George Clooney

George Clooney
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George Clooney à la Mostra de Venise 2010
Données clés Nom de naissance George Martin Timothy Clooney
Surnom Gorgeous George
Naissance 6 mai 1961
Lexington, Kentucky, États-Unis
Nationalité Drapeau des États-Unis Américain
Profession Acteur, producteur, réalisateur, scénariste
Films notables Les Rois du désert
O’Brother
Ocean’s Eleven
Confessions d’un homme dangereux
Ocean’s Twelve
Good Night and Good Luck
Syriana
Ocean’s Thirteen
Burn After Reading
In the Air
Les Marches du Pouvoir
Séries notables Urgences

George Clooney, né le 6 mai 1961 à Lexington dans le Kentucky aux États-Unis, est un acteur, réalisateur, scénariste et producteur de cinéma américain. Il est devenu célèbre grâce à son rôle du docteur Doug Ross dans la série télévisée Urgences, puis a mené une importante carrière au cinéma à travers Ocean’s Eleven, Confessions d’un homme dangereux, Good Night and Good Luck et Syriana (qui lui a valu l’Oscar du meilleur acteur dans un second rôle).

Son nom est souvent associé à celui du réalisateur Steven Soderbergh avec qui il a tourné six films, ainsi qu’à celui des Frères Coen, sous la direction desquels il a tourné trois films qui constituent « la trilogie des idiots ». Il est classé vingt-troisième plus importante personnalité du monde par le journal Times en 2008.
Sommaire

1 Biographie
2 Carrière
3 Vie privée
4 Politique
5 Filmographie
5.1 Acteur
5.1.1 Télévision
5.1.2 Cinéma
5.2 Réalisateur
5.3 Scénariste
5.4 Producteur
6 Publicité
7 Doublage
8 Distinctions
8.1 Récompenses
8.2 Nominations
9 Notes et références
10 Lien externe

Biographie
Lors de la conférence de presse pour Michael Clayton

La mère de George Martin Timothy Clooney, Nina Bruce (née Warren), était une ancienne reine de beauté, et son père, Nick Clooney, était présentateur de télévision. Clooney est d’ascendance irlandaise du côté de son père : ses arrière-arrière-grands-parents paternels, Nicholas Clooney (de County Kilkenny) et Bridget Byron, ont immigré aux États-Unis depuis l’Irlande. Clooney fut baptisé dans un milieu catholique strict.

Il a une sœur aînée, Adelia (aussi connue comme Ada), et ses cousins incluent les acteurs Miguel et Rafael Ferrer, qui sont les fils de sa tante, la chanteuse et comédienne Rosemary Clooney, célèbre dans les années 19501, et de l’acteur José Ferrer. Il est aussi apparenté à une autre chanteuse, Debby Boone, qui fut mariée à José Ferrer ainsi qu’au fils de Rosemary, Gabriel. Dès son plus jeune âge, Clooney venait sur les plateaux de tournage des émissions de son père, souvent en participant à ses shows, où il s’est avéré être le chouchou de la foule.
Carrière

Arrivé contre l’avis paternel à Los Angeles en 1982 pour se lancer dans une carrière d’acteur, George Clooney court le cachet. Il jouera dans quinze pilotes de séries jamais diffusés, ou dans des nanars tels que Le Retour des tomates tueuses. La première série dans laquelle il apparaît s’intitule E/R, titre très similaire à celui de celle qui en fera une vedette, ER (Urgences en français). Il jouera dans la première saison de Roseanne + une apparition dans la saison 4 épisode 6. On le verra souvent à la télé dans des seconds rôles, notamment dans Facts of Life, Baby Talk, Sisters, Bodies of evidence, Arabesque, Tonnerre mécanique.

Acceptant plusieurs films d’action aux cachets rémunérateurs à ses débuts dans le cinéma à la fin des années 1990, il se permet désormais de jouer pour des cachets bien moindres dans des films d’auteur comme O’Brother, pour lequel il a reçu le Golden Globe du meilleur acteur dans un film musical ou de comédie. Dans une entrevue avec le journal français Le Monde publiée le 30 août 2000, il avait expliqué pourquoi il avait accepté de jouer pour presque rien par une question : « Combien de fois faut-il toucher 20 millions de dollars pour être heureux ? ».

En 2000, il fonde la société Section Eight avec son complice de Hors d’atteinte, Steven Soderbergh. Leur ambition, créer au sein d’un studio, en l’occurrence Warner Bros., une entité capable de produire des films ambitieux, pas forcément grand public, et de protéger ses auteurs du processus normal d’un studio. En sortiront des films aussi différents que Loin du paradis, Bienvenue à Collinwood, Ocean’s Eleven et Twelve, Confessions d’un homme dangereux, The Jacket, Criminal, etc. Les deux partenaires mettent un terme aux activités de Section Eight en mars 2007.

En 2002, il a réalisé son premier film, Confessions d’un homme dangereux (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), adapté de l’improbable autobiographie du producteur de télévision Chuck Barris. Il remporta un joli succès critique à défaut de trouver son public.

En mars 2005, il s’est à nouveau attelé à la réalisation avec un film qu’il a co-écrit avec l’un de ses meilleurs amis, Grant Heslov, Good Night, and Good Luck qui raconte le combat de Edward Murrow contre McCarthy au milieu des années 1950. Le film, tourné en noir et blanc, sera en compétition à la Mostra de Venise et fera l’ouverture du festival de New York en septembre 2005. Il bénéficia alors d’une très bonne aura. À l’égal d’un autre de ses films également prévu pour l’automne 2005 : Syriana de Stephen Gaghan (auteur du scénario de Traffic) pour lequel il a dû prendre quinze à vingt kilos afin d’interpréter le rôle de Robert Barnes, agent de la CIA. Au cours d’une scène, il s’est grièvement blessé à la colonne vertébrale, ce qui lui a valu une hospitalisation longue de plusieurs semaines. En décembre 2006, il souffre toujours des séquelles de son accident puisqu’il a avoué porter un corset pendant la promotion de son dernier film The Good German. Suite à cette blessure, les assurances avaient un temps refusé de se porter caution pendant le tournage de Good Night, and Good Luck. Il a alors mis en gage sa maison de Los Angeles. Les assureurs sont alors revenus sur leur décision.

En juin 2005, le festival du film indépendant de Los Angeles lui attribue son premier prix d’esprit indépendant afin d’honorer sa carrière et ses choix en prévalant un cinéma d’auteur ambitieux plutôt que des blockbusters parfois peu savoureux.

Il a retrouvé son complice Soderbergh pour un cinquième film en octobre 2005, The Good German, tourné en noir et blanc. Puis enchaînait en janvier 2006 avec Michael Clayton de Tony Gilroy, tourné à New York. En juillet 2006, il a retrouvé ses compères d’Ocean’s 11 et 12 pour les ultimes aventures de Danny Ocean et de sa bande de braqueurs. Lui et Steven Soderbergh ont affirmé qu’Ocean’s 13 serait l’ultime volet de la trilogie.

