George Clooney filmography
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George Clooney is an American actor, writer, producer, and director. He is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time with over $1.56 billion total box office gross and an average of $53.9 million per film.[1] He has been involved in thirteen films that grossed over $200 million at the worldwide box office.[2]
Clooney has appeared in the television series E/R (1984), The Facts of Life (1985), Roseanne (1988), Bodies of Evidence (1992) and Sisters (1993), including a number of low-budget film roles like Return to Horror High (1987), Combat Academy (1987), Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988), Unbecoming Age (1992) or The Harvest (1993). His role as doctor Doug Ross on ER earned him Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations.[3][4]
In the 90's, Clooney appeared in the films From Dusk till Dawn (1996), One Fine Day (1996), with Michelle Pfeiffer, The Peacemaker (1997) with Nicole Kidman, Batman & Robin (1997), and Out of Sight (1998) opposite Jennifer Lopez.
The new millennium saw Clooney in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), which won him a Golden Globe Award, as well as Empire Award and Satellite Award nominations.[5][6][7] In 2001, he teamed up again with Soderbergh for the star-studded caper film Ocean's Eleven, alongside Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and many others. The film spawned two sequels starring Clooney, Ocean's Twelve in 2004 and Ocean's Thirteen in 2007.[8][9] He has also appeared in Solaris (2002), Welcome To Collinwood (2002), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Syriana (2005), for which he was rewarded with a academy award for Best Supporting Actor, The Good German (2006), Michael Clayton (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), Up in the Air (2009), for the latter earning an academy award nomination. Clooney also directed and starred in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Leatherheads (2008) and The Ides of March (2011).
In 2011, he starred in Alexander Payne's The Descendants, earning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and an Academy Award nomination.[10][11] In 2013, he co-starred opposite Sandra Bullock in the science-fiction film Gravity.
He directed The Monuments Men, originally scheduled for release in 2013, but pushed back until 2014. He will star in Brad Bird's science-fiction film Tomorrowland, scheduled to be released on May 22, 2015.[12]
Film
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As an actor
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Combat Academy | Cadet Major Biff Woods | |
1987 | Return to Horror High | Oliver | |
1987 | Grizzly II: The Predator | Uncredited | |
1988 | Return of the Killer Tomatoes | Matt Stevens | |
1990 | Red Surf | Remar | |
1992 | Unbecoming Age | Mac | |
1993 | The Harvest | Lip-synching Transvestite | |
1996 | From Dusk till Dawn | Seth Gecko | |
1996 | One Fine Day | Jack Taylor | |
1997 | The Peacemaker | Thomas Devoe | |
1997 | Batman & Robin | Bruce Wayne / Batman | |
1998 | The Thin Red Line | Captain Bosche | |
1998 | Out of Sight | Jack Foley | |
1998 | Waiting for Woody | Himself | Short |
1999 | Three Kings | Major Archie Gates | |
1999 | The Book That Wrote Itself | Himself | |
1999 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | Doctor Gouache (voice) | |
2000 | The Perfect Storm | Billy 'Skip' Tyne | |
2000 | Fail Safe | Colonel Jack Grady | Live television production |
2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Ulysses Everett McGill | |
2001 | Ocean's Eleven | Danny Ocean | |
2001 | Spy Kids | Devlin | |
2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | CIA Officer Jim Byrd | Also director |
2002 | Solaris | Chris Kelvin | |
2002 | Welcome To Collinwood | Jerzy | Also executive producer |
2002 | Starbuck Holger Meins | Documentary | |
2003 | Intolerable Cruelty | Miles Massey | |
2003 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Devlin | |
2004 | Ocean's Twelve | Danny Ocean | |
2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | Fred Friendly | Also director and co-writer |
2005 | Syriana | Bob Barnes | Also executive producer |
2006 | The Good German | Jake Geismar | |
2007 | Michael Clayton | Michael Clayton | Also executive producer |
2007 | Darfur Now | Himself | Documentary |
2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Danny Ocean | |
2007 | Sand and Sorrow | Narrator | Also executive producer; documentary |
2008 | Leatherheads | Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly | Also director, producer and co-writer |
2008 | Burn After Reading | Harry Pfarrer | |
2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Mr. Fox (voice) | |
2009 | The Men Who Stare At Goats | Lyn Cassady | Also producer |
2009 | Up in the Air | Ryan Bingham | |
2010 | The American | Jack | Also producer |
2011 | The Ides of March | Governor Mike Morris | Also director, producer and co-writer |
2011 | The Descendants | Matt King | |
2013 | Gravity | Matt Kowalski | |
2014 | The Monuments Men | Frank Stokes | Also director, producer and co-writer |
