George Clooney
Actor, Director, Screenwriter

George Clooney is an Academy Award–winning American actor, director, and screenwriter known for his social consciousness, his former role in the long-running television drama ER (1994-1999), and for focusing his creative talents on powerful, issue-oriented films.

Born in Lexington, Kentucky and raised in Augusta, Kentucky, Clooney is the son of Nina Bruce Warren and Cincinnati news anchor and TV host Nick Clooney, a nephew of actress and singer Rosemary Clooney, and a cousin of actor Miguel Ferrer; another cousin Gabriel Ferrer (married to Debbie Boone), is an Episcopal priest.

In 2006, Mr. Clooney was nominated and won the Academy Award for best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Syriana. He was also nominated for his direction of, and screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck. He became the first person in Oscar history to be nominated for directing one movie and acting in another in the same year.