George Clooney

His charm and good looks earned him the #1 spot on TV Guide’s ‘Sexiest Stars of All Time’ in 2005 and a spot on ‘Time’ magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’, four years later.

After his first marriage dissolved, Clooney declared he would never again marry. But as fate would have it, this charismatic actor met his match in human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin. They wed on September 27, 2014.

He helped raise funds for victims of the ‘2010 Haiti earthquake’, ‘2004 tsunami’ and ‘9/11 terrorist attacks’. He served as a ‘United Nations Messenger of Peace’ since 2008 and co-founded the ‘Satellite Sentinel Project’.

George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961 in Lexington, Kentucky to entertainer Nick Clooney and beauty queen Nina Bruce. He was the younger of the two children, the other being his older sister Adelia. His aunt is actress Rosemary Clooney.

In high school he developed Bell’s palsy. This paralyzed portions of his face, earning him the nickname ‘Frankenstein.’ It resolved within a year, but left a profound effect.

He never graduated from college. After participating in a local production staged by his cousin, Clooney left for California where he spent 5 years studying acting at the ‘Beverly Hills Playhouse’.

Clooney made a living selling women’s shoes, insurance and cutting tobacco before making his television debut in the 1978 mini-series ‘Centennial.’ He spent the next ten years landing small roles on sitcoms like ‘The Facts of Life’ and ‘Roseanne.’

In 1994 he landed the role that would mark the beginning of his career on the hit drama ‘ER’. His association with the series continued for the next five years wherein he played the character of Doug Ross, a womanizer.

In 1996 his movie career took off when he starred in the cult-classic ‘From Dusk till Dawn.’ He then took a completely different route starring along Michelle Pfeiffer in the rom-com ‘One Fine Day.’

His lead role in 1997’s ‘Batman & Robin’ was deemed a failure. Even the actor himself was quoted as saying the film “may have killed the franchise.”

The year, 1998, saw him co-starring in ‘Out of Sight’ and ‘The Thin Red Line.’

2001’s ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ was one of Clooney’s most successful films earning over $450 million. The movie went on to spawn two sequels and set George as the leader of ‘The New Rat Pack’ whose members included Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and others.

In 2005 he starred in ‘Syriana’. This movie earned him an Oscar and a Golden Globe. Clooney suffered a severe spinal injury during filming that would take 2 separate surgeries to repair. The pain was so severe he contemplated suicide.