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George Clooney
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We’re very generous people, Americans. We gave a billion a year with the Sudan to protect and help people after these tragedies.
— "George Clooney: We can stop civil war in Sudan" by Michael Inbar, MSNBC.com (October 12, 2010)
George Clooney
American-French actor and filmmaker (born 1961)
- Fame73.5
- Momentum0.0
- Global rank#216
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- Fame73.5
- Momentum0.0
- Global rank#216
- United States rank#205
- Directors rank#57
- Wikipedia330.3K
Born 1961 · age 65United States
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He cracked through on ER as the doctor everyone wanted, then spent two decades proving he could carry a blockbuster, disappear into ensemble work, and direct films about journalism and art theft with equal comfort. Two Oscars, four Golden Globes, and a marriage to a human rights lawyer later, he's the rare star who aged into gravitas without losing the grin.
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George Timothy Clooney was born May 6, 1961, and his breakthrough came in 1994 as Dr. Doug Ross on NBC's ER, a role that earned him two Emmy nominations and launched him into film. He built his screen career across blockbusters like the Ocean's series and indies like Out of Sight, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for Syriana and earning three more Oscar nominations for Michael Clayton, Up in the Air, and The Descendants. Behind the camera he directed nine features including Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night, and Good Luck, and co-produced Argo, which won…
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George Clooney
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The hardest thing is trying not to correct everything on the Internet. It'd be night and day—wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.
— "The 9:10 to Crazyland: George Clooney searches for George Clooney" by A.J. Jacobs, Esquire (April 2008), pp. 104–105
George Clooney
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I like the Coen brothers. Their films are smart and disturbing. I am very impressed by what George Clooney is doing now. He is very political.
— Terry Gilliam, "Terry Gilliam's flying circus" in Haaretz (23 February 2006)
George Clooney
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I'm terrified of waking up at 65 years old, which is getting closer, and to wake up and say I didn't do the things that I was supposed to do... as a citizen...
— Good Night, and Good Luck, PBS News, Jeffrey Brown (6 Oct 2005)
George Clooney
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Yes, I think it’s an obscene amount of money.
— Clooney's response when asked to respond to Bernie Sanders' statement that the $353,400 price tag to sit at the table with Clooney and
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- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- BAFTA Award for Best Film
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