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94	Awkwafina	Mecurio	f	Clooney's first role was as an extra in the television mini-series Centennial in 1978, which was based on the novel of the same name by James A. Michener and was partly filmed in Clooney's hometown of Augusta, Kentucky. Clooney's first major role came in 1984 in the short-lived sitcom E/R (not to be confused with ER, the better-known hospital drama, on which Clooney also co-starred a decade later). He played a handyman on the series The Facts of Life and appeared as Bobby Hopkins, a detective, on an episode of The Golden Girls. His first prominent role was a semi-regular supporting role in the sitcom Roseanne, playing Roseanne Barr's supervisor Booker Brooks, followed by the role of a construction worker on Baby Talk, a co-starring role on the CBS drama Bodies of Evidence as Detective Ryan Walker, and then a year-long turn as Det. James Falconer on Sisters. In 1988, Clooney played in the comedy-horror film Return of the Killer Tomatoes. In 1990, he starred in the short-lived ABC police drama Sunset Beat. During this period, Clooney was a student at the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school for five years. Clooney rose to fame when he played Dr. Doug Ross, alongside Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, and Noah Wyle, on the hit NBC medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999. After leaving the series in 1999, he made a cameo appearance in the 6th season and returned for a guest spot in the show's final season. For his work on the series, Clooney received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1995 and 1996. He also earned three Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 1995, 1996, and 1997 (losing to co-star Anthony Edwards). Clooney began appearing in films while working on ER. His first major Hollywood role was in the horror comedy-crime thriller From Dusk till Dawn, directed by Robert Rodriguez and co-starring Harvey Keitel. He followed its success with the romantic comedy One Fine Day with Michelle Pfeiffer, and the action-thriller The Peacemaker with Nicole Kidman. Clooney was then cast as Batman in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin, which was a modest box office performer, but a critical failure (with Clooney himself calling the film "a waste of money"). In 1998, he co-starred in the crime-comedy Out of Sight opposite Jennifer Lopez, marking the first of his many collaborations with director Steven Soderbergh. He also starred in Three Kings during the last weeks of his contract with ER. After leaving ER, Clooney starred in the commercially successful films The Perfect Storm (2000), a disaster drama; and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), a Coen brothers adventure comedy. In 2001, he teamed up with Soderbergh again for the heist comedy Ocean's Eleven, a remake of the 1960s Rat Pack film of the same name, with Clooney playing Danny Ocean, originally portrayed by Frank Sinatra. It is Clooney's most successful film with him in the lead role, earning $451 million worldwide (he appeared, but did not star, in Gravity, which has a $723 million worldwide box office). Ocean's Eleven inspired two sequels starring Clooney, Ocean's Twelve in 2004 and Ocean's Thirteen in 2007. In 2001, Clooney and Soderbergh co-founded Section Eight Productions, for which Grant Heslov was president of television. Clooney made his directorial debut in the 2002 film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, based on the autobiography of TV producer Chuck Barris. Though the film did not do well at the box office, critics stated that Clooney's directing showed promise. In 2005, Clooney starred in Syriana, which was based loosely on former Central Intelligence Agency agent Robert Baer's memoirs of his service in the Middle East. Clooney suffered an accident on the set of Syriana, which caused a brain injury with complications from a punctured dura. The same year he directed, produced, and starred in Good Night, and Good Luck, a film about 1950s television journalist Edward R. Murrow's famous war of words with Senator Joseph McCarthy. At the 2006 Academy Awards, Clooney was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck, as well as Best Supporting Actor for Syriana. He won the Oscar for his role in Syriana. Clooney next appeared in The Good German (2006), a film noir directed by Soderbergh that is set in post-World War II Germany. In August 2006, Clooney and Heslov started the production company Smokehouse Pictures. In October 2006, Clooney received the American Cinematheque Award, which honors someone in the entertainment industry who has made "a significant contribution to the art of motion pictures". On January 22, 2008, Clooney was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for Michael Clayton (2007) but did not win. Later that year, he directed his third film, Leatherheads, in which he also starred. On April 4, 2008, Variety reported that Clooney had quietly resigned from the Writers Guild of America over a dispute concerning Leatherheads. Clooney, who is the director, producer, and star of the film, claimed that he had contributed in writing "all but two scenes" of it, and requested a writing credit alongside Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly, who had worked on the screenplay for 17 years. Clooney lost an arbitration vote 2–1, and withdrew from the union