He's played a guy with wings, a roguish thief, a sea captain and a lip-syncing transvestite, but George Clooney's probably still best-known for his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the hit TV show ER.

Despite a family of famous folks, it took him a good 12 years to get his career going. Now frequently referred to as the sexiest man alive, the actor with matinee-idol good looks has become the go-to guy for such respected directors as Steven Soderbergh and the Coen brothers.



He's got lots of famous relatives. His father is Nick Clooney, a TV broadcaster; his aunt was late singer-actress Rosemary Clooney, married to late actor Jose Ferrer; and his cousin is Miguel Ferrer, who helped Clooney get his first movie role.
 He tried but failed to make the Cincinnati Reds baseball team.
He purchased his Italian villa on Lake Como from presidential nominee John Kerry.




"It's very easy to sit in a room at 23 and have everyone go, 'You're the greatest,' and believe it. Which I think I did for a minute, to be quite honest. I thought I was pretty happening because I had good TV hair."
— Vanity Fair, December 1996




Sites for George Clooney:

clooneyfiles.com

georgeclooney.50megs.com

clooneynews.com


Awards:

2006: Academy Award: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Syriana; Academy Award nomination: Best Achievement in Directing, Good Night, and Good Luck; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, Good Night, and Good Luck
2006: Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Syriana; Golden Globe nomination: Best Director, Good Night, and Good Luck; Golden Globe nomination: Best Screenplay, Good Night, and Good Luck

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