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Trivia
Birth name: George Timothy Clooney
Date of birth: 6 May 1961
Place of birth: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Nickname: Gorgeous George
Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Spouse: Talia Balsam (15 December 1989 - September 1993) (divorced)
Best man at the wedding of
Richard Kind.
Tried out for a position
on the Cincinnati Reds.
Personal stunt doubles are
stuntmen Brad Martin, Troy Hartman and 'James E. Mitchell' .
He says he will never get married again, nor
have any children, but Michelle
Pfeiffer and Nicole
Kidman both bet $10,000 each that he would be a father before he
turned 40. They were both wrong and now three years on, it's still yet
unknown whether they paid up their bet.
Waged war against the paparazzi by
boycotting "Entertainment Tonight" (1981), the sister show of
"Hard Copy" (1989), which had filmed Clooney without his
permission.
Was voted "Sexiest Man Alive" by
People Magazine. [1997]
Was voted "Best Dressed Male Television
Star." [1997]
Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of
the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World." [1996]
Cousin is actor Miguel Ferrer.
Uncle is the late actor José Ferrer.
Nephew of singer/actress Rosemary Clooney
and Betty Clooney.
Education: Northern Kentucky University
Owns a pet pig named Max.
Studied acting at The Beverly Hills
Playhouse.
Coincidentally his first steady TV role was
in the medical sitcom "E/R" (1984) that was based in Chicago
and co-starred Elliott Gould , Mary McDonnell and Jason Alexander. Ten
years later it would take another TV series "ER" (1994) (also
based in Chicago) to finally launch him into the galaxy of superstardom.
He was talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell's very
first guest when her TV show debuted.
Committed to O Brother, Where Art Thou?
(2000) before even reading a script.
His famed "Roman haircut" was
actually an accident. While filming From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) he wanted
to make his character Seth Gecko look really crazy with a chopped-off
hairstyle. The haircut became popular, however, and turned into a
positive.
Reportedly got into a fistfight with Three
Kings (1999) director David O. Russell on the set. Russell had yelled
and derided a few extras out of frustration and Clooney didn't
appreciate it. Russell has since said, "I wouldn't make another
George Clooney movie if they paid me $20 million."
Good friends with actor Mark
Wahlberg.
Dated Renée Zellweger and Mariella Frostrup.
Has stated in several interviews that he has
suffered from bleeding stomach ulcers, and is still on medication for
stomach pain to this day.
Ranked #27 on Premiere's 2002 Power 100
List.
Frequently stars in movies that revolve
around some type of robbery (Out of Sight (1998), From Dusk Till Dawn
(1996), Three Kings (1999) , O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Ocean's
Eleven (2001) and Welcome to Collinwood (2002)).
Was once the son-in-law of Martin Balsam and
Joyce Van Patten while he was married to Talia Balsam.
Cousin of Rafael Ferrer.
One of People Magazine's "Top 50
Bachelors" (2002).
Was a pallbearer at the funeral of his late
aunt, Rosemary Clooney.
He got his start in a movie starring his
cousin, Miguel Ferrer. Later, after Clooney had established himself on
"ER" (1994), Ferrer made a guest appearance on the very first
show. His aunt, Rosemary Clooney, made guest appearances on two shows
the first month ER aired.
Ranked #29 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power
100 List.
Is the sixth actor to play Batman.
No. 3 of 10 Top Sexiest Men in People
magazine. (2003)
His voice was dubbed for the singing moments
in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).
Heads his own film & television
production company, Maysville Pictures.
Broke up with girlfriend Krista Allen
(2004).
Shared an apartment with actor Thom Mathews
during the early 1980s.
Dated Céline Balitran from 1996 to 1999.
Was the second man, after Richard
Gere, to make an appearance on the cover of Vogue magazine. They are
the only two men to date that have had this opportunity.
Ranked #16 on VH1's "100 Hottest
Hotties."
Rode a bicycle to get to auditions as a
struggling actor.
Son of actor and AMC host Nick Clooney and
Nina Warren Clooney.
He loves the show "South Park"
(1997). He got a hold of Trey Parker, the creator of the series, and
asked for a part in an episode. He was given the role of
"Sparky", the gay dog.
Is of Irish-American decent.
At 43, he was voted sexiest male celebrity
in a 'Naughty Forties' poll conducted for UK television station FX.
Shared an L.A. home with Kelly Preston when
both were struggling actors. It was Preston who presented him with Max
the pig
Auditioned five times for Ridley Scott for
the role of J.D. in Thelma & Louise (1991), a role that ultimately
went to future friend Brad
Pitt catapulting him to super-stardom.
Born 2:48 AM, EST
Best friend is Richard Kind.
He loves beer. He does voice overs for
Budweiser TV commercials and allegedly had a beer keg installed in his
dressing room during filming of Ocean's 11 (2001) .
Lived in a friend's closet while struggling
as an actor in L.A., early in his career.
Is a Dallas Mavericks fan
Received the first "Spirit of
Independence Award" of the Los Angeles Film Festival and Find
Independent (FIND). [June, 2005]
He and his Ocean's Eleven (2001)/ Ocean's
Twelve (2004) co-stars, Julia
Roberts, Brad
Pitt and Elliott Gould, all have guest-starred on the TV show
"Friends" (1994), though not in the same episodes
His relationship with Krista Allen, whom he
met on the set of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), ended after 2
years [March 2004]
Broke off relationship with Lisa Snowdon
after 5 years. [June 2005]
Appears on the cover of the first Men's
Vogue. (2005)
Frequently involves himself in projects
involving the "Golden Age" of television. For example, he
produced and starred in Fail Safe (2000) (TV), a throwback to the live
television plays of the 1950s and 1960s; he directed and appeared in
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), about Chuck Barris' career in
early game shows; and he directed, wrote, and appeared in Good Night,
and Good Luck (2005), about Edward R. Murrow's battle with Senator
Joseph McCarthy.
After an accident on the set of his movie
Syriana (2005) he suffered from back pain, bad headaches and memory
loss. After several spine surgeries he fully recovered and is fine now.
[October 2005]
Sought the role of Jack in Sideways.
However, the film's director, Alexander Payne, felt that he was too big
a star, and turned him down in favor of Thomas Haden Church.
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