George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney (born the May 6th 1961 with Lexington (Kentucky)) is an American actor, made famous thanks to its role of Doctor Doug Ross in the series Urgences , then by a career with the cinema.
Biography
His/her father is journalist. His/her mother, Nina Warren, were a ex-queen of beauty and her aunt, Rosemary Clooney, a famous singer of the Années 1950 and an actress. The latter made besides two appearances during the first season of Urgencies. His/her sister, Ada, are one year old more than him. It has two children (Alison and Nick). His/her brother-in-law is deceased in 2004.
Arrived at Los Angeles in 1982 to launch out in a career of actor, against the paternal opinion, it runs the cacheton. He will play in fifteen pilots of series but ever diffused, or in nanars such as the Return of tueuses tomatos . To note that the first series in which it appears entitles E/R , very similar title of the series which will make a star of it, ER ( Urgences in French). He will make many appearances in the first season of Roseanne . One will often on TV see it in supporting roles, in particular in Facts off Life , Baby Talk , Sisters , Bodies off obviousness , Murder she wrote , (Arabesque) , mechanical Tonnerre .
Accepting several action films with the remunerative seals at its beginnings in the cinema at the end of the Years 1990, it is allowed from now on to play for quite less seals in films of author like O' Brother , for which it received the Golden Globe better actor in a musical film or of comedy. In an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde published on August 30th, 2000, it had explained why it had agreed to play for almost nothing by a question: “How much time is it necessary to touch 20 million dollars to be happy? ”
In 2000, it founds the company Section Eight with its accomplice of Horsdeatteinte , Steven Soderbergh. Their ambition, to create within a studio, in fact Warner Bros., an entity able to produce ambitious films, not inevitably general public, and to protect its authors from the normal process of a studio. In will leave films as different as Far from the paradise , Bienvenue in Collinwood , Ocean' S Eleven and Twelve , Confessions of a dangerous man , The Jacket , Criminal , etc the two partners puts a term at the activities of Section eight in March 2007.
In 2002, it carried out its first film, Confessions of a dangerous man ( Confessions off has Dangerous Mind ), adapted improbable autobiography of the producer of television Chuck Barris. It gained a pretty critical success failing to find its public.
In March 2005, it was again harnessed with the realization with a film which it has Co-writing with one of his best friends, Grant Heslov, Good Night, and Good Luck which tells the combat of Edward Murrow against McCarthy in the middle of the years 1950. The film, made in black and white, will be in competition with the Mostra of Venice and will make the opening of the Festival of New York in September 2005. It profited then from very good will have. With equal of another of its films also envisaged for the autumn 2005: Syriana of Stephen Gaghan (author of the scenario of Traffic ) for which it had to take fifteen to twenty kilos in order to interpret the role of Robert Barnes, agent of the CIA. During a scene, it was seriously wounded with the spinal column, which was worth a long hospitalization to him several weeks. In December 2006, he always suffers from the after-effects of his accident since he acknowledged carried a corset during the promotion of his last film The Good German . Following this wound, the insurances had a time refused to go guarantee during the turning of Good night, and good luck . It then pawned its house of Los Angeles. The insurers then reconsidered their decision.
In June 2005, the festival of independent film of Los Angeles allots to him its first price of spirit independent in order to honor its career and its choices while prevailing a cinema with ambitious author rather than of the blockbusters sometimes not very tasty.
It found its accomplice Soderbergh for a fifth film in October 2005, The Good German , turned in black and white. Then connected in January 2006 with Michael Clayton , turned in New York. In July 2006, it found its accomplices of Ocean' S 11 and 12 for the ultimate adventures of Danny Ocean and its band of hold-up man. He and Steven Soderbergh affirmed that Ocean' S 13 would be the ultimate shutter of the trilogy.
In August 2006, it founds with his large friend and Co-scenario writer of Good night, and good luck, Grant Heslov a new business of production: Smoke house, under the same precepts as Eight Section. The name is a wink at the restaurant of the same name located at the doors of the studio of Warner with Burbank (California) and whose George Clooney is a regular customer.
In 2006, the actor and American realizer George Clooney are " the man in life more sexy" , according to the People weekly magazine in its special edition, annual institution of the press magazine. It had already received this honor in 1997. It is the only personality with Brad Pitt to have received twice this title.