En août 2006, il fonde avec son grand ami et co-scénariste de Good Night, and Good Luck, Grant Heslov une nouvelle société de production: Smoke House, sous les mêmes préceptes que Section Eight. Le nom est un clin d’œil au restaurant du même nom situé aux portes du studio de la Warner à Burbank (Californie) et dont George Clooney est un client régulier.

En 2006, l’acteur et réalisateur américain George Clooney est “l’homme en vie le plus sexy”, selon l’hebdomadaire People dans son édition spéciale, institution annuelle de la presse magazine. Il avait déjà reçu cet honneur en 1997. Il est la seule personnalité avec son ami Brad Pitt ainsi que l’acteur Johnny Depp à avoir reçu deux fois ce titre.
Vie privée

Clooney a été marié à l’actrice Talia Balsam de 1989 jusqu’à leur divorce en 1993. Depuis cet épisode, Clooney a déclaré qu’il ne se marierait plus jamais2.

En 1996, durant le tournage du film Le Pacificateur, il rencontre à Paris Céline Balitran, une jeune serveuse française dans un café des Champs-Elysées. Elle s’installera avec lui quelques mois plus tard à Los Angeles et leur idylle durera trois ans, jusqu’en 1999.

Il eut ensuite une relation de cinq ans entrecoupée de périodes de séparation avec le mannequin britannique Lisa Snowdon3, rencontrée sur le tournage d’une publicité pour Martini en 2000. De 2009 à juin 2011, George Clooney est sorti avec Elisabetta Canalis, mannequin italien. En octobre 2011, il officialise sa nouvelle relation amoureuse avec l’ancienne star de catch Stacy Keibler, en posant avec elle lors de la présentation de son film The Descendants au festival de New York4.
Politique

En 2001, il utilise sa célébrité pour lever des fonds pour les victimes des attentats du 11 septembre, puis ceux du Tsunami en 2004 et en 2005 pour ceux du cyclone Katrina. Il a pris aussi position contre la guerre de l’Irak dès 2003. En septembre 2006, il s’est rendu avec George Bush Sr en Louisiane afin de donner les dons recueillis en vue de la réhabilitation d’un hôpital mis à mal par les deux cyclones qui ont saccagé la région un an plus tôt.
George Clooney au Festival de Deauville en 2007

Courant 2006, l’acteur s’est mobilisé pour le Darfour. En septembre, avec Elie Wiesel, il a été reçu par le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies pour que cesse le génocide au Darfour. En décembre, il a déclaré que les personnes qu’il avait rencontrées (puis aidées financièrement) lors de son voyage dans la région avec son père étaient probablement toutes décédées suite à la mise à sac de leur camp. Dans le même mois, il s’est rendu avec l’acteur américain Don Cheadle ainsi que plusieurs athlètes de haut niveau en Chine et en Égypte. Ils ont rencontré à chaque fois le chef de la diplomatie du pays afin de le convaincre de faire pression sur le gouvernement du Soudan pour que cessent les exactions là-bas et qu’il accepte l’envoi des Casques Bleus. Le 25 mars 2007, il a publié une lettre ouverte en destination de l’Allemagne, en marge du sommet des chefs d’État et de gouvernement de l’Union européenne qui se tenait ce jour-là, et demandé à la Chancelière et ses homologues européens de faire pression sur le Soudan. Envoyé Spécial qui diffusait une interview exclusive a annoncé qu’il avait eu une conversation téléphonique fin mai avec Bernard Kouchner, le nouveau chef de la diplomatie française. De plus, les avant-premières à Cannes et aux États-Unis d’Ocean’s 13 ont été l’occasion de soirées de charité au profit de Not on our watch, l’association créée par George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt et Jerry Weintraub au profit du Darfour. l’ONU vient de le nommer « Messager de la paix », plus haute nomination pour un civil. Avec pour ordre de mission la promotion des opérations de maintien de la paix. Le 31 janvier 2008, une cérémonie suivie d’une conférence de presse ont lieu afin de lui donner officiellement son ordre de mission. À cette fin, il a accompagné UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jane Holl Lute pendant une quinzaine de jours au Darfour, au Tchad, au Congo, en Inde.
Brad Pitt, Matt Damon et George Clooney

Fervent démocrate, il soutient Barack Obama pour les élections de 2008. Il a fait partie des donateurs pour sa campagne de 2004 au poste de sénateur de l’Illinois. Tous deux ont participé ensemble à des conférences en faveur du Darfour. Le candidat démocrate a offert, parmi de nombreuses autres personnalités du show business, des médias et de la politique (John Mc Cain y a également participé, notamment) aux enregistrements de félicitations quand il a reçu à l’automne 2006 le prestigieux American Cinematheque Award. Toutefois, George Clooney refuse pour le moment de se montrer à ses côtés lors des meetings électoraux, de peur qu’un tel soutien public soit contre-productif pour son poulain, Hollywood étant accusé par certains détracteurs (émanant surtout du parti républicain) d’être déconnecté de la réalité.

En faveur des sinistrés du séisme qui frappa Haïti le 12 janvier 2010, il organise un Téléthon intitulé « Hope for Haiti Now ». La diffusion a lieu le 22 sur MTV, soit dix jours après le séisme. Plus de cent trente personnalités répondent présent pour l’occasion. Deux jours après la diffusion, il est révélé que le téléthon a récolté la somme record de plus de cinquante-sept millions de dollars.
George Clooney avec l’équipe du film Ocean’s Eleven

En fin d’année 2010, il est à l’origine du The Satellite Sentinel Project et s’associe avec les Nations unies, la faculté de Harvard ainsi que le moteur de recherche Google pour prévenir et/ou dénoncer les éventuels actes terroriste, génocide, crime de guerres, etc. qui pourraient être perpétrés en vue du référendum du dimanche 9 janvier 2011 sur l’autodétermination de l’avenir du Soudan du Sud après l’accord de paix global qui avait mis fin, en 2005, à plus de vingt ans de guerre civile (occasionnant près de deux millions de victimes). Cet accord avait instauré au Soudan du Sud le statut de région autonome en créant une frontière entre le Nord et le Sud du pays. L’opération est intégralement financée par l’association de George Clooney qui a d’ailleurs déclaré : « Le gouvernement de Khartoum a armé des milices dans les régions limitrophes attaquées, l’aviation gouvernementale a bombardé les zones frontalières, et les deux parties ont massé des unités militaires et de l’équipement tout le long de la frontière. […] Nous voulons que les auteurs potentiels de génocide et autres crimes de guerre savent que nous surveillons, le monde les regarde ».
Filmographie
Acteur
Télévision

