George Clooney Biography
George Clooney is a Hollywood actor, producer, and director. He gained popularity through his work on the TV series "ER". He is an Oscar recipient for his supporting role in "Syriana" and, as a producer, for the movie "Argo".![Actor and Director George Clooney](/images/content/2023/5/2/actor-and-director-george-clooney_58.jpg)
Childhood and Youth
George was born in 1961 in Kentucky, USA, to the state beauty queen, Nina Bruce, and the host of "American Movie Classics," Nick Clooney. Young George often visited his father's workplace, where Nick's colleagues noticed him. Thus, at the age of five, Clooney started his television career, appearing in various TV shows.![George Clooney in his childhood with his sister](/images/content/2023/5/2/george-clooney-as-a-child-with-his-sister_24.jpg)
![George Clooney and his family](/images/content/2023/5/2/george-clooney-and-his-family_80.jpg)
Career in Cinema
In the mid-80s, George Clooney attended auditions almost every day, followed by hard work after the trials. The young man worked as a construction assistant and loader. He very rarely managed to get a minor role, for instance, in the 1988 films "Return of the Killer Tomatoes" and "Return to Horror High".![George Clooney in the series 'ER'](/images/content/2023/5/2/george-clooney-in-the-tv-series-ambulance_44.jpg)
![George Clooney as Batman](/images/content/2023/5/2/george-clooney-as-batman_2.jpg)
Three years later, the film "Syriana" by Stephen Gaghan was released. During the filming, the actor nearly died, injuring his cervical vertebra. Clooney had to undergo two surgeries, but he still suffers from headaches. For this work, he was awarded the Oscar for "Best Supporting Actor".
![George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts on the set of 'Ocean's Eleven'](/images/content/2023/5/2/george-clooney-brad-pitt-and-julia-roberts-on-the-set-of-oceans-eleven_62.jpg)
![A scene from the mini-series 'Catch-22'](/images/content/2024/1/17/a-shot-from-the-mini-series-catch-22_60.jpg)
George Clooney's Personal Life
In 1987, Clooney dated actress Kelly Preston, who starred in the movie "Twins", for several years.Then, in 1989, George married actress Talia Balsam, with whom he stayed married for four years.
![George Clooney and his wife Talia Balsam](/images/content/2023/5/2/george-clooney-and-his-wife-talia-balsam_63.jpg)
In September 2014, George Clooney and lawyer Amal Alamuddin got married in Venice. In 2017, they had twins Ella and Alexander.
![George Clooney's children](/images/content/2023/5/2/george-clooneys-children_6.jpg)
George Clooney Now
In recent years, Clooney has focused on producing and directing. In 2020, he presented the space thriller "The Midnight Sky", serving as its director, producer, and also the lead actor playing an aging astronomer left alone after a global catastrophe. The film was nominated for an "Oscar" in the "Best Visual Effects" category, but audiences received it quite coolly.![A scene from the movie 'The Midnight Sky'](/images/content/2024/1/17/a-shot-from-the-movie-midnight-sky_97.jpg)
In 2021, the drama "The Tender Bar" directed by George Clooney was released on Amazon Prime Video. The plot centers around a boy searching for a new dad among the patrons of a bar owned by his Uncle Charlie, played entirely for free by Ben Affleck, who was impressed by the screenplay. The main character was played by Daniel Ranieri, a young actor for whom "The Tender Bar" was a debut. Clooney spotted the boy on Jimmy Kimmel's TikTok show and invited him to audition.
!['The Tender Bar': George Clooney and Daniel Ranieri](/images/content/2024/1/17/gentle-bar-george-clooney-and-daniel-ranieri_77.jpg)
In 2022, he and Julia Roberts played divorced spouses in Ol Parker's comedy "Ticket to Paradise", and in December 2023, the premiere of Clooney's new directorial work "The Boys in the Boat", a biographical drama about a team of rowers from the University of Washington participating in the 1936 Olympics, took place.I have an Uncle George, who I was named after. I grew up in a small town in Kentucky. My uncle lived near a bar that bears some resemblance to the one we filmed in our movie, albeit much less safe. This bar had a jukebox and a cigarette machine. So, I would go into this bar for cigarettes and might spend some time there, especially in the summer. I worked at the racetrack with my uncle, and I was about the same age as our main character then. The music that played there, and all the details of that bar, have been etched in my soul. I still remember them.
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