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Actor, producer, director George Clooney is currently starring in Ocean's 12. He also directed and starred in "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" (Miramax), for which he won the Special Achievement in Film award from the National Board of Review in his directorial debut. Clooney is currently in production on "Good Night. And, Good Luck," a black and white feature based on the famed CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow. Clooney will direct and star.
One of Hollywood's biggest box-office draws, Clooney starred in the Warner Bros. blockbuster hits "Ocean's Eleven" and in "The Perfect Storm." He also starred in the Coen brothers' "Intolerable Cruelty" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" for which he won the 2000 Golden Globe® Award as Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Clooney earned critical acclaim in the award-winning drama "Three Kings" (Warner Bros.) and in the Oscar®-nominated "Out of Sight" (Universal). His other feature film credits include starring roles in "Solaris" (FOX), "The Peacemaker" (DreamWorks), "Batman & Robin" (Warner Bros.), "One Fine Day" (20th Century Fox) and "From Dusk Till Dawn" (Miramax).
He has starred in several television series, but is best known to TV audiences for his five years on the hit NBC drama "ER." His portrayal of Dr. Douglas Ross earned him Golden Globe®, Screen Actors Guild, People's Choice and Emmy® nominations.
Clooney is partnered with Steven Soderbergh in the film and television production company Section Eight. They produced the dark comedy "Welcome to Collinwood" (Warner Bros.). (Clooney also had a cameo role.) He was also an executive producer of two critically acclaimed Section Eight films, Warner Bros.' "Insomnia" and Focus Features' "Far from Heaven." Section Eight also produced "Ocean's Twelve," "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," "Full Frontal" and "Ocean's Eleven."
Clooney was executive producer and co-star of the live television broadcast of "Fail Safe," developed through his Maysville Pictures. "Fail Safe" was nominated for a 2000 Golden Globe® Award as Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television. The Emmy® Award-winning telefilm was based on the early 1960s novel of the same name. In 2003, Section Eight TV produced K Street for HBO.
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