1984 : Titanic (série TV) – Saison 2, épisode 1 : Lenny Colwell
1985 : Tonnerre mécanique (Street Hawk) (série TV) – Saison 1, épisodes 2 et 7 : Kevin Stark
1984 : E/R (série TV) – Saison 1, épisodes 13, 14, 16 et 18,: Ace
1985 : Harry Fox, le vieux renard (Crazy Like a Fox) (série TV) – Saison 1, épisode 12
1985 : The Facts of Life (17 épisodes) de John Bowab, Jim Drake, Nick Havinga et Asaad Kelada (série TV) : George Burnett
1986 : Hôtel (série TV) – Saison 3, épisode 13 : Nick Miller
1986 : Throb (série TV) – Saison 1, épisode 5 : Rollo Moldonado
1986 : Combat High de Neal Israel (TV) : Major Biff Woods
1987 : Rick Hunter (Hunter) (série TV) – Saison 3, épisode 15 : Matthew Winfield
1987 : Arabesque (Murder, She Wrote) (série TV) – Saison 3, épisode 18 : Kip Howard
1987 : Les Craquantes (The Golden Girls) (série TV) – Saison 2, épisode 24 : Bobby Hopkins
1987 : Bennet Brothers de Will Mackenzie (TV) : Tom Bennett
1988-1991 : Roseanne (Série TV) – 11 épisodes : Booker Brooks
1990 : Knights of the Kitchen Table (TV) : Rick Stepjack
1990 : Sunset Beat de Bill Corcoran et Sam Weisman (TV) : Chic Chesbro
1990 : Sunset Beat (série TV) – Saison 1, épisode 1 : Chic Chesbro
1991 : Rewrite for Murder d’Eric Laneuville (TV)
1991 : Baby Talk (série TV) – Saison 1, épisodes 1, 2, 3, 4 et 12 : Joe
1992-1993 : Enquête privée (Bodies of Evidence) (série TV) : Inspecteur Ryan Walker
1993 : Without Warning: Terror in the Towers d’Alan J. Levi (TV) : Kevin Shea
1993 : The Building (série TV) – Saison 1, épisode 1 : fiancé de Bonnie
1993-1994 : Les Sœurs Reed (Sisters) (série TV) – Saisons 4 et 5 : Inspecteur James Falconer
1994-1998 : Urgences (ER) de Michael Crichton (série TV) – Saisons 1 à 5 : Dr Doug Ross
1995 : Friends (série TV) – Saison 1, épisode 17 : Dr Michael Mitchell
1997 : South Park (série TV) – Saison 1, épisode 4 : Sparky le chien (voix)
1998 : Murphy Brown (série TV) – Saison 10, épisode 22 : Docteur #2
2000 : Point limite (Fail Safe) de Stephen Frears (TV) : Colonel Jack Grady
2009 : Urgences (ER) de Michael Crichton (série TV) – Saisons 15 (épisode 19) : Dr Doug Ross

Cinéma

1987 : Grizzly II: The Predator de David Sheldon
1987 : Return to Horror High de Bill Froehlich : Oliver
1988 : Le Retour des tomates tueuses (Return of the Killer Tomatoes!) de John De Bello : Matt Stevens
1990 : Red Surf de H. Gordon Boos : Remar
1992 : Unbecoming Age de Alfredo Ringel et Deborah Ringel : Mac
1993 : The Harvest de David Marconi : un travesti
1996 : Une nuit en enfer (From Dusk Till Dawn) de Robert Rodriguez : Seth Gecko
1996 : Sang-froid (Curdled) de Reb Braddock : Seth Gecko
1996 : Un beau jour (One Fine Day) de Michael Hoffman : Jack Taylor
1997 : Batman et Robin (Batman and Robin) de Joel Schumacher : Batman / Bruce Wayne
1997 : Le Pacificateur (The Peacemaker) de Mimi Leder : Thomas Devoe
1998 : Hors d’atteinte (Out of Sight) de Steven Soderbergh : Jack Foley
1998 : La Ligne rouge (The Thin Red Line) de Terrence Malick : Capitaine Charles Bosche
1999 : South Park, le film : Plus long, plus grand et pas coupé (South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut) de Trey Parker : Dr Gouache / Dr Doctor (voix)
1999 : Les Rois du désert (Three Kings) de David O. Russell : Archie Gates
2000 : O’Brother (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) de Joel Coen : Ulysses Everett McGill
2000 : En pleine tempête (The Perfect Storm) de Wolfgang Petersen : le capitaine Billy Tyne
2001 : Spy Kids 1 : Les Apprentis Espions (Spy Kids) de Robert Rodriguez : Devlin
2001 : Ocean’s Eleven de Steven Soderbergh : Danny Ocean
2002 : Bienvenue à Collinwood (Welcome to Collinwood) de Anthony Russo et Joe Russo : Jerzy
2002 : Solaris de Steven Soderbergh : Dr Chris Kelvin
2002 : Confessions d’un homme dangereux (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) : l’agent de la CIA Jim Byrd
2003 : Spy Kids 3 : Mission 3D (Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over) de Robert Rodriguez : le Président Devlin
2003 : Intolérable Cruauté (Intolerable Cruelty) de Joel et Ethan Coen : Miles Massey
2004 : Ocean’s Twelve de Steven Soderbergh : Danny Ocean
2005 : Good Night and Good Luck : Fred Friendly
2005 : Syriana de Stephen Gaghan : Robert Barnes
2006 : The Good German de Steven Soderbergh : Jake Geismar
2007 : Michael Clayton de Tony Gilroy : Michael Clayton
2007 : Ocean’s Thirteen de Steven Soderbergh : Danny Ocean
2008 : Jeux de dupes (Leatherheads) : Jimmy “Dodge” Connelly
2008 : Burn After Reading de Joel et Ethan Coen : Harry Pfarrer
2010 : Les Chèvres du Pentagone (The Men Who Stare At Goats) de Grant Heslov : Lyn Cassady
2010 : Fantastic Mr. Fox de Wes Anderson : M. Fox (voix)
2010 : In the Air (Up in the Air) de Jason Reitman : Ryan Bingham
2010 : The American d’Anton Corbijn : Jack / Edward
2011 : Les Marches du Pouvoir (The Ides of March) de George Clooney : Mike Morris
2012 : The Descendants d’Alexander Payne : Matt King

Prochainement :
2012 : Gravity de Alfonso Cuarón

Réalisateur
George Clooney le 18 octobre 2011, à l’avant-première parisienne des Marches du pouvoir.

