| George Clooney |
George Clooney
George Clooney was born into a show business family, but had to endure years of struggle before his own success came. His Aunt was the late Rosemary Clooney, the popular singer and actress. His cousin is actor Miguel Ferrer and his Father was Nick Clooney, a news anchorman and television presenter. Being in front of the camera was in the genes, and he dropped out of college to make it happen.
Born in 1961, George Clooney was born and raised in Kentucky. After college, he eventually got work in minor roles on TV, getting a big brake when he was cast in a recurring role on the sitcom Roseanne, playing the boss of Roseanne Barr. The series that catapulted him into stardom however, was ER in which he played Dr. Ross for five years. Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes and Julianna Margulies played three of his colleagues.
George Clooney, with his handsome features and charming manner, was destined for a movie career, which he duly achieved after leaving ER. He’s played a variety of roles, including landing the coveted part of Batman in Joel Schumacher’s Batman and Robin, co-starring Chris O’Donnell and Uma Thurman. However, the film was panned and he didn’t play Batman again. A series of hits were to follow, as in 2000, in the Joel Coen directed film, O, Brother, Where Art Thou?, starring John Turturro, John Goodman and Holly Hunter. In the same year, The Perfect Storm was released, an adventure directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Mark Wahlberg and Diane Lane.
In 2001, George Clooney starred in the crime caper Ocean’s Eleven. A re-make of the original movie featuring the Rat Pack, (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr and Peter Lawford), it was directed by Steven Soderbergh and starred Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. The sequel followed three years later.
George Clooney has never relied on his matinee idol image, and has been determined to do interesting work. 2005 was an excellent year for him regarding two movies he was involved in. In keeping with his interest in politics, (he is a keen supporter of the Democrats), he directed and acted in Good Night, and Good Luck. The backdrop to the movie is the 1950’s Communist witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, and starred Jeff Daniels and David Strathairn. George co-wrote the screenplay with his friend, the actor Grant Heslov. His other success of that year was Syriana, a political thriller directed by Stephen Gaghan, in which he starred with Kayvan Novak and Christopher Plummer. George won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his part.
George Clooney has been linked to many women over the years and has been married once, to actress Talia Balsam who is the daughter of actor Martin Balsam. |
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