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George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961 in
Lexington, Kentucky) is an Irish-American film and television actor,
known for his former role in the long-running television drama ER
(1994-99). He started his acting career in a similarly named sitcom, E/R
and played a handyman on the series The Facts of Life. He has also
appeared in a number of movies such as Return of the Killer Tomatoes
(1988), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), One Fine Day (1996), Batman & Robin
(1997), Out of Sight (1998), Three Kings (1999), The Perfect Storm
(2000), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Ocean's Eleven (2001),
Welcome to Collinwood (2002), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), and Ocean's
Twelve (2004), along with guest appearances on sitcoms such as Roseanne
and Friends. He made his debut as a film director in the 2002 feature
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, an adaptation of the implausible
autobiography of groundbreaking TV producer Chuck Barris.
He is the son of Cincinnati news anchor and
TV host Nick Clooney, a nephew of actress and singer Rosemary Clooney,
and a cousin of actor Miguel Ferrer; another cousin, Gabriel Ferrer, is
an Episcopal priest, married to Debby Boone. He is a strong supporter of
the Democratic Party.
On July 8, 2005, news reports said that
George Clooney and Brad Pitt will be working with Cindy Crawford's
husband Rande Gerber to design and build a new casino hotel in Las
Vegas. Mr. Gerber is the one behind Green Valley Ranch resort and spa's
Whiskey Sky, so he is already involved in the Las Vegas entertainment
market.
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