2002 : Confessions d’un homme dangereux (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind)
2005 : Good Night and Good Luck
2008 : Jeux de dupes (Leatherheads)
2011 : Les Marches du Pouvoir (The Ides of March)

Scénariste

1999 : Kilroy (téléfilm) de Todd Holland
2005 : Good Night and Good Luck de George Clooney
2011 : Les Marches du Pouvoir (The Ides of March) de George Clooney

Producteur

1999 : Kilroy (TV) de Todd Holland
2000 : Point limite (Fail Safe) de Stephen Frears (TV)
2001 : Rock Star de Stephen Herek
2002 : Insomnia de Christopher Nolan
2002 : Bienvenue à Collinwood (Welcome to Collinwood) d’Anthony Russo et Joe Russo
2002 : Loin du paradis (Far from Heaven) de Todd Haynes
2003 : K Street (série TV)
2004 : Criminal de Gregory Jacobs
2005 : The Jacket de John Maybury
2005 : Unscripted (série TV)
2005 : The Big Empty (court-métrage) de Lisa Chang et Newton Thomas Sigel
2005 : Syriana de Stephen Gaghan
2005 : La rumeur court… (Rumor Has It…) de Rob Reiner
2006 : A Scanner Darkly de Richard Linklater
2006 : Pu-239 (The Half Life of Timofey Berezin) de Scott Z. Burns
2007 : Wind Chill de Gregory Jacobs
2007 : Darfour, du sable et des larmes (Sand and Sorrow) (documentaire) de Paul Freedman
2007 : Michael Clayton de Tony Gilroy
2008 : Jeux de dupes (Leatherheads) de George Clooney
2008 : Tony (court-métrage) de Grant Heslov
2009 : Playground (documentaire) de Libby Spears
2009 : The Informant! de Steven Soderbergh
2009 : Les Chèvres du Pentagone (The Men Who Stare At Goats) de Grant Heslov
2010 : Memphis Beat (série TV)
2010 : The American d’Anton Corbijn
2011 : Les Marches du Pouvoir (The Ides of March) de George Clooney
2012 : Argo de Ben Affleck

Publicité

Soucieux des conditions de travail des cueilleurs de café, il joue en 2005 dans la publicité pour le café Nespresso et augmente les ventes du produit (+ 44 % en 2007). Le slogan est « Nespresso, what else? ». De nouvelles séquences ont été tournées en 2008 : John Malkovich y joue le rôle de saint Pierre. Cette publicité est destinée uniquement au marché européen et ne passe donc pas aux États-Unis.

George Clooney apparaît également dans des publicités pour Martini avec pour slogans « No Martini, no party5,6. » puis « Incredibile7. »

On a pu également le voir dans des publicités pour Fiat8, Toyota9, ou Emidio Tucci10.

En plus des spots télévisés, George Clooney apparaît dans quelques campagnes publicitaires. Depuis 2007, il apparaît dans des campagnes de la firme suisse d’horlogerie Omega11. La majorité du revenu lié à ces campagnes est destiné à son association.

En 2011, une campagne militante animée par l’organisation suisse Solidar.ch utilise son image dans un spot publicitaire12 afin de l’interpeler sur le thème de l’exploitation des travailleurs du café et d’inciter Nespresso à mettre en place un commerce équitable.
Doublage

Dans la plupart de ses films, il est doublé en français par Patrick Noerie, Richard Darbois, puis Samuel Labarthe.

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Patrick Noérie :
le docteur Douglas Ross dans Urgences (série TV)
le docteur Michael Mitchell dans Friends (série TV)
le docteur Gouache dans South Park, le film (film d’animation)
Bruce Wayne/Batman dans Batman & Robin
Archie Gates dans Les Rois du désert
Colonel Grady dans Point Limite (TV)
Capitaine Billy Tyne dans En pleine tempête
Devlin dans Spy Kids et Spy Kids 3 : Mission 3D
Jerzy dans Bienvenue à Collinwood
Miles Massey dans Intolérable cruauté
George Clooney dans Team America
Ryan Bingham dans In the Air
Samuel Labarthe :
Danny Ocean dans Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve et Ocean’s Thirteen
Kris Kelvin dans Solaris
Jack Byrd dans Confessions d’un homme dangereux
Bob Barnes dans Syriana
Jake Geismer dans The Good German
Michael Clayton dans Michael Clayton
Harry Pfarrer dans Burn After Reading
Lyn Cassady dans Les Chèvres du Pentagone
Jack dans The American
le gouverneur Mike Morris dans Les Marches du Pouvoir
Matt King dans The Descendants
Robert Guilmard :
Thomas Devoe dans Le Pacificateur
Jack Foley dans Hors d’atteinte
Capitaine Bosche dans La Ligne rouge
Richard Darbois :
Seth Gecko dans Une nuit en enfer
Jack Taylor dans Un beau jour
Fred Friendly dans Good Night and Good Luck
Thierry Ragueneau : Matt Stevens dans Le Retour des tomates tueuses
Tom Novembre : Ulysses Everett McGill dans O’Brother
François Berland : Jimmy Connelly dans Jeux de dupes
Mathieu Amalric : Mr. Fox dans Fantastic Mr. Fox (film d’animation)
Gabriel Le Doze : Remar dans Red Surf
Jérôme Rebbot : Kip Howard dans Arabesque (série TV)
José Luccioni : Matthew dans Rick Hunter (série TV)
Antoine Tomé : Inspecteur James Falconer dans Les Sœurs Reed (série TV)
Gérard Dessalles : Inspecteur Ryan Walker dans Enquête privée (série TV)
Bertrand Arnaud : Booker dans Roseanne (série TV)

Au Canada, le comédien Daniel Picard l’a doublé en français dans la plupart de ses films13.
Distinctions
Récompenses
Année Récompense Catégorie Film
1996 Saturn Award Meilleur acteur Une nuit en enfer
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Award Les Rois du désert
2001 Golden Globes Meilleur acteur dans un film musical ou une comédie O’Brother
2006 Oscars Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle Syriana
Golden Globes
BAFTA
Festival international d’art cinématographique de Venise Meilleur scénario original Good Night, and Good Luck
2010 St. Louis Film Critics Award Meilleur acteur In the Air
Kansas City Film Critics
Southeastern Film Critics Association
Florida Film Critics Circle
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
Houston Film Critics Society
2012 Critics Choice Awards Meilleur acteur The Descendants
Golden Globes

janvier 2008 : est nommé « Messager de la paix » (plus haute distinction décernée à une personnalité civile) par Ban Ki-Moon, le secrétaire général des Nations-Unis14.

2 septembre 2007 : Chevalier des arts et des lettres, distinction remise par la ministre de la Culture Christine Albanel à Deauville lors du festival du cinéma américain.

2006 : Prix de la cinémathèque américaine pour sa contribution au cinéma et ses actions humanitaires.

2005 : Independent Spirit Award pour sa contribution au cinéma, en particulier indépendant.