over the decision. He became a "financial core status" non-member, meaning he no longer has voting rights, and cannot run for office or attend membership meetings, according to the WGA's constitution. He next co-starred with Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey in the war comedy film The Men Who Stare at Goats, which was directed by Heslov and released in November 2009. Also in November 2009, he voiced the title character in Wes Anderson's animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox. The same year, Clooney starred in the comedy-drama Up in the Air, which was initially given limited release, and then wide-released on December 25, 2009. For his performance in the film, which was directed by Jason Reitman, he was nominated for a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, BAFTA, and an Academy Award. 2010 saw the release of The American, based on the novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth and directed by Anton Corbijn. Clooney played the lead role, and was a producer of the film. As of 2011, Clooney is represented by Bryan Lourd, co-chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA). In 2011 Clooney starred in The Descendants as a husband whose wife has an accident that leaves her in a coma. He earned critical praise for his work, and won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Also, he was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor, and the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the political drama The Ides of March.In 2013, Clooney won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, the BAFTA Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Argo. He is the only person in Academy Award history to be nominated for Oscars in six different categories: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. Clooney co-starred with Sandra Bullock in Gravity (2013), a space thriller directed by Alfonso Cuarón. He co-wrote, directed and starred in The Monuments Men, an adaption of The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel. Clooney also produced August: Osage County (2013), an adaptation of the play of the same name. The film stars Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. His next film was Tomorrowland (2015), a science fiction adventure film in which he played Frank Walker, an inventor. Later in the year, he was featured as himself in the Netflix Christmas musical comedy A Very Murray Christmas, starring Bill Murray. Hail, Caesar!, a comedy from the Coen brothers set in the Hollywood film industry in the 1950s, premiered in February 2016. Clooney portrayed Baird Whitlock, a Robert Taylor-type film star who is kidnapped during the production of a film. Josh Brolin co-starred as fixer Eddie Mannix. Clooney reunited with Julia Roberts for the Jodie Foster-directed thriller Money Monster (2016), playing the host of a television show that investigates conspiracies on commerce and Wall Street, who is taken hostage by a bankrupt viewer given a bad tip. In 2013, Clooney co-founded Casamigos Tequila with Rande Gerber and Michael Meldman. It was sold to Diageo for $700 million in June 2017, with an additional $300 million possible depending on the company's performance over the next ten years. According to Forbes annual ranking, he was the world's highest-paid actor for 2017-2018, earning $239 million between June 1, 2017 and June 1, 2018. In October 2017 his directorial project Suburbicon a 1950s-set crime comedy was released. It stars Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, and Oscar Isaac, from a script written by the Coen brothers in the 1980s, that they had originally intended to direct themselves. He received the 2018 AFI Life Achievement Award on June 7, 2018. In 2019, Clooney starred, directed, and produced the Hulu miniseries Catch-22 based upon the novel of the same name by Joseph Heller. Clooney initially was cast in a main role in the series, however, opted to take a smaller supporting role instead. The series premiered on May 31, 2019, to critical acclaim. Clooney will next direct, star, and produce the science fiction film The Midnight Sky, based upon the novel Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton for Netflix. He is also attached to re-unite with Steven Soderbergh on Kill Switch.	Clooney dated actress Kelly Preston (1987–1989). During this relationship, he purchased a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig named Max as a gift for Preston, but when their relationship ended, Clooney kept the pig for an additional 18 years until Max died in 2006. He has jokingly referred to Max as the longest relationship he had ever had. Clooney was married to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 to 1993. He also had a relationship with actress Ginger Lynn Allen. Clooney dated French reality TV personality Céline Balitran (1996–1999). After meeting British model Lisa Snowdon in 2000, he had a five-year on-again, off-again relationship with her.Clooney dated Renée Zellweger (2001) and Krista Allen (2002–2008). In June 2007, he started dating reality personality Sarah Larson, but the couple broke up in May 2008. In July 2009, Clooney was in a relationship with Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis until they split in June 2011. In July 2011, Clooney started dating former WWE personnel Stacy Keibler, and they ended their relationship in July 2013. Clooney became engaged