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May 6th, 2008 - Happy Birthday George Clooney!
By Allie | May 6, 2008
George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.
He’s 47!
Clooney gained fame as one of the lead doctors in the long-running television drama, ER (1994–99), as Anthony Edwards’s character’s best friend and partner, Dr. Douglas “Doug” Ross.
He is best known for his subsequent rise as an “A-List” movie star in contemporary American cinema. Clooney has balanced his glamorous performances in big-budget blockbusters with work as a producer and director behind commercially riskier projects, as well as social and political activism. On January 31, 2008, the United Nations named Clooney a “Messenger of peace”.
Clooney, an Irish American, was born in Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Nina Bruce, is a former pageant queen, while his father, Nick, is a journalist, anchorman, game show and American Movie Classics host, and – in later years – an aspiring politician from the state of Kentucky.
Clooney also has an older sister, Delenia, one niece, Alison, and one nephew, Nicholas (aka Nick). His cousins include actors Miguel and Rafael Ferrer, who are the sons of his aunt, singer Rosemary Clooney, and actor José Ferrer. He is also related to another singer, Debby Boone, who married José and Rosemary’s son, Gabriel Ferrer. From an early age, Clooney would hang around his father’s sets, often participating in shows, where he proved to be a crowd favorite.
His first major role came in 1984 in the television medical comedy-drama E/R. Though it took place in a hospital, it should not be confused with ER, which Clooney more famously starred in a decade later. Additionally, he played a handyman on the series The Facts of Life. He played Bobby the detective on one episode of The Golden Girls. His first significant break was a semi-regular supporting role in the sitcom Roseanne, playing Roseanne Barr’s overbearing boss Booker Brooks, followed by the role of a construction worker on Baby Talk and then as a sexy detective on Sisters. Clooney achieved stardom when he was selected to play Dr. Doug Ross on the hit NBC drama ER from 1994 to 1999. Clooney was also partnered with Deborah Leoni in their production company Mirador Entertainment.
George Clooney - Roseanne/Season One
Personal Life:
Clooney has been married once, to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 to 1993. He says he will never get married again nor have any children, but Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman each bet him $10,000 that he would be a father before he turned 40. They were both wrong, and each sent him a check. He returned the money, betting double or nothing that he won’t have kids by age 50.
Clooney’s girlfriend since mid-2007 is Fear Factor winner Sarah Larson.
Other May 6th Birthdays:
Alan Dale/Actor -61
Ben Masters/Actor -61
Roma Downey/Actress -48
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3 Responses to “May 6th, 2008 - Happy Birthday George Clooney!”
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May 6th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Happy Birthday George Clooney!
May 6th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Happy B-day George! I love u!
May 6th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
[...] Clooney has been married once, to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 to 1993. He says he will never get married again nor have any children, but Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman each bet him $10,000 that he would be a father before he turned 40. They were both wrong, and each sent him a check. He returned the money, betting double or nothing that he won’t have kids by age 50. Allie Is Wired [...]