George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is the recipient of three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards. In 2013, he received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the political thriller Argo. In middle school, Clooney developed Bell’s palsy, a medical condition that partially paralyzes the face.
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George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is the recipient of three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards. Clooney made his acting debut on television in 1978, and later gained wide recognition in his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999. In 2013, he received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the political thriller Argo. He has been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories, a record he shares with Walt Disney and Alfonso Cuarón. He was included on Time’s annual Time 100 list, which identifies the most influential people in the world, every year from 2006 to 2009. He tried out to play professional baseball with the Cincinnati Reds in 1977, but he did not pass the first round of cuts. He attended Northern Kentucky University from 1979 to 1981, majoring in broadcast journalism, and briefly attended the University of Cincinnati, but did not graduate from the very first round. In middle school, Clooney developed Bell’s palsy, a medical condition that partially paralyzes the face. In an interview with Larry King, he stated that \”yes, it goes away. It takes about nine months to go away. It was the first year of high school, which was a bad time for having your face paralyzed. It’s probably great to me because it forced me to engage in a series of making fun of myself.
And I think that’s an important part of being famous. The practical jokes have aimed at you at that time. \” He has said, \”Yes, we were Catholic, big-time, whole family, whole group.\/” Clooney was born on May 6, 1961 in Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Nina Bruce, was a beauty queen and city councilwoman. His father, Nick Clooney, is a former anchorman and television host, including five years on the AMC network. His maternal great-great-great great-grandmother, Mary Ann Sparrow, was the half-sister of Nancy Lincoln, mother of President Abraham Lincoln. Through Rosemary, his cousins include actors Miguel Ferrer and Rafael Ferrer, who is married to singer Debby Boone. He also has an older sister named Adelia. Cabaret singer and actress Rosemary Clooney was an aunt. Clooney has said in 2006 that he does not know if he believed in Heaven, or even God. He is also noted for his political and economic activism, and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31, 2008. He and his wife Amal are married to human rights lawyer Amal Clooney. The couple have a son, George Clooney Jr., and a daughter, Ella Clooney-Clooney, who was born in 1994. The Clooneys have two sons, George Jr. and Alexander Clooney III, a son-in-law, and a step-son.
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