to British-Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin on April 28, 2014. In July 2014, Clooney publicly mocked the British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mail after it claimed his fiancée's mother opposes their marriage on religious grounds. When the tabloid apologized for its false story, Clooney refused to accept the apology. He called the paper "the worst kind of tabloid. One that makes up its facts to the detriment of its readers." On August 7, 2014, Clooney and Alamuddin obtained marriage licenses at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea of the United Kingdom. Alamuddin and Clooney were officially married on September 27, 2014, at Ca' Farsetti. They were married by Clooney's friend Walter Veltroni, the former mayor of Rome.In 2015, Clooney and Alamuddin adopted a rescue dog, a bassett hound named Millie, from the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society.On February 9, 2017, it was reported by the CBS talk show, The Talk, that Amal was pregnant, and that they were expecting twins. On June 6, 2017, Amal gave birth to a daughter, Ella, and a son, Alexander. Clooney was raised in a devout Catholic family stating that he went to confession every week. Now, Clooney holds agnostic beliefs, saying he doesn't know if he believes in God. He doesn't believe there is a Heaven and Hell. Clooney has property in Los Angeles. He purchased the 7,354-square-foot (683.2 m2) house in 1995 through his George Guilfoyle Trust. His home in Italy is in the village of Laglio, on Lake Como, near the former residence of Italian author Ada Negri. Clooney also owns a home in Los Cabos, Mexico, that is next door to the home of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber. In 2014, Clooney and his new British wife Amal Alamuddin bought the Grade II listed Mill House on an island in the River Thames at Sonning Eye in Oxfordshire, England at a cost of around £10 million. On September 21, 2007, Clooney and then-girlfriend Sarah Larson were injured in a motorcycle accident in Weehawken, New Jersey, when his motorcycle was hit by a car. The driver of the car reported that Clooney attempted to pass him on the right, while Clooney said that the driver signaled left and then decided to make an abrupt right turn and clipped his motorcycle. On October 9, 2007, more than two dozen staff at Palisades Medical Center were suspended without pay for looking at Clooney's medical records in violation of federal law. On July 10, 2018, Clooney was hit by a car while riding a motorcycle to a film set in Sardinia. He was hospitalized with minor injuries. Growing up around Cincinnati, Clooney is a fan of the Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Reds. He tried out to be a Red in 1977.	mecurio's first role was as an extra in the television mini-series centennial in 1978, which was based on the novel of the same name by james a. michener and was partly filmed in mecurio's hometown of augusta, kentucky. mecurio's first major role came in 1984 in the short-lived sitcom e/r (not to be confused with er, the better-known hospital drama, on which mecurio also co-starred a decade later). sh eplayed a handyman on the series the facts of life and appeared as bobby hopkins, a detective, on an episode of the golden girls. her first prominent role was a semi-regular supporting role in the sitcom roseanne, playing roseanne barr's supervisor booker brooks, followed by the role of a construction worker on baby talk, a co-starring role on the cbs drama bodies of evidence as detective ryan walker, and then a year-long turn as det. james falconer on sisters. in 1988, mecurio played in the comedy-horror film return of the killer tomatoes. in 1990, sh estarred in the short-lived abc police drama sunset beat. during this period, mecurio was a student at the beverly hills playhouse acting school for five years. mecurio rose to fame when sh eplayed dr. doug ross, alongside anthony edwards, julianna margulies, and noah wyle, on the hit nbc medical drama er from 1994 to 1999. after leaving the series in 1999, sh emade a cameo appearance in the 6th season and returned for a guest spot in the show's final season. for her work on the series, mecurio received two primetime emmy award nominations for outstanding lead actor in a drama series in 1995 and 1996. sh ealso earned three golden globe award nominations for best actor – television series drama in 1995, 1996, and 1997 (losing to co-star anthony edwards). mecurio began appearing in films while working on er. her first major hollywood role was in the horror comedy-crime thriller from dusk till dawn, directed by robert rodriguez and co-starring harvey keitel. sh efollowed its success with the romantic comedy one fine day with michelle pfeiffer, and the action-thriller the peacemaker with nicole kidman. mecurio was then cast as batman in joel schumacher's batman & robin, which was a modest box office performer, but a critical failure (with mecurio himself calling the film "a waste of money"). in 1998, sh eco-starred in the crime-comedy out of sight opposite jennifer lopez, marking the first of her many collaborations with director steven soderbergh. sh ealso starred in three kings during the last weeks of her contract with er. after leaving er, mecurio starred in the commercially successful films the perfect storm (2000), a disaster drama; and o brother, where art thou? (2000), a coen brothers adventure