Nominations
Année Récompense Catégorie Film
1996 Golden Globes Meilleur acteur dans une série télévisée dramatique Urgence
1997
1998
2006 Golden Globes Meilleur réalisateur Good Night, and Good Luck
Meilleur scénario original
Oscars Meilleur réalisateur
Meilleur scénario original
2008 Oscars Meilleur acteur Michael Clayton
Golden Globes
BAFTA
2010 Oscars Meilleur acteur In The Air
Golden Globes
Critics Choice Awards
2012 Oscars Meilleur acteur The Descendants
British Academy Film Award du meilleur acteur
Précédé par Oscar du meilleur acteur dans un second rôle Suivi par
Morgan Freeman
pour Million Dollar Baby
George Clooney pour Syriana
2005
Alan Arkin
pour Little Miss Sunshine
Notes et références

Rosemary Clooney a fait deux apparitions au cours de la première saison de la série télévisée Urgences.
“George Clooney bets Michelle Pfeiffer £50,000 he will NEVER marry”, Daily Mail, October 5, 2007.
Smith, Lizzie : ‘I’ve been celibate for a year… Men don’t think they can match up to Clooney’, say Lisa Snowdon, Daily Mail (August 9, 2008). Consulté le 30 août 2008.
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George Clooney
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George Clooney

Clooney at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
Born George Timothy Clooney
May 6, 1961
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Occupation Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
Years active 1978–present
Spouse Talia Balsam (1989–1993)
Parents Nick Clooney
Nina Bruce (née Warren)
Relatives Rosemary Clooney (aunt)
Miguel Ferrer, Rafael Ferrer (cousins)

George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received three Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. Clooney is also noted for his political activism, and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31, 2008.[1][2][3]

Though he made his acting debut on television in 1978, Clooney gained fame and recognition by portraying Dr. Douglas “Doug” Ross on the long-running medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999. While working on ER, he started attracting a variety of leading roles in films including Batman & Robin (1997) and Out of Sight (1998), in which he first teamed with long-term collaborator Steven Soderbergh. In 2001, Clooney’s fame widened with the release of his biggest commercial success, Ocean’s Eleven, the first of a profitable film trilogy, a remake of the film from 1960 with the members of The Rat Pack with Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean. He made his directorial debut a year later with the 2002 biographical thriller Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and has since directed Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Leatherheads (2008), and The Ides of March (2011). He won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the Middle East thriller Syriana (2005).

Clooney’s humanitarian work includes his advocacy of finding a resolution for the Darfur conflict, raising funds for the 2010 Haiti earthquake, 2004 Tsunami, and 9/11 victims, and creating documentaries such as Sand and Sorrow to raise awareness about international crises. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[4]
Contents

1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Early work, 1978–93
2.2 Breakthrough, 1994–99
2.3 Success, 2000–present
3 Political views
3.1 Humanitarian work
3.2 Darfur
4 Controversy
5 Personal life
5.1 Relationships
5.2 Homes
5.3 Motorcycle accident
5.4 Pets
6 In the media
7 Awards and honors
8 Filmography
9 References
10 External links

Early life

Clooney was born in Georgetown, Kentucky. His mother, Nina Bruce (née Warren, 1939–),[5] is a former beauty pageant queen. His father, Nick Clooney, is a former anchorman, as well as a game show and American Movie Classics host. Clooney’s ancestry includes Irish, German, and English.[6] His paternal great-great-grandparents, Nicholas Clooney (of County Kilkenny) and Bridget Byron, immigrated to the United States from Ireland.[7] Clooney was raised a strict Roman Catholic.[8][9][10][11] He has an older sister, Adelia (also known as Ada); his cousins include actors Miguel and Rafael Ferrer, who are the sons of his aunt, singer Rosemary Clooney, and actor José Ferrer. He is also related to another singer, Debby Boone, who married his cousin Gabriel Ferrer (son of José Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney).

Clooney began his education at the Blessed Sacrament School in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. Spending part of his childhood in Ohio, he attended St. Michael’s School in Columbus, and St. Susanna School in Mason. In middle school, Clooney developed Bell’s palsy, a debilitating condition that partially paralyzes the face. The malady went away within a year. “That was the worst time of my life,” he told the Daily Mirror in 2003. “You know how cruel kids can be. I was mocked and taunted, but the experience made me stronger.”[12]

His parents eventually moved to Augusta, Kentucky, where Clooney attended Augusta High School. He has stated that he earned all As and a B in school,[13] and was an enthusiastic baseball and basketball player. He tried out to play professional baseball with the Cincinnati Reds organization in 1977, but was not offered a contract. He did not pass the first round of player cuts.[14] He attended Northern Kentucky University from 1979 to 1981, majoring in Broadcast Journalism, and very briefly attended the University of Cincinnati, but did not graduate from either.[15] He had such odd jobs as selling men’s suits and cutting tobacco.[16]
Career
Early work, 1978–93

Clooney’s first role was as an extra in the TV series Centennial in 1978. The series was based on the novel of the same name by James Michener, and was partially filmed in Clooney’s hometown of Augusta, Kentucky. Clooney’s first major role came in 1984 in the short-lived sitcom E/R (not to be confused with ER, the better-known hospital drama, on which Clooney also co-starred a decade later). He played a handyman on the series The Facts of Life, and appeared as Bobby Hopkins, a detective, on an episode of The Golden Girls. His first significant break was a semi-regular supporting role in the sitcom Roseanne, playing Roseanne Barr’s supervisor Booker Brooks, followed by the role of a construction worker on Baby Talk, and then as a sexy detective on Sisters. In 1988, Clooney also played a role in Return of the Killer Tomatoes.
Breakthrough, 1994–99

Clooney achieved stardom when he played Dr. Doug Ross, alongside Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, and Noah Wyle, on the hit NBC drama ER from 1994 to 1999. After leaving the series in 1999, he made a cameo appearance in the 6th season and returned for a guest spot in the show’s final season.[17]

Clooney began appearing in films while working on ER. His first major Hollywood role was in From Dusk till Dawn, directed by Robert Rodriguez. He followed its success with One Fine Day with Michelle Pfeiffer, and The Peacemaker with Nicole Kidman. Clooney was then cast as Batman in Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin,[18] which was a moderate box office success, but a critical failure (with Clooney himself calling the film “a waste of money”). In 1998, he starred in Out of Sight opposite Jennifer Lopez, marking the first of his many collaborations with director Steven Soderbergh. He also starred in Three Kings during the last weeks of his contract with ER.
Success, 2000–present
George Clooney cast his hands and shoes in the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in 2007.[19]

After leaving ER, Clooney starred in commercially successful projects including The Perfect Storm and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. In 2001, he teamed up with Soderbergh again for Ocean’s Eleven, a remake of the 1960s Rat Pack film of the same name. As of 2011, it was Clooney’s most commercially successful film, earning more than $450 million worldwide.[20] The film spawned two sequels starring Clooney, Ocean’s Twelve in 2004 and Ocean’s Thirteen in 2007.

