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.[1] He has been involved in thirteen films that grossed over $200 million at the worldwide box office.[2]
Clooney appeared in the television series The Facts of Life (1985–1987), Roseanne (1988–1991), Bodies of Evidence (1992–1993), Sisters (1993–1994) and ER (1994–1999). Early in his career, Clooney also appeared in a number of low-budget film roles like Grizzly II: Revenge (1983), Return to Horror High (1987), Combat Academy (1987), Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988), Unbecoming Age (1992) and The Harvest (1993). His role as doctor Doug Ross on ER earned him Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations.[3][4]
In the 1990s Clooney appeared in the films From Dusk till Dawn (1996), One Fine Day (1996), with Michelle Pfeiffer, The Peacemaker (1997) with Nicole Kidman, Batman & Robin (1997), and Out of Sight (1998) opposite Jennifer Lopez. The new millennium saw Clooney in films The Perfect Storm (2000), which earned $328.7 million at the box office and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), which won him a Golden Globe Award, as well as Empire Award and Satellite Award nominations.[5][6][7] In 2001, he teamed up again with Soderbergh for the star-studded caper film Ocean's Eleven, alongside Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and many others. The film was followed by two sequels starring Clooney, Ocean's Twelve in 2004 and Ocean's Thirteen in 2007.[8][9] He has also appeared in Solaris (2002), Welcome To Collinwood (2002), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Syriana (2005), for which he was rewarded with an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, The Good German (2006), Michael Clayton (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), Up in the Air (2009), for the latter earning an Academy Award nomination. Clooney also directed and starred in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Leatherheads (2008), The Ides of March (2011), and The Midnight Sky (2020).
In 2011, Clooney starred in Alexander Payne's The Descendants, earning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and an Academy Award nomination.[10][11] In 2013, he co-starred opposite Sandra Bullock in the space thriller Gravity. He directed, co-produced, co-wrote, and starred in The Monuments Men, originally scheduled for release in 2013, but pushed back until 2014. He next starred in Brad Bird's science fiction film Tomorrowland, released on May 22, 2015.[12]
Film
editActing roles
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Grizzly II: Revenge | Ron | |
1987 | Return to Horror High | Oliver | |
1988 | Return of the Killer Tomatoes | Matt Stevens | |
1989 | Red Surf | Remar | |
1992 | Unbecoming Age | Mac | |
1993 | The Harvest | Lip Syncing Transvestite | Cameo |
1996 | From Dusk till Dawn | Seth Gecko | |
One Fine Day | Jack Taylor | ||
1997 | Batman & Robin | Bruce Wayne / Batman | |
The Peacemaker | Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe | ||
1998 | The Thin Red Line | Captain Charles Bosche | |
Out of Sight | Jack Foley | ||
Waiting for Woody | Himself | Short film | |
1999 | Three Kings | Archie Gates | |
The Book That Wrote Itself | Himself | Cameo | |
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | Dr. Horatio Gauche | Voice | |
2000 | The Perfect Storm | Captain Billy Tyne | |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Ulysses Everett McGill | ||
2001 | Ocean's Eleven | Danny Ocean | |
Spy Kids | Diego Devlin | ||
2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Jim Byrd | |
Solaris | Chris Kelvin | ||
Welcome to Collinwood | Jerzy | ||
2003 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | President Diego Devlin | |
Intolerable Cruelty | Miles Massey | ||
2004 | Ocean's Twelve | Danny Ocean | |
2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | Fred Friendly | |
Syriana | Bob Barnes | ||
2006 | The Good German | Jake Geismer | |
2007 | Michael Clayton | Michael Clayton | |
Ocean's Thirteen | Danny Ocean | ||
Sand and Sorrow | Narrator | Documentary | |
Darfur Now | Himself | ||
2008 | Leatherheads | Jimmy "Dodge" Connelly | |
Burn After Reading | Harry Pfarrer | ||
2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Mr. Fox | Voice |
The Men Who Stare at Goats | Lyn Cassady | ||
Up in the Air | Ryan Bingham | ||
2010 | The American | Jack / Edward | |
2011 | The Ides of March | Governor Mike Morris | |
The Descendants | Matthew "Matt" King | ||
2013 | Gravity | Matthew "Matt" Kowalski | |
2014 | The Monuments Men | Frank Stokes | |
2015 | Tomorrowland | Frank Walker | |
2016 | Hail, Caesar! | Baird Whitlock | |
Money Monster | Lee Gates | ||
2020 | The Midnight Sky | Augustine Lofthouse | |
2022 | Ticket to Paradise | David Cotton | |
2023 | The Flash | Bruce Wayne / Batman | Uncredited cameo |
2024 | IF | Spaceman | Voice |
Wolfs | Jack | [13] | |
2025 | Untitled Noah Baumbach film | Jay Kelly | Filming[14] |
Filmmaking credits
editYear | Title | Director | Producer | Writer |
---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Yes | No | No |
2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | Yes | No | Yes |
2008 | Leatherheads[15] | Yes | Yes | Uncredited |
2011 | The Ides of March | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2014 | The Monuments Men | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2017 | Suburbicon | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2020 | The Midnight Sky | Yes | Yes | No |
2021 | The Tender Bar | Yes | Yes | No |
2023 | The Boys in the Boat | Yes | Yes | No |
Producer only
|
Executive producer