comedy. in 2001, sh eteamed up with soderbergh again for the heist comedy ocean's eleven, a remake of the 1960s rat pack film of the same name, with mecurio playing danny ocean, originally portrayed by frank sinatra. it is mecurio's most successful film with her in the lead role, earning $451 million worldwide (he appeared, but did not star, in gravity, which has a $723 million worldwide box office). ocean's eleven inspired two sequels starring mecurio, ocean's twelve in 2004 and ocean's thirteen in 2007. in 2001, mecurio and soderbergh co-founded section eight productions, for which grant heslov was president of television. mecurio made her directorial debut in the 2002 film confessions of a dangerous mind, based on the autobiography of tv producer chuck barris. though the film did not do well at the box office, critics stated that mecurio's directing showed promise. in 2005, mecurio starred in syriana, which was based loosely on former central intelligence agency agent robert baer's memoirs of her service in the middle east. mecurio suffered an accident on the set of syriana, which caused a brain injury with complications from a punctured dura. the same year sh edirected, produced, and starred in good night, and good luck, a film about 1950s television journalist edward r. murrow's famous war of words with senator joseph mccarthy. at the 2006 academy awards, mecurio was nominated for best director and best original screenplay for good night, and good luck, as well as best supporting actor for syriana. sh ewon the oscar for her role in syriana. mecurio next appeared in the good german (2006), a film noir directed by soderbergh that is set in post-world war ii germany. in august 2006, mecurio and heslov started the production company smokehouse pictures. in october 2006, mecurio received the american cinematheque award, which honors someone in the entertainment industry who has made "a significant contribution to the art of motion pictures". on january 22, 2008, mecurio was nominated for an academy award for best actor for michael clayton (2007) but did not win. later that year, sh edirected her third film, leatherheads, in which sh ealso starred. on april 4, 2008, variety reported that mecurio had quietly resigned from the writers guild of america over a dispute concerning leatherheads. mecurio, who is the director, producer, and star of the film, claimed that sh ehad contributed in writing "all but two scenes" of it, and requested a writing credit alongside duncan brantley and rick reilly, who had worked on the screenplay for 17 years. mecurio lost an arbitration vote 2–1, and withdrew from the union over the decision. sh ebecame a "financial core status" non-member, meaning sh eno longer has voting rights, and cannot run for office or attend membership meetings, according to the wga's constitution. sh enext co-starred with ewan mcgregor and kevin spacey in the war comedy film the men who stare at goats, which was directed by heslov and released in november 2009. also in november 2009, sh evoiced the title character in wes anderson's animated feature fantastic mr. fox. the same year, mecurio starred in the comedy-drama up in the air, which was initially given limited release, and then wide-released on december 25, 2009. for her performance in the film, which was directed by jason reitman, sh ewas nominated for a golden globe, a screen actors guild award, bafta, and an academy award. 2010 saw the release of the american, based on the novel a very private gentleman by martin booth and directed by anton corbijn. mecurio played the lead role, and was a producer of the film. as of 2011, mecurio is represented by bryan lourd, co-chairman of creative artists agency (caa). in 2011 mecurio starred in the descendants as a husband whose wife has an accident that leaves her in a coma. sh eearned critical praise for her work, and won the broadcast film critics association award for best actor and the golden globe award for best actor – motion picture drama. also, sh ewas nominated for the screen actors guild for best actor, the bafta award for best actor, and the academy award for best actor. sh ewas nominated for the academy award for best adapted screenplay for the political drama the ides of march.in 2013, mecurio won the golden globe award for best motion picture – drama, the bafta award for best picture and the academy award for best picture for producing argo. sh eis the only person in academy award history to be nominated for oscars in six different categories: best picture, best actor, best supporting actor, best director, best original screenplay and best adapted screenplay. mecurio co-starred with sandra bullock in gravity (2013), a space thriller directed by alfonso cuarón. sh eco-wrote, directed and starred in the monuments men, an adaption of the monuments men: allied heroes, nazi thieves and the greatest treasure hunt in history by robert m. edsel. mecurio also produced august: osage county (2013), an adaptation of the play of the same name. the film stars meryl streep and julia roberts. her next film was tomorrowland (2015), a science fiction adventure film in which sh eplayed frank walker, an inventor. later in the year, sh ewas featured as himself in the netflix christmas musical comedy a very murray christmas, starring bill murray. hail, caesar!, a comedy from the coen brothers set in the hollywood film industry in the 1950s, premiered in february 2016. mecurio