Little fact explorers, let me introduce you to George Timothy Clooney!
He is an American actor and filmmaker!
He has also received many prestigious awards, including four Golden Globe Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and two Academy Awards!
So, in this article, let us go through some amazing facts about George Clooney!
Amazing George Clooney Facts of life
George Clooney was born in Lexington, Kentucky
Little fact-enthusiasts, did you know that George Clooney was born in Lexington, Kentucky?
He was born on May 6, 1961.
His mom, Nina Bruce, was a beauty queen and also a city councilwoman!
Clooney’s dad, Nick Clooney, was a former anchorman and even television📺 host! He even worked on the AMC network for five years!
Clooney has an elder sister, Adelia👩!
Clooney has German, Irish, and English ancestry!
George Clooney: An altar boy during his childhood
Before becoming a famous actor, Clooney was inclined toward Christianity! Interesting, right?
In an interview with Larry King, he even disclosed a secret!
He said that a large part of his childhood was spent being a neighborhood church’s ⛪altar boy!
As a teenager, Clooney had chronic health issues
When George was just 14 years old, he battled with Bell’s palsy for around a year! It was a form of facial paralysis!
Moreover, he even suffered from bleeding🩸 stomach ulcers!
George Clooney: Meet a woman-shoe seller
Little friends, like me, you will be really surprised to learn this amazing fact about Clooney. Want to know?
George went to the University of Cincinnati; however, he did not complete his graduation!
Instead, he started selling women’s shoes👠! Quite amazing, isn’t it?
Along with those shoes, he even tried other works, such as selling insurance door-to-door, stocking shelves, cutting tobacco, and even working in construction!
Also, in his struggling days, Clooney even lived in a friend’s closet and also rode a bicycle to get to auditions!!
He tried all these to make money!!
Acting is in Clooney’s blood: A talented family tree
Clooney’s artistic talent seems to run in his family!
Rosemary Clooney, his aunt, was a famous cabaret singer and actress in the 1950s!
Also, his cousin, Miguel Ferrer, who passed in the year 2017, was a well-known actor🎥!
Acting with his cousin triggered his acting ambitions
After dropping out of Northern Kentucky University, George made a small movie with his cousin Miguel Ferrer, an actor!
George enjoyed the experience quite a lot and finally decided to give acting a chance as his full-time profession!
Later, we all know that he became one of the most sought-after actors in all of Hollywood!
Max, Clooney’s pet pig, saved this famous actor’s life
Have you heard this wonderful secret about George Clooney? No? Let me tell you.
George had a pet pig 🐖named Max, a gift from his then-girlfriend Kelly Preston!
The pig once saved Clooney’s life by waking him up before an earthquake!
Max appeared in interviews with Clooney! It even shared his bed and got to ride in the private jet of John Travolta! Amazing, isn’t it?
Clooney’s acting breakthrough
In the year 1984, he got a role in a medical drama on NBC called ER and played the character of Dr. Doug Ross.
Before getting this role, he had to face numerous rejections and even got some small roles!
Soon After, he turned out to be one of the breakout stars of the show and even started getting film offers!
Smartest and sexiest man alive
Like me, you will be really amazed to learn this wonderful fact about Clooney!
George Clooney is among the very few actors who are gifted with a perfect combination of brains🧠 and beauty!
He not only topped the list of the “Most Beautiful Men Alive,” but was also enumerated in the list of Entertainment Weekly called the 50 Smartest People in Hollywood!
Clooney has a diverse career: An actor, director, and producer
George Clooney has proven himself as a multitalented artist!
In Hollywood, he had already proven himself as an amazing actor, along with being a good director and a producer!
Some of his memorable works 🎬 include: Ocean’s Eleven series, The Ides of March, Argo, Good Night and Good Luck, The Monuments Men, etc.
Clooney might have been a basketball player
Love to play basketball? Then you will surely like this interesting fact about Clooney!
During his school days, he was more focused on sports than books! He even tried out for the Cincinnati Reds to pursue baseball ⚾as his profession!
However, George didn’t succeed because his fortune was looking for something else!
Clooney: A heartthrob with a heart
In the year 2006, He even traveled around the western region of Sudan, called Darfur!
He went there as a Strategic Advisor for the Not On Our Watch Project to properly monitor armed activity for signs of civil war between South Sudan and Sudan!
He even went there to detect as well as deter mass atrocities!
He co-founded the organization Not On Our Watch, which aims to prevent mass atrocities and raise global awareness regarding violations of human rights!
Clooney is also involved in many humanitarian projects, including helping the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake and Hurricane Katrina!