In 2001, Clooney and Soderbergh co-founded Section Eight Productions, for which Grant Heslov was president of television. Clooney made his directorial debut in the 2002 film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, an adaptation of the autobiography of TV producer Chuck Barris. Though the film didn’t do well at the box office, Clooney’s direction showed promise.[21]

In 2005, Clooney starred in Syriana, which was based loosely on former Central Intelligence Agency agent Robert Baer and his memoirs of being an agent in the Middle East. Clooney suffered an accident on the set of Syriana, which resulted in a brain injury with complications arising from a punctured dura.[22] The same year he directed, produced, and starred in Good Night, and Good Luck, a film about 1950s television journalist Edward R. Murrow’s famous war of words with Senator Joseph McCarthy. At the 2006 Academy Awards, Clooney was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck, as well as Best Supporting Actor for Syriana. He won the Oscar for his role in Syriana.
George Clooney at the premiere of The Men Who Stare At Goats in the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival

Clooney next appeared in The Good German (2006), a film noir directed by Soderbergh that is set in post-World War II Germany. In August 2006, Clooney and Heslov started the production company Smokehouse Pictures. In October 2006 Clooney also received the American Cinematheque Award, which honors an artist in the entertainment industry who has made “a significant contribution to the art of motion pictures”.[23]

On January 22, 2008, Clooney was nominated for an Academy Award (and many other awards) for Best Actor for his role in Michael Clayton (2007). Clooney then directed his third film, Leatherheads (2008), in which he also starred. It was reported on April 4, 2008, in Variety that Clooney had quietly resigned from the Writers Guild of America over controversy surrounding Leatherheads. Clooney, who is the director, producer, and star of the film, stated that he had contributed in writing “all but two scenes” of the film and requested a writing credit, alongside Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly, who had been working on the project for 17 years. In an arbitration vote, Clooney lost 2–1. He decided to withdraw from the union over the decision. Clooney became a “financial core status” non-member, meaning he no longer had voting rights, and cannot run for office or attend membership meetings, according to the WGA’s constitution.[24]

Clooney next co-starred with Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey in The Men Who Stare At Goats, which was directed by Heslov and released in November 2009. Also in November 2009, he voiced Mr. Fox in Wes Anderson’s animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox. The same year, Clooney starred in Up in the Air, which was initially given limited release, and then wide-released on December 25, 2009. For his performance in the film, which was directed by Jason Reitman, he was nominated for a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, BAFTA, and an Academy Award.

2010 saw the release of The American, based on the novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth and directed by Anton Corbijn. Clooney played the lead role, and was a co-producer of the film.

As of 2011, Clooney was represented by Bryan Lourd, co-chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA).[25]

2011 saw the release of The Descendants, in which Clooney starred as a husband whose wife has an accident that leaves her in a coma. He earned critical praise for his work as Matt King, and won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor. He was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Political views

Clooney supported then-Senator Barack Obama’s campaign in the 2008 presidential election.[26]
Humanitarian work
Clooney in Abéché, Chad, in January 2008 with the UN

Clooney is involved with Not On Our Watch, an organization that focuses global attention and resources to stop and prevent mass atrocities, along with Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, and Jerry Weintraub.[27]

In February 2009, he visited Goz Beida, Chad, with NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof.[28] In January 2010, he organized the Telethon Hope for Haiti Now,[29] which collected donations for the 2010 Haiti earthquake victims.
Darfur

Clooney has advocated a resolution of the Darfur conflict.[30]

He spoke at a 2006 Save Darfur rally in Washington, D.C. In April 2006, he spent ten days in Chad and Sudan with his father to make the TV special “A Journey to Darfur” reflecting the situation of Darfur’s refugees, and advocated for action. The documentary was broadcast on American cable TV as well as in the UK and France. In 2008, it was released on DVD with the sale proceeds being donated to the International Rescue Committee.[31][32][33][34] In September of the same year, he spoke to the UN Security Council with Nobel Prize-winner Elie Wiesel to ask the UN to find a solution to the conflict and to help the people of Darfur.[35] In December, he visited China and Egypt with Don Cheadle and two Olympic winners to ask both governments to pressure Sudan’s government.[36]
Clooney discusses Sudan with President Barack Obama at the White House in October 2010.

On March 25, 2007, he sent an open letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, calling on the European Union to take “decisive action” in the region given the failure of Sudan President Omar al-Bashir to respond to UN resolutions.[37] He narrated and was co-executor producer of the 2007 documentary Sand and Sorrow.[38] Clooney also appeared in the documentary film Darfur Now, a call-to-action film released in November 2007 for people all over the world to help stop the Darfur crisis.[39] In December 2007, Clooney and fellow actor Don Cheadle received the Summit Peace Award from the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome. In his acceptance speech, Clooney said that “Don and I … stand here before you as failures. The simple truth is that when it comes to the atrocities in Darfur … those people are not better off now than they were years ago.”[40][41] On January 18, 2008, the United Nations announced Clooney’s appointment as a UN messenger of peace, effective January 31.[1][2]

Clooney conceived of and, with human rights activist and co-founder of the Enough Project John Prendergast, initiated the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP), after an October 2010 trip to South Sudan. SSP aims to monitor armed activity for signs of renewed civil war between Sudan and South Sudan, and to detect and deter mass atrocities along the border regions there.[42]

Clooney and Prendergast co-wrote a Washington Post op-ed piece in May 2011, titled “Dancing with a dictator in Sudan”, arguing that:

President Omar al-Bashir has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for genocide, is escalating bombing and food aid obstruction in Darfur, and he now threatens the entire north-south peace process … the evidence shows that incentives alone are insufficient to change Khartoum’s calculations. International support should be sought immediately for denying debt relief, expanding the ICC indictments, diplomatically isolating the regime, suspending all non-humanitarian aid, obstructing state-controlled bank transactions and freezing accounts holding oil wealth diverted by senior regime officials.[43]

Controversy

In January 2003, Clooney made a controversial joke about the fact that Charlton Heston was suffering from Alzheimer’s, and Clooney initially refused to apologize.[13][44][44][45] While speaking at a National Board of Review event as he accepted an award on television, Clooney said: “Charlton Heston announced again today that he is suffering from Alzheimer’s.”[46] Charlton Heston was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease at the time.[46][47] When syndicated columnist Liz Smith asked Clooney whether he wasn’t “going too far” with his remark, he responded: “I don’t care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association; he deserves whatever anyone says about him.”[48][45]

