 million per film."People Index." Box Office Mojo. He has been involved in thirteen films that grossed over $200 million each at the worldwide box office.
Clooney started his career with minor recurring roles in the television series The Facts of Life (1985–1987), Roseanne (1988–1991), Bodies of Evidence (1992–1993), Sisters (1993–1994). He also took in early low-budget film roles in Grizzly II: Revenge (1983), Return to Horror High (1987), and Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988). His breakthrough role was as doctor Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama series ER (1994–2000) earned him nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Clooney established himself as a leading film star in the 1990s with films such as From Dusk till Dawn (1996), One Fine Day (1996), The Peacemaker (1997), Batman & Robin (1997), and Out of Sight (1998). The new millennium saw Clooney in films The Perfect Storm (2000), which was a hit at the box office and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), earning him a Golden Globe Award. He teamed up again with Soderbergh for the star-studded caper films Ocean's Eleven (2000), Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). He has also acted in Solaris (2002), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), The Good German (2006), Burn After Reading (2008), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Gravity (2013), and Tomorrowland (2015).
Clooney won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a CIA agent in Syriana (2005). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in Michael Clayton (2007), Up in the Air (2009), and The Descendants (2011), the later of which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Clooney expanded his career as a filmmaker directing and starring in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Leatherheads (2008), The Ides of March (2011), The Monuments Men (2014), and The Midnight Sky (2020). He took leading roles in Ticket to Paradise (2022), Wolfs (2024) and Jay Kelly (2025).
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As an actor
Year Title Role Notes 1983Grizzly II: RevengeRon 1987Return to Horror HighOliver 1988Return of the Killer TomatoesMatt Stevens 1989Red SurfRemar 1992Unbecoming AgeMac 1993The HarvestLip Syncing TransvestiteCameo 1996From Dusk till DawnSeth GeckoOne Fine DayJack Taylor 1997Batman & RobinBruce Wayne / BatmanThe PeacemakerLt. Col. Thomas Devoe 1998The Thin Red LineCaptain Charles BoscheOut of SightJack FoleyWaiting for WoodyHimselfShort film 1999Three KingsArchie GatesThe Book That Wrote ItselfHimselfCameoSouth Park: Bigger, Longer & UncutDr. Horatio GaucheVoice cameo 2000The Perfect StormCaptain Billy TyneO Brother, Where Art Thou?Ulysses Everett McGill 2001Ocean's ElevenDanny OceanSpy KidsDiego Devlin 2002Confessions of a Dangerous MindJim ByrdSolarisChris KelvinWelcome to CollinwoodJerzy 2003Spy Kids 3-D: Game OverPresident Diego DevlinIntolerable CrueltyMiles Massey 2004Ocean's TwelveDanny Ocean 2005Good Night, and Good LuckFred FriendlySyrianaBob Barnes 2006The Good GermanJake Geismer 2007Michael ClaytonMichael ClaytonOcean's ThirteenDanny OceanSand and SorrowNarrator DocumentaryDarfur NowHimself 2008LeatherheadsJimmy "Dodge" ConnellyBurn After ReadingHarry Pfarrer 2009Fantastic Mr. FoxMr. FoxVoiceThe Men Who Stare at GoatsLyn CassadyUp in the AirRyan Bingham 2010The AmericanJack / Edward 2011The Ides of MarchGovernor Mike MorrisThe DescendantsMatthew "Matt" King 2013GravityMatthew "Matt" Kowalski 2014The Monuments MenFrank Stokes2015TomorrowlandFrank Walker 2016Hail, Caesar!Baird WhitlockMoney MonsterLee Gates2020The Midnight SkyAugustine Lofthouse 2022 Ticket to Paradise David Cotton 2023 The Flash Bruce Wayne Uncredited cameo2024 IF Spaceman Voice Wolfs Margaret's Man Also producer2025 Nespresso: The Detective The Detective Short film Jay Kelly Jay Kelly 2026 Call My Agent! The Movie George Clooney Uncredited cameo
As a filmmaker Year Title Director Producer Writer 2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck 2008 Leatherheads 2011 The Ides of March 2014 The Monuments Men 2017 Suburbicon 2020 The Midnight Sky 2021 The Tender Bar 2023 The Boys in the Boat