Private side, it left with Céline Balitran, LISA Snowdon, Krista Allen… It is currently with Sarah Larson.
Its political action
In 2001, it uses its celebrity for raising funds for the victims of the attacks of September 11th, then those of the Tsunami in 2004 and 2005 for those of the cyclone Katrina. It also gave an opinion against the war of the Iraq since 2003. In September 2006, it went with George Bush Sr in Louisiana in order to give the gifts collected for the rehabilitation of a hospital put at evil by the two cyclones which ransacked the area one year earlier.
During 2006, the actor was mobilized for the Darfur. In September 2006, with Elie Wiesel, it was received by the Safety advice of the United Nations so that cease the Génocide in Darfur. In December 2006, he acknowledged that the people whom he had met (then helped financially) at the time of his voyage in the area with his father were probably all died following the setting with bag of their camp In December 2006, he went with the American actor Don Cheadle like several high level athletes to China and Egypt. They met each time the chief of the diplomacy of the country in order to convince it to make pressure on the government of the Sudan so that the exactions cease over there and that it accepts the sending of the Blue helmets. March 25th, 2007, it published an open letter in destination of the Germany, margin of the top of the heads of state and government of the European Union which was held this day, and requested from the European Chancelière and its counterparts to make pressure on Sudan. Special correspondent who diffused an exclusive interview announced that it had had a phone conversation at the end of May with Bernard Kouchner, the new chief of the French diplomacy. Moreover, the previews in Cannes and the United States d' Ocean' S 13 were the occasion of evenings of charity to the profit of Not one our watch, the association created by George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and Jerry Weintraub with the profit of the Darfur.
Catalog of films
Realizer
- 2002 : Confessions of a dangerous man ( Confessions off has Dangerous Mind )
- 2005: Good Night, and Good Luck.
Actor
- 1984 : Riptide episode 2.01, of Stephen J. Cannell & Frank Lupo (series TV) - Lenny Colwell
- 1985: mechanical Thunder ( Street Hawk ) episode 1.02, of Paul Mr. Belous & Bruce Lansbury & Robert Wolterstorff (series TV) - Kevin Stark
- 1984: E/R episodes 1.13+14+16+18, of Peter Bonerz (series TV) - Ace
- 1985: Crazy like has fox episodes 1.12, of John Baskin (series TV)
- 1985: The Facts off Life (17 episodes), of John Bowab, Jim Drake, Nick Havinga and Asaad Kelada (series TV) - George Burnett
- 1986: Hotel episode 3.13, of Gwen Arner, Gabrielle Beaumont (series TV) - Nick Miller
- 1986: Throb episode 1.05, of Fredi Tobin (series TV) - Rollo Moldonado
- 1986: Combat High , of Neal Israel (TV) - Maj. Biff Woods
- 1987 : Grizzly II: The Predator , of David Sheldon
- 1987: Return to Horror High , of Bill Froehlich - Oliver
- 1987: Hunter episode 3.15, of Frank Lupo (series TV) - Matthew Winfield
- 1987: Arabesque ( Murder, She Wrote ) episode 3.18, of Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson & William Link (series TV) - Kip Howard
- 1987: The Golden delicious Girls episode 2.24, of Susan Harris (series TV) - Bobby Hopkins
- 1987: Simpleton Brothers of Will Mackenzie (TV) - Tom Bennett
- 1988: Roseanne (Series TV) - Booker Brooks
- 1988: the Return of tueuses tomatos ( Return off the Killer Tomatoes! ), of John De Bello - Matt Stevens
- 1990: Red Surfing , of H. Gordon Boos - Remar
- 1990: Knights off the Kitchen Counts (TV) - Rick Stepjack
- 1990: Happy Sunset , of Bill Corcoran and Sam Weisman (TV) - Smart Chesbro
- 1990: Happy Sunset (series TV) - Smart Chesbro
- 1991: Rewrite for Murder , of Eric Laneuville (TV)
- 1991: Baby Talk , of John Bowab, John Rich and John Sgueglia (series TV) - Joe