Heston himself commented, “It just goes to show that sometimes class does skip a generation,” referring to Clooney’s aunt, Rosemary Clooney.[48] Heston further commented on the Clooney joke: “I don’t know the man – never met him, never even spoken to him, but I feel sorry for George Clooney – one day he may get Alzheimer’s disease. I served my country in World War II. I survived that – I guess I can survive some bad words from this fellow”.[49] Clooney later said, “It was a joke… They got the quote wrong. What I said was ‘The head of the NRA announced today …’ (Filmmaker) Michael Moore had just gotten an award. Anyway, Charlton Heston shows up with guns over his head after a school shooting and then says in the documentary it’s because of ethnic diversity that we have problems with violence in America. I think he’s going to have to take whatever hits he gets. It was just a joke.”[50] Clooney said in 2008 he subsequently apologized to Heston in a letter, and that he received a nice response from Heston’s wife.[13]

On January 16, 2006, during his acceptance speech for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Syriana, Clooney paused to sarcastically thank disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff before adding, “Who would name their kid Jack with the word ‘off’ at the end of your last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up!”[51] Abramoff’s father wrote a letter to The Desert Sun, calling Clooney’s comment “glib and ridiculous”.[52] Larry King asked Clooney on CNN if he would apologize, but Clooney declined.[52]
Personal life
Relationships
Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis at the 66th Venice International Film Festival

Clooney was married to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 until they divorced in 1993. He has said that he will never marry again.[53] After meeting British model Lisa Snowdon on the set of a Martini advertisement in 2000, he had a five-year on-again, off-again relationship with her.[54] In June 2007, he started dating reality personality Sarah Larson, but the couple broke up in May 2008.[55] From July 2009 to June 2011, Clooney was in a relationship with Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis.[56][57] Since July 2011, Clooney has been dating former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler.[58]

Often featured in People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” issue, Clooney’s marital status and availability are a running joke among female fans who still fantasize they have a chance to bring him to the altar. Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Las Vegas has a “Marrying George Clooney” photo-op, in which museum visitors can put on a wedding gown and stand next to a wax statue of the actor in a tuxedo.[59]
Homes

Clooney’s main home is in Los Angeles. He purchased the 7,354 square feet (683.2 m2) house in 1995 through his George Guifoyle Trust. His villa in Italy is in the village of Laglio, on Lake Como,[60] near the former residence of Italian author Ada Negri.[61]
Motorcycle accident

On September 21, 2007, Clooney and then-girlfriend Sarah Larson were injured in a motorcycle accident in Weehawken, New Jersey. Clooney’s motorcycle was hit by a car. The driver of the car reported that Clooney attempted to pass him on the right,[62] while Clooney said that the driver signaled left and then decided to make an abrupt right turn and clipped his motorcycle. Clooney was treated and released from the Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, New Jersey.[63] On October 9, 2007, more than two dozen staff at the hospital were suspended without pay for looking at Clooney’s medical records in violation of federal law.[64] Clooney said: “[W]hile I very much believe in a patient’s right to privacy, I would hope that this could be settled without suspending medical workers.”[65]
Pets
Clooney and Max in 1989

“Max” (1987 – December 1, 2006) was Clooney’s pet Vietnamese black bristled potbellied pig, often referred to as “Max the star” by Clooney.[66] The pig shared Clooney’s Hollywood Hills home, as well as Clooney’s bed, and frequently made cameos in interviews, mostly because of his enormous size.[67] He is often credited with saving Clooney’s life by waking him up before the Northridge earthquake on January 16, 1994.[66] In 2006, the pig was taken for a flight on John Travolta’s private jet.[68]

Max was bought by Clooney in 1988 as a gift for his then-girlfriend Kelly Preston, Travolta’s current wife.[69] The pig used to have a special cattle-pen and his own corner in the garage of Clooney’s manor.[70] Max was seriously injured in 2001 when one of Clooney’s friends accidentally ran him over with his car.[71] Weighing ca. 300 pounds (over 130 kg), Max died in Los Angeles of natural causes, as has been stated by Clooney’s press secretary Stan Rosenfield. Because he was known to have arthritis, and was partly blind, the animal was falsely reported to have died in January 2005. Clooney dotingly recalls that Max would squeal every morning until he was fed.[68] A column on Max by Clooney’s father, Nick, appeared in The Cincinnati Enquirer.[citation needed]

He also owned two bulldogs, named Bud and Lou, after the famous comedy team Abbott and Costello. Both dogs have died; one from a rattlesnake bite.[72][73]
In the media
Clooney in January 2012

Clooney is one of three people to have been given the title of “Sexiest Man Alive” twice by People Magazine; first in 1997 and again in 2006.[74] He appeared in commercials outside the US for products such as Fiat, Nespresso, and Martini vermouth, and lent his voice to a series of Budweiser ads beginning in 2005.[75] Clooney was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2007, 2008, and 2009.[76][77][78]

South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker lampooned Clooney, among other stars, in their feature film Team America: World Police. Clooney later said that he would have been offended if he hadn’t been made fun of in the film.[79] He was also mentioned in the South Park episode “Smug Alert!”, which mocks his acceptance speech at the 78th Academy Awards. Clooney has also lent his voice to South Park, however, appearing in the episode Big Gay Al’s Big Gay Boat Ride as Sparky the Dog, and as the emergency room doctor in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Clooney was also caricatured in the American Dad! episode Tears of a Clooney, in which Francine sees her plans to destroy Clooney materialize.[citation needed]

