George Clooney is among the finest performers in Hollywood who have already left his mark in the tinsel town by some of his finest performances in some landmark roles. George Timothy Clooney was born on 6th May, 1961. As an actor he has established his position in Hollywood. Later on he tried his hand in editing, script writing, producing, directing and achieved success in those fields as well. This performer has won Golden Globe and Academy Awards for his acting in different kinds of roles. Even in the TV serial ER (running from 1994 to 1999) he has shown another side of his talent.
George belonged to an Irish-American family residing in Lexington, Kentucky. His mother was in the glamour world for quite sometime. His father also hosted a number of TV shows. Later on, he became a politician. Despite being requested for several times George Clooney never agreed to work for political office. According to him, somebody like him, who attends too many parties, have undergone so many frivolous relationships and have drags should not run for a political job.
Initially George Clooney was comfortable with glamorous roles of romantic heroes. In the later years he proved is acting exponent in some roles of substance. After the huge success of ER, the famous television serial, George Clooney got very much involved in editing, screenplay writing and producing. In 1995, a rumor was spread that the videotape of Jesus Vs Santa was the brainchild of George Clooney. Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn was the first major hit of Clooney.
The Peacemaker and One Fine Day are the other successful ventures by Clooney that brought critical acclaim for him. He also played the role of Batman in Batman & Robin. In the year 1998, his role opposite Jennifer Lopez also got widely applauded. |
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Ocean’s Eleven, released in 2001 is considered to be the biggest commercial success of Clooney till date. Alongside Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Bernie Mac, Don Cheadle he left his individual mark on this movie. This movie earned approximately US$ 444, 200,000 throughout the world. The huge success of the movie compelled to make the sequels named, Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen.
His debut attempt in the field of direction with the Confession of a Dangerous Mind was a big success in 2002. His roles in Good Night, Good Luck, Syriana, Michael Clayton got widely acclaimed and Clooney received a few nominations of the international awards for that. His role in Syrian received a BAFTA award, a Golden Globe award and an Academy award. He is a great advocator of saving environment and he himself owns a battery operated sports car.
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