And I think that's an important part of being famous. It was the first year of high school, which was a bad time for having half your face paralyzed." He also described one positive outcome of the condition: "It's probably a great thing that it happened to me because it forced me to engage in a series of making fun of myself. In an interview with Larry King, he stated that "yes, it goes away. In middle school, Clooney developed Bell's palsy, a medical condition that partially paralyzes the face. The Clooneys moved back to Kentucky when George was midway through the seventh grade. Susanna School in Mason, where he served as an altar boy. Michael's School in Worthington, Ohio then Western Row Elementary School (a public school) in Mason, Ohio, from 1968 to 1974 and St. Ĭlooney was raised a strict Roman Catholic but said in 1998 that he did not know if he believed "in Heaven or even God." He has said, "Yes, we were Catholic, big-time, whole family, whole group." He began his education at the Blessed Sacrament School in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. Through Rosemary, his cousins include actors Miguel Ferrer, Rafael Ferrer, and Gabriel Ferrer, who is married to singer Debby Boone. Cabaret singer and actress Rosemary Clooney was an aunt. Clooney has an older sister named Adelia (known as Ada). His maternal great-great-great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann Sparrow, was the half-sister of Nancy Lincoln, mother of President Abraham Lincoln, making Clooney and Lincoln half-first cousins five times removed. Clooney is of Irish, German, and English ancestry. His father, Nick Clooney, is a former anchorman and television host, including five years on the AMC network. His mother, Nina Bruce ( née Warren), was a beauty queen and city councilwoman. Early lifeĬlooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky. Outside of acting, Clooney is known for cofounding Casamigos tequila, which was one of the best-selling spirits of 2022. He is married to human rights lawyer Amal Clooney. Clooney is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also noted for his political and economic activism, and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since 2008. Clooney 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 has also starred in Burn After Reading (2008), The American (2010), Gravity (2013), Hail, Caesar! (2016), and Ticket to Paradise (2022).Īs of 2023, Clooney is one of two people to have been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories, a position shared with Walt Disney. He received the Academy Award for Best Picture for co-producing the political thriller Argo (2012). Clooney won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the thriller Syriana (2005), and earned Best Actor nominations for the legal thriller Michael Clayton (2007), and the comedy-dramas Up in the Air (2009) and The Descendants (2011). Greater stardom came from his starring role in Soderbergh's Ocean 's film series from 2001 to 2007.Ĭlooney made his directorial debut with the spy drama Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), and has since directed 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 science fiction film The Midnight Sky (2020). Russell's Three Kings (1999), Wolfgang Petersen's The Perfect Storm (2000), and the Coen brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). followed by superhero film Batman & Robin (1997), Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998), David O. He expanded to leading roles in films, with his breakthrough role in From Dusk till Dawn (1996). Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Ĭlooney started his career in television, gaining wide recognition in his role as Dr. DeMille Award in 2015, the Honorary César in 2017, AFI Life Achievement Award in 2018, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2022. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards one for his acting and the other as a producer. George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker.
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