Director Alexander Cartio made his debut feature film entitled Convincing Clooney about a Los Angeles artist, who faced with rejection as an actor and screenplay writer, arrives at his master plan to get Clooney to star in his first-ever low-budget short film. The story was released on DVD in November 2011.[80][81]
Awards and honors
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by George Clooney
Filmography
Actor Year Title Medium Role Notes
1984–85 E/R TV Mark “Ace” Kolmar
1985 Street Hawk TV Kevin Stark
1985–86 The Facts of Life TV George Burnett
1987 Return to Horror High Film Oliver
1987 Grizzly II: The Predator Film Uncredited[citation needed]
1987 Combat Academy Film Maj. Biff Woods
1987 Murder, She Wrote TV Kip Howard Episode: “No Laughing Murder”
1987 The Golden Girls TV Detective Bobby Hopkins Episode: “To Catch a Neighbor”
1988 Return of the Killer Tomatoes Film Matt Stevens
1988–91 Roseanne TV Booker Brooks 11 episodes
1990 Red Surf[citation needed] Film Remar
1992 Unbecoming Age Film Mac
1992-93 Bodies of Evidence TV Ryan Walker 16 episodes
1993 The Harvest Film Lip-synching transvestite
1993–94 Sisters TV Detective James Falconer
1994–99, 2009 ER TV Dr. Doug Ross 107 episodes
Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama Series, 1995, 1996
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, 1995, 1996, 1997
1995 Friends TV Dr. Michael Mitchell Episode: “The One with Two Parts, Part Two”
1996 From Dusk till Dawn Film Seth Gecko MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
Saturn Award for Best Actor
1996 One Fine Day Film Jack Taylor
1996 Curdled Film Seth Gecko Uncredited; only photo shown
1997 Full-Tilt Boogie TV Himself Documentary
1997 The Peacemaker Film Thomas Devoe
1997 Batman & Robin Film Bruce Wayne/Batman Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple (with Chris O’Donnell)
1997 South Park TV Sparky the Dog Voice only; episode: “Big Gay Al’s Big Gay Boat Ride”
1998 The Thin Red Line Film Captain Bosche
1998 Out of Sight Film Jack Foley Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss(with Jennifer Lopez)
1998 Waiting for Woody[citation needed] Film Himself Comedy short
1999 Three Kings Film Major Archie Gates
1999 The Book That Wrote Itself Film Himself
1999 South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Film Doctor Gouache Voice only
1999 The Limey Film Archive footage, uncredited
2000 The Perfect Storm Film Billy ‘Skip’ Tyne
2000 Fail Safe TV Col. Jack Grady
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Film Ulysses Everett McGill Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
2001 Ocean’s Eleven Film Danny Ocean Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Dressed
2001 Spy Kids Film Devlin
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Film CIA Officer Jim Byrd Also director
2002 Solaris Film Chris Kelvin Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor
2002 Welcome to Collinwood Film Jerzy Also producer
2002 Starbuck Holger Meins[citation needed] Film Documentary
2003 Intolerable Cruelty Film Miles Massey
2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Film Devlin
2004 Ocean’s Twelve Film Danny Ocean Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck Film Fred Friendly Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated—Gotham Award for Best Cast
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2005 Syriana Film Bob Barnes Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
2006 The Good German Film Jake Geismar
2007 Michael Clayton Film Michael Clayton National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Irish Film and Television Award for Best International Actor
Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
2007 Darfur Now Film Himself
2007 Ocean’s Thirteen Film Danny Ocean
2008 Leatherheads Film Jimmy “Dodge” Connelly Co-writer, director
2008 Burn After Reading Film Harry Pfarrer
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Film Mr. Fox Voice only
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Actor of the Year(also for The Men Who Stare at Goats and Up in the Air)
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (and Up in the Air)
2009 The Men Who Stare at Goats Film Lyn Cassady Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Actor of the Year(also for Up in the Air and Fantastic Mr. Fox)
2009 Up in the Air Film Ryan Bingham Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Actor of the Year(also for The Men Who Stare at Goats and Fantastic Mr. Fox)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (tied with Morgan Freeman for Invictus)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (and Fantastic Mr. Fox)
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
2010 The American Film Jack Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor
2011 The Ides of March Film Governor Mike Morris Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble
2011 The Descendants Film Matt King Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Hollywood Film Festival Award for Best Actor
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated—AACTA International Award for Best Actor
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
2012 Gravity Film Matt Kowalsky Post-production
Director Year Title Notes
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Nominated—Golden Bear
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association for Most Promising New Director
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Foreign Film
Pasinetti Award for Best Film
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Director
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Direction
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film
Nominated—Directors Guild of America Award for Best Director
Nominated—Golden Lion
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture
Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Director
Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Director
2005 Unscripted 5 episodes
2008 Leatherheads
2011 The Ides of March Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture
Producer Year Title Notes
1999 Kilroy[citation needed] TV; also writer
2000 Fail Safe Executive producer
2001 Rock Star Executive producer
2002 Insomnia Executive producer
2002 Welcome to Collinwood Executive producer
2002 Far from Heaven Executive producer
2003 K Street Executive producer, 10 episodes
2004 Criminal
2005 The Jacket
2005 Unscripted 10 episodes
2005 The Big Empty Executive producer
2005 Syriana Executive producer
2005 Rumor Has It… Executive producer
2006 A Scanner Darkly Executive producer
2006 Pu-239 Executive producer
2007 Michael Clayton Executive producer
2007 Sand and Sorrow Executive producer
Documentary
2007 Wind Chill Executive producer
2008 Leatherheads
2009 The Informant! Executive producer
2009 Playground Executive producer
2009 The Men Who Stare at Goats
2010 Hope for Haiti Now
2011 The Ides of March Nominated—Producer’s Guild Award for Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award – Theatrical Motion Pictures (with Brian Oliver and Grant Heslov)
2012 Argo
Writer Year Title Notes
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated—Writers Guild of America for Best Original Screenplay
2008 Leatherheads
2011 The Ides of March Pending—AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Pending—BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
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External links

George Clooney at the Internet Movie Database
George Clooney at People.com
Not On Our Watch official site for charity founded by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Jerry Weintraub and David Pressman
Column archives for Project Syndicate
Appearances on C-SPAN
George Clooney on Charlie Rose
Works by or about George Clooney in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
George Clooney collected news and commentary at The New York Times, and in NYT Movies
George Clooney collected news and commentary at The Guardian
George Clooney Public Service Announcement, Better World Campaign

George Clooney on Red Carpet in Oscar Awards 2012

Text, audio and video of speech to the United Nations Security Council on Darfur, December 14, 2006, NYC
Clooney, Google, UN Team Up To Watch Sudan Border, NPR, December 29, 2010
INTERVEIW with George Clooney on Red Carpet Oscar Awards 2012

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Malgré les rumeurs qui courent sur les préférences sexuelles de l’acteur, le comédien file le parfait amour avec Stacy Keibler et se moque de ce que les médias peuvent bien penser.

Selon le magazine américain “People”, George Clooney n’a que faire des ragots qui courent sur ses préférences sexuelles. “Si je réagissais, ça reviendrait à dire qu’être gay est une mauvaise chose. Ma vie privée doit rester privée, et je la vis parfaitement bien. Qui ça peut bien déranger que l’on pense que je suis gay ? Très longtemps après ma mort, on dira encore que je l’étais !”, a raconté le comédien à “The Advocate”.

Particulièrement ouvert sur le sujet, l’acteur considère le mariage homosexuel comme “l’aboutissement final du mouvement en faveur des droits civils”. Il a notamment toujours défendu les droits en faveur des gays. “J’ai toujours été persuadé qu’à chaque fois que l’on s’opposait à l’égalité, on se trouvait du mauvais côté de l’histoire. Il s’agit des mêmes arguments évoqués à l’époque où l’on refusait que les Afro-Américains entrent dans l’armée, où que l’on refusait qu’ils épousent des femmes blanches. Un jour, le combat pour l’égalité du mariage semblera archaïque”, a expliqué George.

L’acteur se dit même prêt à incarner un personnage gay au cinéma si l’occasion s’offrait à lui. “Je ne suis pas contre. Qu’il s’agisse de passer pour un homosexuel ou d’incarner un gay au cinéma, si le scénario est bon, je suis partant.”