George Clooney

1961-

Biography: life and films

George Clooney is an American actor, film director and producer. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky, USA on 6th May 1961.

His best films as an actor include Joel Coen's comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Steven Soderbergh's comedy-thriller Ocean's Eleven (2001), Jason Reitman's Up in the Air (2009), Alexander Payne's The Descendants (2011) and Alfonso Cuarón's thriller Gravity (2013), and whose best work as a film director include Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005), Leatherheads (2008) and The Ides of March (2011).

George Clooney has so far appeared in 40 films, directed 5 films and scripted 3 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Steven Soderbergh (6 films), Robert Rodriguez (3) and Joel Coen (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (17 films), Thriller (17), drama (14), crime-thriller (9), comedy-thriller (6), comedy-romance (4), comedy-drama (4), War (4), Horror (4), romance (3) and history (3).

Our average rating for George Clooney over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

Return to Horror High (1987) [a]

Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988) [a]

Red Surf (1990) [a]

The Harvest (1992) [a]

Unbecoming Age (1992) [a]

Curdled (1996) [a]

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) [a]

One Fine Day (1996) [a]

Batman and Robin (1997) [a]

The Peacemaker (1997) [a]

Out of Sight (1998) [a]

The Thin Red Line (1998) [a]

Three Kings (1999) [a]

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) [a]

The Perfect Storm (2000) [a]

Ocean's Eleven (2001) [a]

Spy Kids (2001) [a]

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) [a,d]

Solaris (2002) [a]

Welcome to Collinwood (2002) [a]

Intolerable Cruelty (2003) [a]

Ocean's Twelve (2004) [a]

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) [a,d,w]

Syriana (2005) [a]

The Good German (2006) [a]

Michael Clayton (2007) [a]

Ocean's Thirteen (2007) [a]

Burn After Reading (2008) [a]

Leatherheads (2008) [a,d]

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) [a]

The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) [a]

Up in the Air (2009) [a]

The American (2010) [a]

The Descendants (2011) [a]

The Ides of March (2011) [a,d,w]

8 (2012) [a]

Gravity (2013) [a]

The Monuments Men (2013) [a,d,w]

A Very Murray Christmas (2015) [a]

Hail, Caesar! (2016) [a]

Money Monster (2016) [a]



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