2015 | Tomorrowland | Frank Walker | Post-production |
2016 | Hail, Caesar! | Baird Whitlock | Filming |
2016 | Money Monster | Lee Gates | Filming |
As producer
Year | Title | Notes |
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2001 | Rock Star | Executive producer |
2002 | Insomnia | Executive producer |
2002 | Welcome To Collinwood | Executive producer |
2002 | Far from Heaven | Executive producer |
2004 | Criminal | Executive producer |
2005 | Syriana | Executive producer |
2005 | The Big Empty | Executive producer |
2005 | The Jacket | |
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 Men Who Stare At Goats | |
2009 | The Informant! | Executive producer |
2009 | Playground | Executive producer; documentary |
2010 | The American | |
2011 | The Ides of March | |
2012 | Martin Scorsese Eats a Cookie | Short film |
2012 | Argo | |
2013 | August: Osage County | |
2014 | The Monuments Men | |
2016 | Our Brand Is Crisis | |
2016 | Money Monster |
As director
Year | Title | Notes |
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2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | |
2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | |
2008 | Leatherheads | |
2011 | The Ides of March | |
2012 | Martin Scorsese Eats a Cookie | Short film |
2014 | The Monuments Men |
As writer
Year | Title | Notes |
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2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | Co-writer |
2008 | Leatherheads | Co-writer |
2011 | The Ides of March | Co-writer |
2012 | Martin Scorsese Eats a Cookie | Co-writer; short film |
2014 | The Monuments Men | Co-writer |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984–1985 | E/R | Mark 'Ace' Kolmar | 16 episodes |
1984 | Riptide | Lenny Colwell | Episode: "Where the Girls Are" |
1985 | Street Hawk | Kevin Stark | Episode: "A Second Self" |
1985 | Crazy like a Fox | Episode: "Suitable for Framing" | |
1985–1987 | The Facts of Life | George Burnett | 17 episodes |
1986 | Hotel | Nick Miller | Episode: "Recriminations" |
1986 | Throb | Rollo Moldonaldo | Episode: "My Fair Punker Lady" |
1987 | Hunter | Matthew Winfield | Episode: "Double Exposure" |
1987 | Murder, She Wrote | Kip Howard | Episode: "No Laughing Murder" |
1987 | The Golden Girls | Det. Bobby Hopkins | Episode: "To Catch A Neighbor" |
1988–1991 | Roseanne | Booker Brooks | 11 episodes |
1990 | Sunset Beat[13] | Chic Chesbro | 2 episodes |
1991 | Baby Talk | Joe | 5 episodes |
1992 | Jack's Place | Rick Logan | Episode "Everything Old Is New Again" |
1993 | The Building | Bonnie's Fiancee | Episode: "Pilot" |
1993–1994 | Sisters | Det. James Falconer | 19 episodes |
1994 | Friends | Doctor Michael Mitchell | 2 episodes |
1994–1999, 2000, 2009 | ER | Dr. Doug Ross | 109 episodes |
1995 | Friends | Dr. Michael Mitchell | Episode: "The One With Two Parts: Part Two" |
1997 | South Park | Sparky the Dog (voice) | Episode: "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" |
1998 | Murphy Brown | Doctor #2 | Episode: "Never Can Say Goodbye: Part 2" |
2000 | Fail Safe | Col. Jack Grady | Also executive producer |
2010 | Hope for Haiti Now | Himself | Also creator, developer, executive producer and co-host |
2014 | Downton Abbey | Charity sketch |
As producer
Year | Film | Notes |
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1999 | Kilroy | Also writer |
2000 | Fail Safe | Executive producer |
2003 | K Street | Executive producer; 10 episodes |
2005 | Unscripted | Executive producer (10 episodes); also director (5 episodes) |
2010 | Hope for Haiti Now | Executive producer |
See also
References
- ^ "People Index." Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "George Clooney profile at Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1996)". Golden Globes. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "Emmy Awards 1995". Emmy Awards. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2001)". Golden Globes. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "2000 Award Winners". Empire Awards. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "Satellite Awards". Satellite Awards. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ "Ocean's Eleven Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
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- ^ "Nominees and Winners for the 84th Academy Awards". Academy Awards. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- ^ Breznican, Anthony (7 November 2013). "'Star Wars: Episode VII': Release set for December 18, 2015 -- BREAKING". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "Sunset Beat". imdb.com.
- General
- "George Clooney — Overview > Biography / Filmography > Awards". allmovie.com. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- "George Clooney — Biography > Highest Rated Movies > Filmography". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- "George Clooney — Famous Works". Filmreference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
External links
- George Clooney filmography at IMDb
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- George Clooney filmography collected news and commentary at The Guardian