Clooney, first cover boy on Men’s Vogue
In 2005, Clooney was the cover boy of the first-ever edition of the magazine “Men’s Vogue!”
Also, after Richard Gere, he was the second man ever to appear on the cover of ‘Vogue.’
Clooney, a man with an impressive property portfolio
Little fact lovers, have you heard this amazing secret about Clooney? No? Let’s explore.
George Clooney has quite an impressive property🏰 portfolio, as he owns houses in multiple countries!
Some of his known residences are a mansion in Los Angeles, a villa in Lake Como, and even a house in Berkshire, England!
George Clooney, the face of Nespresso
Oh, Coffee! How much I wish to enjoy a cup of hot coffee☕!
Since the year 2006, George Clooney has been the face of Nespresso! Amazing right??
He even starred in the global advertising campaigns of the brand!
His love for this amazing drink extends beyond endorsements, as he is even an investor in the company as well as a dedicated consumer of their products!
George Clooney has a strong passion for pranks
Clooney is quite famous for his love for practical jokes😜 and his sense of humor! He is known to have pulled pranks on many of his co-stars, including Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, and Meryl Streep!
This makes him one of the most notorious pranksters in Hollywood!
His movies have a connection with robbery
I don’t know if it is a coincidence or what, but it is quite evident that most of his movies have a connection with the robbery💰!
Some of the interesting movies of Clooney include Out of Sight, dusk Till Dawn, Welcome to Collinwood, O’ Brother Where Art Thou, and Ocean’s Eleven.
The Casanova Effect of Clooney
In the year 1989, Clooney married actress Talia Balsam; however, they divorced in 1993.
In 2014, he married Amal Alamuddin 👰♀️, a Lebanese-British lawyer and activist!
They got married in a lavish ceremony in Venice, Italy!
The couple welcomed twins Alexander, and Ella, into the world!
Also, Clooney even dated many actresses, like Ginger Lynn Allen, Kelly Preston, Lisa Snowdon, Celine Balitran, Renee Zellweger, and Elizabeth Canalis!
George Clooney won many significant awards
Throughout his illustrious career, Clooney has received many accolades and awards, including;
He received four Golden Globe Awards.
Two for Best Actor for movies like O Brother, Where Art Thou? and The Descendants, Best Motion Picture for Argo, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and also Best Supporting Actor for Syriana!
Moreover, he got two Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actor for Syriana and Best Picture for Argo.
He even received a BAFTA Award for Best Film for Argo.
He also received the People’s Choice Award, MTV Movie Award, Satellite Award, Primetime Emmy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and many more!
Clooney’s Roman haircut
If you are a fan of Clooney’s Roman haircut, then like me, you will surely love this amazing fact about George Clooney! Want to know?
This haircut of George was never intended by him or even his hairdresser! Amazed, right?
Wanting to give his character a wild look, Clooney went for a haircut!
At first, it was a complete blunder!
However, his Roman haircut of Clooney received much praise and fame and became his look ever since his film “From Dusk Till Dawn.”
Thelma & Louise: Brad Pitt got the role instead of Clooney
I am really surprised to learn this interesting fact about Clooney!
Clooney auditioned five times for the role of J.D. in the movie “Thelma & Louise.”
However, this role later went to another famous actor Brad Pitt, and boosted him to fame! Really interesting, isn’t it?
Clooney was included on the annual list of Time’s
George Clooney’s name was included on Time’s annual Time 100 list😲. This identifies the world’s most influential people every year from 2006 to 2009.
Humanitarian works and businesses of Clooney
Other than being famous as an amazing, award-winning actor, George Clooney is also known for his economic and political activism!
He has served since 2008 as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace, focusing on humanitarian and environmental issues!
Also, George Clooney is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations!
Moreover, Clooney is a strong advocate for electric vehicles, renewable energy, and even the importance of addressing climate change!
Outside of acting and humanitarian works, Clooney is famous as a cofounder of Casamigos tequila!
It was one of the best-selling spirits of 2022!
Clooney received life threatening injuries during the shoot for the film ‘Syriana
Little friends, did you know the fact that Clooney suffered some life-threatening injuries during his shoot for movie “Syriana?”
Though he got an Oscar for the Best Supporting Role in the movie, Clooney sustained some serious damage to his spinal membrane! That even caused his spinal fluid to leak into his brain!
He had to undergo treatment 🏥 for more than one month due to terrible back pain and massive headaches!
Only several months of treatment helped his body back to normal!
Summing up
So little fact enthusiasts, now you know quite a lot about George Timothy Clooney! 😲!!
We can never gather too much knowledge about the person who is still surprising us with his acting talent and beautiful heart!
So…now we stop here and move on to some other important personality…
See you soon…!!
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