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George Clooney
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George Clooney Now: New Movie Wolfs Arrives in Theaters
George Clooney is back to his roots in the action-comedy Wolfs, starring alongside longtime friend Brad Pitt. The movie, which first premiered at the Venice Film Festival, arrived in select theaters September The year-old Clooney plays Jack, a professional fixer, who gets hired to cover up a high-profile crime but finds himself forced to work with his rival, despite both men being lone wolves.
Wolfs marks the first time Clooney and Pitt have worked together on the big screen in 16 years. The pair last teamed up in Burn After Reading in “It’s an off the charts great film, and it’s fun to work with Brad again,” Clooney said in a interview with Deadline. “We had a really good time.”
While Wolfs was initially expected to get a wide theatrical release, it will only be in limited theaters for a week before coming to Apple TV+ on September “We’re happy it’s getting released at all,” Clooney told The Hollywood Reporter. “Obviously we wish it was having a wider release, and we’re trying to figure these things out as we go. This is a revolutionary time in our industry so it’s taken a moment to get through it, but we’ll get through it.”
Who Is George Clooney?
George Clooney is an Academy Award–winning actor, director, and producer who has become one of Hollywood’s most recognizable stars. After nearly a decade of consistent work, the Kentucky native scored his breakout role in as Dr. Doug Ross on the hit TV show ER. His Emmy-nominated performance led to major movie roles in Batman & Robin and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Clooney has since starred in Ocean’s Eleven and two of its sequels, Michael Clayton, and The Descendants, among many other titles. He has won two Oscars for ’s Syriana and ’s Argo. Once dubbed one of Hollywood’s most eligible bachelors, the movie star is now married to international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, with whom he shares George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, , in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney spent most of his youth in Ohio and Kentucky, and graduated from Augusta High School. He was very active in sports such as basketball and baseball, and tried out for the Cincinnati Reds, but was not offered a contract. American actor and filmmaker (born ) George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, ) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for his work in both blockbuster and independent films, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award and four Golden Globe Awards. His honors include the Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Honorary César, the AFI Life Achievement Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor. Clooney started acting in television in the late s, and later gained wide recognition in his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER (–), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He expanded to leading roles in films, with his breakthrough role in From Dusk till Dawn () followed by Batman & Robin (), Out of Sight (), Three Kings (), The Perfect Storm () and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (). Greater stardom came from his starring role in Soderbergh's Ocean's film series from to Clooney won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the thriller Syriana (), and earned Best Actor nominations for the legal thriller Michael Clayton (), and the comedy-dramas Up in the Air () and The Descendants (). He has also starred in Burn After Reading (), The American (), Gravity (), Hail, Caesar! () and Ticket to Paradise (). Clooney made his directorial debut with the spy drama Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (), and has since directed the historical drama Good Night, and Good Luck (), the political drama The Ides of March (), the war film The Monuments Men (), the science fiction film The Midnight Sky () and the biographical sports drama The Boys in the Boat (). He received the Academy Award for Best Picture for co-producing the political thriller Argo (). As of , he is one of four people to have been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories. C .
After his cousin, Miguel Ferrer, got him a small role in a feature film, Clooney began to pursue acting. His first major role was on the sitcom E/R () as Ace. More roles soon followed, including George Burnett, the handsome handyman on The Facts of Life (); Booker Brooks, a supervisor on Roseanne (); and Detective James Falconer on Sisters (). Clooney had his breakthrough when he was cast as Dr. Doug Ross on the award-winning drama series ER (), opposite Anthony Edwards, Noah Wyle and Julianna Margulies.
While filming "ER" (), Clooney starred in a number of high profile film roles, such as Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn (), and One Fine Day (), opposite Michelle Pfeiffer. In , Clooney took on the role of Batman in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin (). The film was a moderate success in the box office, but was slammed by critics, notably for the nipple-laden Batsuit. Clooney went on to star in Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (), Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (), and David O. Russell's Three Kings ().
In , Clooney left "ER" () (though he would return for the season finale) and appeared in a number of films, including O Brother, Where Art Thou? (), The Perfect Storm () and Ocean's Eleven (). Collaborating once again with Steven Soderbergh, Ocean's Eleven () received critical acclaim, earned more than $ million at the box office, and spawned two sequels: Ocean's Twelve () and Ocean's Thirt George Clooney