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George Timothy Clooney is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for his leading man roles on screen in both blockbuster and independent films, Clooney has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. His honors include the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2015, the Honorary C…
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s governments to send the new African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur the helicopters and radios it needs to do its job. The people of Darfur, he said, were putting their faith in the blue-helmeted UN peacekeepers and it was up to the world not to let them down. The actor acknowledged he
I love Joe Biden. As a senator. As a vice president and as president. I consider him a friend, and I believe in him. Believe in his character. Believe in his morals. In the last four years, he
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“s governments to send the new African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur the helicopters and radios it needs to do its job. The people of Darfur, he said, were putting their faith in the blue-helmeted UN peacekeepers and it was up to the world not to let them down. The actor acknowledged he”
“I love Joe Biden. As a senator. As a vice president and as president. I consider him a friend, and I believe in him. Believe in his character. Believe in his morals. In the last four years, he”
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“I was raised to tell the truth. I feel as if there was a lot of profiles in cowardice in my party. I was not proud of that. I also believed I had to tell the truth.”
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The Guardian: George and Amal Clooney evacuate from French house: ‘We do not know whether our beautiful home will survive’
Snopes rated the claim “In May 2026, actor George Clooney verbally attacked Southern gospel singer Bill Gaither over the latter's political views.” False.
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The New York Times: George Clooney Calls for Unity at Lincoln Center Gala
The Guardian: George Clooney condemns Washington shooting and calls on citizens to ‘truly make America great again’
The Guardian: George Clooney calls Donald Trump’s ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ threat to Iran a war crime
The Guardian: ‘We are living in an age of cruelty’: George Clooney rebukes Tarantino for insulting Paul Dano
The Guardian: ‘Suspension of entry into the US’, paparazzi – and wine: three other reasons George Clooney moved to France
The Guardian: George Clooney fires back at Trump after US president mocks his French citizenship
The Guardian: George Clooney and wife Amal granted French citizenship
The Guardian: George Clooney says replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris ‘was a mistake’
The Guardian: Down on the farm with George Clooney | Brief letters
The Guardian: George Clooney says his children have a ‘much better life’ being raised in France than LA
The Guardian: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Mescal, Lynne Ramsay and George Clooney set for London film festival
The Guardian: Jay Kelly review – even a George Clooney sizzle reel can’t save this dire Noah Baumbach effort
While promoting his Broadway play Good Night, and Good Luck, Clooney stated that he stood by his choice in writing the op-ed, saying: "I was raised to tell the truth
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Clooney announced that he would be raising his children on a farm in France
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Clooney starred alongside Laura Dern and Adam Sandler in the Noah Baumbach dramedy Jay Kelly from Netflix
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Clooney made his Broadway debut as an actor in the stage adaption of Good Night, and Good Luck where he is currently portraying Edward R
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Lead Stories rated the claim “George Clooney Leaves The US Permanently Shifts To England Can’t Take The Red Wave Anymore” Labeled Satire.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor George Clooney left the U.S. permanently, saying, "[I] can't take the red wave anymore."” Labeled Satire.
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Snopes rated the claim “A photo authentically shows former U.S. President Barack Obama with actors Don Cheadle, Tobey Maguire and George Clooney.” True.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Brad Pitt, George Clooney Hit The Trump Dance To YMCA” Not YMCA.
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Snopes rated the claim “Shaquille O'Neal threw George Clooney out of his restaurant because Clooney is "woke."” False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “George Clooney called for U.S. President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race after raising $14 million for his campaign weeks earlier.” Mostly True.
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Snopes rated the claim “Kurt Russell said George Clooney "hasn't worked in years" because “he’s arrogant, conceited, and he never shuts up.”” Labeled Satire.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Video Shows George Clooney Talking About Conflict And Peace In Serbian” AI-Generated.
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Snopes rated the claim “Oscar-winning actor George Clooney revealed that he is part of the LGBTQ+ community, as claimed in an online advertisement for Reference.com.” False.
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Clooney reprised the role of Bruce Wayne / Batman in a cameo in The Flash
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But was pushed by a month to October 21, 2022
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Reunited with Julia Roberts for a romantic comedy film Ticket to Paradise directed by Ol Parker
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And began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on January 7, 2022
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Snopes.com rated the claim “George Clooney once launched a diatribe against Donald Trump, describing the actor's own modest background, accusing Trump of hypocrisy, and saying "F--- you."” Correct Attribution.
