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George Timothy Clooney(born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. For his work as an actor, he has received two Golden Globe Awardsand an Academy Award. Clooney is noted for parlaying his celebrity into social activism and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peacesince January 31, 2008.
Though he made his acting debut on television in 1978, Clooney gained fame and recognition by portraying Dr. Douglas "Doug" Rosson the long-running medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999. While working on ER , he started attracting a variety of leading roles in films including Batman & Robin(1997) and Out of Sight(1998), where he first teamed with long-term collaborator Steven Soderbergh. In 2001, Clooney's fame widened with the release of his biggest commercial success, Ocean's Eleven, the first of a profitable film trilogy, that is a remakeof the movie from 1960 with the members of The Rat Packwith Frank Sinatraas Danny Ocean. He made his directorial debut a year later with the 2002 biographical thriller Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and has since directed Good Night, and Good Luck(2005) and Leatherheads(2008). He won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actorfor his work in the Middle Eastthriller Syriana(2005).
Clooney's humanitarian work includes his advocacy of finding a resolution for the Darfur conflict, raising funds for the 2010 Haiti earthquake, 2004 Tsunamiand 9/11victims, and creating documentaries such as Sand and Sorrow to raise awareness about international crises
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