- 1991: the Sisters Reed ( Sisters ), of Nancy Malone, Sharron Miller and Sandy Smolan (series TV) - Detective James Falconer (VF: Antoine Nome)
- 1992: Old Unbecoming , of Alfredo Ringel and Deborah Ringel - Mac
- 1992: Bodies off Obviousness , of Robert Becker, James L. Conway, Alan J. Levi and Sheldon (series TV) - Det. Ryan Walker
- 1993: Without Warning: Terror in the Towers , of Alan J. Levi (TV) - Kevin Shea
- 1993: The Building episode 1.01, of John Bowab & Paul Kreppel (TV) - been engaged of Bonnie
- 1993: The Harvest , of David Marconi - a transvestite
- 1994: Urgencies ( ER ), of Michael Crichton (series TV) - Dr. Doug Ross (VF: Patrick Noerie)
- 1995: Friends ( Friends ) episode 1.17, of Marta Kauffman and David Crane (series TV) - Dr. Michael Mitchell
- 1996: One night in hell ( From Dusk Till Dawn ), of Robert Rodriguez - Seth Gecko
- 1996: Coolness ( Curdled ), of Reb Braddock - Seth Gecko
- 1996: One beautiful day ( One Fine Day ), of Michael Hoffman - Jack Taylor
- 1997: Batman & Robin , of Joel Schumacher - Batman/Bruce Wayne
- 1997: South Park episode 1.04, of Trey Parker & Matt Stone (series TV) - Sparky the dog
- 1997: the Peacemaker ( The Peacemaker ), of Mimi Leder - Thomas Devoe
- 1998: Out of reach ( Out off Sight ), of Steven Soderbergh - Jack Foley
- 1998: Murphy Brown episode 10.22, of Diane English (series TV) - Doctor #2
- 1998: the Red line ( The Thin Red Line ), of Terrence Malick - the captain Charles Bosche
- 1999: the English ( The Limey ), of Steven Soderbergh
- 1999: South Park, the film: Longer, larger and not cut ( South Park: Bigger To skirt & Uncut ), of Trey Parker (voice Dr. Gouache/Dr. Doctor )
- 1999: Kings of the desert ( Three Kings ), of David O. Russell - archie Spoil
- 2000: Boundary point ( Fail Safe ], of Stephen Frears (TV) - Colonel Jack Grady
- 2000: O' Brother ( O Brother, Where Art Thou? ), of Joel Coen - Ulysses Everett McGill
- 2000: In full storm ( The Perfect Storm ), of Wolfgang Petersen - the captain Billy the Tyne
- 2001: Spy Kids , of Robert Rodriguez - Devlin
- 2001: Ocean' S Eleven , of Steven Soderbergh - Danny Ocean
- 2002: Welcome in Collinwood ( Welcome to Collinwood ), of Anthony Russo and Russo Joe - Jerzy
- 2002: Solaris , of Steven Soderbergh - Doctor Chris Kelvin
- 2002: Confessions of a dangerous man ( Confessions off has Dangerous Mind ) - the agent of the CIA Jim Byrd
- 2003: Mission 3D: Spy Kids 3 ( Spy Kids 3D: Range Over ), of Robert Rodriguez - the President Devlin
- 2003: Intolerable cruelty ( Intolerable Cruelty ), of Joel Coen - Miles Massey
- 2004: Ocean' S Twelve , of Steven Soderbergh - Danny Ocean
- 2005: Good Night, and Good Luck. - Fred Friendly
- 2005: Syriana , of Stephen Gaghan - Robert Barnes
- 2006: The Good German , of Steven Soderbergh - Jake Geismar
- 2007: Michael Clayton , of Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
- 2007: Ocean' S Thirteen , of Steven Soderbergh - Danny Ocean
Rewards and nominations
- 2001 : Golden Globe of the best actor in a comedy or a musical comedy in O' Brother
- 2005: Spirit off indepedant for its contribution to the cinema, in particular independent
- 2006: Oscar of the best actor in a supporting role in Syriana . It was also named this year there for the Oscar of the best original screenplay and the Oscar of the best realizer for Good Night, and Good Luck. . It was thus the first with being named under the best actor for a film and under better scenario writer and better realizer for another.
- 2005 Obtains with Grant Heslov the price of the best scenario for Good Night, and Good Luck. in Mostra 2005 of Venice.
- 2006 : Price of the American cineclub for its contribution to the cinema and its humanitarian actions.
- September 2nd 2007: Knight of arts and the letters, distinction given by the Minister for the Culture Christine Albanel to Deauville at the time of the festival of the American cinema.
External bond
- Card IMDB
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