“George Clooney” as Caesar ‘Hail, Caesar!” — Biography

George Timothy Clooney was created on, may 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a ex — beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a ex — anchorman and game show web host (who was simply also the brother of vocalist Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney spent the majority of this youngsters in Ohio and Kentucky, and graduated from Augusta SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. He was very energetic in sports activities such as golf ball and baseball, and tried out for the Cincinnati Reds, but was not offered a contract.

After his cousin, Miguel Ferrer, got him a small part in a feature film, Clooney began to pursue acting. His first major role was on the sitcom E/R (1984) as “Ace”, an orderly. More roles soon followed, including “George Burnett”, the handsome handyman on The Facts of Life (1979); “Booker Brooks”, a supervisor on Roseanne (1988); and “Detective James Falconer” on Sisters (1991). Clooney had his breakthrough when he was cast as “Dr. Doug Ross” on the award-winning episode series, ER (1994), opposite Anthony Edwards, Noah Wyle, and Julianna Margulies.

While filming “ER”, Clooney starred in a number of high profile film roles, such as Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), and One Fine Day (1996), opposite Michelle Pfeiffer. In 1997, Clooney took on the role of “Batman” in Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin (1997). The film was a moderate success in the box office, but was slammed by critics, notably for the nipple-laden Bat suit. Clooney went on to star in Steven Soderbergh’s Out of Sight (1998), Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line (1998), and David O. Russell’s Three Kings (1999).

In 1999, Clooney left “ER” (though he would return for the season finale) and appeared in a number of films, including O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Perfect Surprise (2000), and Ocean’s Eleven (2001). Collaborating once more with Steven Soderbergh, “Ocean’s Eleven” received critical acclaim, gained more than $450 million at the container office, and spawned two sequels: Ocean’s Twelve (2004) and Ocean’s Thirteen (2007).

In 2002, Clooney made his directorial debut with Confessions of the Dangerous Brain (2002), an adaptation of Television producer Chuck Barris’s autobiography. This is the first film under the banner of “Section Eight Productions”, a creation company he founded with Steven Soderbergh. The business also produced many acclaimed movies, including Definately not Heaven (2002), Syriana (2005), A Scanner Darkly (2006), and Good Evening, and ALL THE BEST. (2005). Clooney gained his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in “Syriana”, and was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for “Good Evening, and ALL THE BEST”.

In 2006, “Section Eight” was turn off so that Soderbergh could focus on directing, and Clooney founded a fresh production company, “Smokehouse Productions”, along with his friend and long-time business partner, Offer Heslov.

Clooney continued to produce and star in Michael Clayton (2007) (which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor), directed and starred in Leatherheads (2008), and took leading roles in Burn After Reading (2008), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), and Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air (2009). Clooney received critical acclaim for his performance in “Up in the Air” and was nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe and Academy Award. He didn’t win that 12 months, but required home both Best Actor awards (as well as countless nominations) for his role as a father who finds out his wife was unfaithful as she lay in a coma in Alexander Payne’s The Descendants (2011). Throughout his career, Clooney has been heralded for his political activism and humanitarian work. He has served as one of the “United Nations Messengers of Peace” since 2008, has been an advocate for the Darfur discord, and organized the “Hope for Haiti” telethon, to raise money for the victims of the 2010 earthquake. In March of 2012, Clooney was arrested for civil disobedience while protesting at the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C.

Clooney was married to actress Talia Balsam, from 1989 until 1993. After their divorce, he swore he would never marry again. Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman wager him $10,000 that he’d have children by age 40, and delivered him the soon after his birthday. Clooney came back the money and bet dual or nothing at all he wouldn’t have children by age 50. Although he has continued to be a consummate bachelor, Clooney has already established many highly publicized romantic relationships, including with former WWE wrestler Stacy Keibler. In 2014, he married lawyer and activist Amal Clooney.