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George and Amal Clooney donated $100,000 to three Lebanese charities after the capital, Beirut, was left devastated by a deadly explosion
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Clooney revealed to Jimmy Kimmel and Graham Norton on their respective talk shows that the twins can speak Italian fluently, despite neither Clooney nor Alamuddin speaking the language
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Clooney wrote an open letter calling for the boycott of the Sultan of Brunei's hotels over a new law that came into force on April 3, 2019, that punishes homosexual sex and adultery with death by stoning
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Clooney returned to television, starring, directing and producing the Hulu historical miniseries Catch-22, based upon the novel of the same name by Joseph Heller
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“s hotels over a new law that came into force on April 3, 2019, that punishes homosexual sex and adultery with death by stoning. Clooney lists nine hotels including The Dorchester, 45 Park Lane, Coworth Park, The Beverly Hills Hotel, Hotel Bel-Air, Le Meurice, Hotel Plaza Athenee, Hotel Eden and Hotel Principe di Savoia and asks readers to consider how”
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Reported net worth: $322M (as of 2018).
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Following the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, the Clooneys pledged $500,000 to the March for Our Lives and said they would be in attendance
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It was reported by the CBS talk show, The Talk, that Amal was pregnant, and that they were expecting twins
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Won Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (2015).
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Snopes rated the claim “George Clooney has an open tab at Chipotle that anyone can use to get a free burrito.” Originated as Satire.
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Clooney and Alamuddin adopted a rescue dog, a Basset Hound named Millie, from the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society
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Clooney visited an Edinburgh charity cafe run by Social Bite which caters to the needs of homeless individuals
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The Honorary César in 2017, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2018, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2022
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Clooney and Alamuddin obtained marriage licenses at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea of the United Kingdom
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Alamuddin and Clooney were officially married on September 27, 2014, at Ca' Farsetti.
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Clooney co-wrote, directed and starred in The Monuments Men, an adaptation of The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M
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Clooney and his wife Amal Alamuddin bought the Grade II listed Mill House on an island in the River Thames at Sonning Eye in Oxfordshire, England at a cost of around £10 million
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Picture for Argo (2013).
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Clooney won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, the BAFTA Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Argo
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Clooney co-founded Casamigos Tequila with Rande Gerber and Michael Meldman
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Film for Argo (2012).
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Clooney was arrested outside the Sudanese Embassy for civil disobedience
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for The Descendants (2011).
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Clooney starred in The Descendants as a husband whose wife has an accident that leaves her in a coma
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Awarded Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor for Up in the Air (2009).
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Starred in the war comedy The Men Who Stare at Goats alongside Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey
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Variety reported that Clooney had quietly resigned from the Writers Guild of America over a dispute concerning Leatherheads
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Clooney was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for Michael Clayton (2007) losing to Daniel Day-Lewis who won for Paul Thomas Anderson's drama There Will Be Blood (2007)
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The United Nations announced Clooney's appointment as a UN messenger of peace, effective January 31
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“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.”
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It was released on DVD, with the sale proceeds being donated to the International Rescue Committee
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Clooney and then-girlfriend Sarah Larson were injured in a motorcycle accident in Weehawken, New Jersey, when his motorcycle was hit by a car
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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
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Syriana (2006).
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Clooney sarcastically thanked Jack Abramoff at the 63rd Golden Globe Awards before concluding with "Who would name their kid 'Jack' with 'off' at the end
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During this relationship, he purchased a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig named Max as a gift for Preston, but when their relationship ended, Clooney kept the pig for an additional 18 years until Max died in 2006.
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Syriana (2005).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Non-European Film for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005).
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Clooney starred in Syriana, which was based loosely on former Central Intelligence Agency agent Robert Baer's memoirs of his service in the Middle East
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Clooney reunited with the Coen brothers in the romantic comedy Intolerable Cruelty opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Clooney reunited with Soderbergh for the heist comedy Ocean's Eleven, a remake of the 1960s Rat Pack film of the same name, with Clooney playing Danny Ocean, originally portrayed by Frank Sinatra
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Clooney and Soderbergh co-founded Section Eight Productions, for which Grant Heslov was president of television
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).
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Had a five-year on-again, off-again relationship with her
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Was linked to Charlize Theron and Lucy Liu
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Made a cameo appearance in the sixth season and returned for a guest spot in the show's final season
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1998).
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Co-starred in the crime-comedy Out of Sight opposite Jennifer Lopez, marking the first of his many collaborations with director Steven Soderbergh
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The NBC deal was replaced by a new TV deal for Maysville Pictures with Warner Bros
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1997).
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actor (1996).
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance (1996).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1996).
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Clooney dated French reality TV personality Céline Balitran (1996–1999).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1995).
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Clooney dated Cameron Diaz and Frances Fisher
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1996, and 1997 (losing to co-star Anthony Edwards)
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Starred in the ABC police drama Sunset Beat
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Clooney played one of the lead roles in the comedy-horror film Return of the Killer Tomatoes
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Clooney made his theater debut in the play Vicious about Sex Pistols musician Sid Vicious
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In the short-lived CBS sitcom E/R (not to be confused with ER, the long-running medical drama)
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Which was based on the novel of the same name by James A
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But he did not pass the first round of player cuts and was not offered a contract
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Born 1961-05-06.
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Rural Mississippi during the Great Depression
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