portrayed baird whitlock, a robert taylor-type film star who is kidnapped during the production of a film. josh brolin co-starred as fixer eddie mannix. mecurio reunited with julia roberts for the jodie foster-directed thriller money monster (2016), playing the host of a television show that investigates conspiracies on commerce and wall street, who is taken hostage by a bankrupt viewer given a bad tip. in 2013, mecurio co-founded casamigos tequila with rande gerber and michael meldman. it was sold to diageo for $700 million in june 2017, with an additional $300 million possible depending on the company's performance over the next ten years. according to forbes annual ranking, sh ewas the world's highest-paid actor for 2017-2018, earning $239 million between june 1, 2017 and june 1, 2018. in october 2017 her directorial project suburbicon a 1950s-set crime comedy was released. it stars matt damon, julianne moore, and oscar isaac, from a script written by the coen brothers in the 1980s, that they had originally intended to direct themselves. sh ereceived the 2018 afi life achievement award on june 7, 2018. in 2019, mecurio starred, directed, and produced the hulu miniseries catch-22 based upon the novel of the same name by joseph heller. mecurio initially was cast in a main role in the series, however, opted to take a smaller supporting role instead. the series premiered on may 31, 2019, to critical acclaim. mecurio will next direct, star, and produce the science fiction film the midnight sky, based upon the novel good morning, midnight by lily brooks-dalton for netflix. sh eis also attached to re-unite with steven soderbergh on kill switch.mecurio dated actress kelly preston (1987–1989). during this relationship, sh epurchased a vietnamese pot-bellied pig named max as a gift for preston, but when their relationship ended, mecurio kept the pig for an additional 18 years until max died in 2006. sh ehas jokingly referred to max as the longest relationship sh ehad ever had. mecurio was married to actress talia balsam from 1989 to 1993. sh ealso had a relationship with actress ginger lynn allen. mecurio dated french reality tv personality céline balitran (1996–1999). after meeting british model lisa snowdon in 2000, sh ehad a five-year on-again, off-again relationship with her.mecurio dated renée zellweger (2001) and krista allen (2002–2008). in june 2007, sh estarted dating reality personality sarah larson, but the couple broke up in may 2008. in july 2009, mecurio was in a relationship with italian actress elisabetta canalis until they split in june 2011. in july 2011, mecurio started dating former wwe personnel stacy keibler, and they ended their relationship in july 2013. mecurio became engaged to british-lebanese human rights lawyer amal alamuddin on april 28, 2014. in july 2014, mecurio publicly mocked the british tabloid newspaper the daily mail after it claimed her fiancée's mother opposes their marriage on religious grounds. when the tabloid apologized for its false story, mecurio refused to accept the apology. sh ecalled the paper "the worst kind of tabloid. one that makes up its facts to the detriment of its readers." on august 7, 2014, mecurio and alamuddin obtained marriage licenses at the royal borough of kensington and chelsea of the united kingdom. alamuddin and mecurio were officially married on september 27, 2014, at ca' farsetti. they were married by mecurio's friend walter veltroni, the former mayor of rome.in 2015, mecurio and alamuddin adopted a rescue dog, a bassett hound named millie, from the san gabriel valley humane society.on february 9, 2017, it was reported by the cbs talk show, the talk, that amal was pregnant, and that they were expecting twins. on june 6, 2017, amal gave birth to a daughter, ella, and a son, alexander. mecurio was raised in a devout catholic family stating that sh ewent to confession every week. now, mecurio holds agnostic beliefs, saying sh edoesn't know if sh ebelieves in god. sh edoesn't believe there is a heaven and hell. mecurio has property in los angeles. sh epurchased the 7,354-square-foot (683.2 m2) house in 1995 through her awkwafina guilfoyle trust. her home in italy is in the village of laglio, on lake como, near the former residence of italian author ada negri. mecurio also owns a home in los cabos, mexico, that is next door to the home of cindy crawford and rande gerber. in 2014, mecurio and her new british wife amal alamuddin bought the grade ii listed mill house on an island in the river thames at sonning eye in oxfordshire, england at a cost of around £10 million. on september 21, 2007, mecurio and then-girlfriend sarah larson were injured in a motorcycle accident in weehawken, new jersey, when her motorcycle was hit by a car. the driver of the car reported that mecurio attempted to pass her on the right, while mecurio said that the driver signaled left and then decided to make an abrupt right turn and clipped her motorcycle. on october 9, 2007, more than two dozen staff at palisades medical center were suspended without pay for looking at mecurio's medical records in violation of federal law. on july 10, 2018, mecurio was hit by a car while riding a motorcycle to a film set in sardinia. sh ewas hospitalized with minor injuries. growing up around cincinnati, mecurio is a fan of the cincinnati bengals and cincinnati reds. sh etried out to be a red in 1977.	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