Producer only Welcome to Collinwood (2002) Starbuck Holger Meins (2002) (Documentary) Criminal (2004) The Jacket (2005) The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) Playground (2009) The American (2010) Argo (2012) August: Osage County (2013) Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) Money Monster (2016) The Art of Political Murder (2020) Executive producer Rock Star (2001) Insomnia (2002) Far from Heaven (2002) Syriana (2005) Rumor Has It... (2005) A Scanner Darkly (2006) Pu-239 (2006) Michael Clayton (2007) Sand and Sorrow (2007) (Documentary) Wind Chill (2007) The Informant! (2009) Ticket to Paradise (2022) How to Build a Truth Engine (2024) Surviving Ohio State (2025) Furies (2026)
Television Year Title Role Notes 1971 The Uncle Al Show Ship's captain Skit performerFriedman, Jim: "Images of America: Cincinnati Television," photo-page 71. Arcadia Publishing, 2007, 1984–1985 E/R Mark "Ace" Kolmar 8 episodes 1984 Riptide Lenny Colwell Episode: "Where the Girls Are"1985 Street Hawk Kevin Stark Episode: "A Second Self" Crazy Like a Fox Skip Episode: "Suitable for Framing" 1985–1987 The Facts of Life George Burnett 17 episodes1986 Hotel Nick Miller Episode: "Recriminations" Throb Rollo Moldonaldo Episode: "My Fair Punker Lady" Combat Academy Cadet Major Biff Woods Television movie, also known as Combat High1987 Hunter Matthew Winfield Episode: "Double Exposure" Murder, She Wrote Kip Howard Episode: "No Laughing Murder" The Golden Girls Det. Bobby Hopkins Episode: "To Catch a Neighbor" 1988–1991 Roseanne Booker Brooks 11 episodes 1990, 1992 Sunset Beat Officer Chris Chesbro 6 episodes 1991 Baby Talk Joe 5 episodes 1992 Jack's Place Rick Logan Episode "Everything Old Is New Again" 1992–1993 Bodies of Evidence Det. Ryan Walker 16 episodes1993 The Building Bonnie's Fiancée Episode: "Pilot" Without Warning: Terror in the Towers Kevin Shea Television movie 1993–1994 Sisters Det. James Falconer 19 episodes 1994–1999 2000, 2009 ER Dr. Doug Ross 109 episodes1995 Friends Dr. Michael Mitchell Episode: "The One with Two Parts: Part Two" Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "George Clooney/The Cranberries" 1997 South Park Sparky the Dog (voice) Episode: "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" 1998 Murphy Brown Doctor #2 Episode: "Never Can Say Goodbye: Part 2" 1999 Kilroy TV movie; Producer and writer 2000 Fail Safe Colonel Jack Grady Live television production; also executive producer 2003 K Street Executive producer, 10 episodes 2005 Unscripted Executive producer (10 episodes), also director (5 episodes) 2010 Hope for Haiti Now Himself Also creator, developer, executive producer and co-host 2010–2011 Memphis Beat Executive producer 2014 Text Santa 4 George Oceans Gravity Downton Abbey charity sketch 2015A Very Murray ChristmasHimself Television special 2018 My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman Himself Episode: "You Be the Newsman, I'll Be Liz Taylor"2019 Catch-22 Scheisskopf 3 episodes, also executive producer and director On Becoming a God in Central Florida Executive producer 2020 Trial by Media Executive producerThe Art of Political MurderExecutive producer 2021 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Himself Cameos; Episode: "Sponsored Content"2022 The Last Movie Stars Paul Newman (voice) 6 episode docuseries Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter Himself Television special 2024– The Agency Executive producer 2025 Good Night, and Good Luck Edward R. Murrow Also writer, CNN live airing of his play
Theatre Year Title Role Playwright Venue Ref.1986 Vicious Male Prostitute Drug Dealer Denis Spedaliere Los Angeles / Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago 2025 Good Night, and Good Luck Edward R. Murrow Clooney and Grant Heslov Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway debut
See also List of awards and nominations received by George Clooney
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