|
Television
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1971 | The Uncle Al Show | Ship's captain | Skit performer[16][17] |
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 episodes |
1986 | 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 High | |
1987 | 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 episodes |
1993 | 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 |
1994–2000, 2009 | ER | Dr. Doug Ross | 109 episodes |
1995 | Friends | Dr. Michael Mitchell | Episode: "The One With Two Parts: Part Two" |
Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | Episode: "George Clooney/The Cranberries" | |
1997, 2006 | South Park | Sparky the Dog (voice), Himself (archived audio) | Episode: "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" "Smug Alert" |
1998 | Murphy Brown | Doctor #2 | Episode: "Never Can Say Goodbye: Part 2" |
2000 | Fail Safe | Colonel Jack Grady | Live television production, also executive producer |
2010 | Hope for Haiti Now | Himself | Also creator, developer, executive producer and co-host |
2014 | Text Santa 4 | George Oceans Gravity | Downton Abbey charity sketch[18] |
2015 | A Very Murray Christmas | Himself | 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 |
2021 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Himself | Cameos Episode: "Sponsored Content"[19] |
2022 | The Last Movie Stars | Paul Newman (voice) | 6 episode docuseries |
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter | Himself | Television special[20] |
As producer
editYear | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
1999 | Kilroy | TV movie, also writer |
2000 | Fail Safe | Executive producer |
2003 | K Street | Executive producer, 10 episodes |
2005 | Unscripted | Executive producer (10 episodes), also director (5 episodes) |
2010 | Hope for Haiti Now | Executive producer |
2010–2011 | Memphis Beat | Executive producer |
2019 | On Becoming a God in Central Florida | Executive producer[21] |
2020 | Trial by Media | Executive producer |
2020 | The Midnight Sky | Producer |
2020 | The Art of Political Murder | Executive producer |
2021 | The Tender Bar | producer |
2022 | Ticket to Paradise | Executive producer |
2023 | The Boys in the Boat | producer |
2024 | How to Build a Truth Engine | Executive producer |
2024 | Wolfs | producer |
Theatre
editYear | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | Good Night, and Good Luck | Edward R. Murrow | Broadway debut, also playwright | [22] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "People Index." Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "George Clooney profile at Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1996)". Golden Globes. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "Emmy Awards 1995". Emmy Awards. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2001)". Golden Globes. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "2000 Award Winners". Empire Awards. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "Satellite Awards". Satellite Awards. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "Ocean's Eleven Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "Ocean's Eleven (2001) > Summary > Domestic Total Gross". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2012)". Golden Globes. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "Nominees and Winners for the 84th Academy Awards". Academy Awards. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ Breznican, Anthony (November 7, 2013). "'Star Wars: Episode VII': Release set for December 18, 2015 -- BREAKING". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (2023-12-22). "Sony Dates Apple's 'Wolfs' & 'Project Artemis' For 2024". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (December 14, 2023). "George Clooney And Adam Sandler To Star In Noah Baumbach's Next Movie At Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ Fleming, Michael (April 3, 2008). "WGA, Clooney at odds over credit". Variety. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ Friedman, Jim: "Images Of America: Cincinnati Television," photo-page 71. Arcadia Publishing, 2007, ISBN 9780738551692
- ^ Jacon-Duffy, Marais (June 8, 2017). "Vault: George Clooney's TV debut on WCPO in '71". WCPO. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
- ^ "Downton Abbey For Text Santa-Part Two". February 2, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015 – via YouTube.
- ^ "John Oliver humiliates local TV stations with 'sexual wellness blanket' sponsored content". May 24, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021 – via The Week.
- ^ Matthew, Gilbert (September 19, 2022). "This week's TV: Norman Lear at 100, a comedy about reboots, and a reboot of 'Quantum Leap'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2018-06-25). "YouTube Orders Kirsten Dunst-Starring Dark Comedy Series From George Clooney, Grant Heslov & TriStar Television". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
- ^ "George Clooney Will Star in Broadway Adaptation of Good Night, and Good Luck". Playbill. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
Bibliography
edit- "George Clooney—Famous Works". Film Reference. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- "George Clooney—Overview>Biography/Filmography>Awards". allmovie.com. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- "George Clooney—Biography>Highest Rated Movies>Filmography". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
External links
edit- Appearances on C-SPAN
- George Clooney filmography at IMDb
- George Clooney filmography collected news and commentary at The Guardian