George Clooney

Acting

Born 1961-05-06 Lexington, Kentucky, USA 213 credits Academy Awards 2 Golden Globe Awards 4 BAFTA Awards 1 Screen Actors Guild Awards 4 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 1 National Board of Review Award for Best Film 1 Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor 1 European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 1

Awards

Won 2 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 2 won · 6 nominated

2013 Best Picture Won Argo
2012 Best Actor Nominated The Descendants
2012 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated The Ides of March
2010 Best Actor Nominated Up in the Air
2008 Best Actor Nominated Michael Clayton
2006 Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated Good Night, and Good Luck.
2006 Best Supporting Actor Won Syriana
2006 Best Director Nominated Good Night, and Good Luck.

Golden Globe Awards 4 won

2015 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Won
2011 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Won The Descendants
2005 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Won Syriana
2000 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Won O Brother, Where Art Thou?

BAFTA Awards 1 won

2012 Best Film Won Argo

Screen Actors Guild Awards 4 won

1998 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Won
1997 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Won
1996 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Won
1995 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Won

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 1 won

— Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres Won

National Board of Review Award for Best Film 1 won

— Best Film Won

Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor 1 won

2009 Best Actor Won Up in the Air

European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 1 won

2005 Best Non-European Film Won Good Night, and Good Luck.

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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.