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George Clooney, then and now
George Clooney was born in Lexington, Ky., on May 6, 1961. The actor rose to fame in his 20s, becoming a bona fide leading man soon after. Decades later, Clooney has Oscars and Golden Globes to his name and is only adding to his résumé. See photos of the star over the years, ahead.
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George Clooney with Kelly Preston in 1985
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George Clooney as George Burnett on The Facts of Life on Sept. 28, 1985
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George Clooney as Major Biff Woods in Combat Academy on Oct. 3, 1986
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George Clooney as Booker Brooks on Roseanne on Nov. 29, 1988
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George Clooney on June 24, 1989
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George Clooney in Los Angeles in 1990
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George Clooney on July 26, 1990
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George Clooney in Los Angeles on March 2, 1992
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George Clooney in the early-'90s
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George Clooney on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Sept. 16, 1994
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George Clooney with Noah Wyle on Dec. 7, 1994
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George Clooney and Kimberly Russell in Beverly Hills on Dec. 11, 1994
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George Clooney at the 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 21, 1995
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George Clooney on Saturday Night Live on Feb. 25, 1995
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George Clooney with Julianna Margulies on March 4, 1995
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George Clooney with Kelsey Grammer, Tommy Lee, and Jason Patric in Las Vegas on March 10, 1995
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George Clooney filming One Fine Day on May 1, 1996
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George Clooney in One Fine Day with Michelle Pfeiffer in 1996
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George Clooney with Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman in Hollywood on June 3, 1995
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George Clooney with Dan Cortese and Ozzie Smith at MTV's 6th Annual Rock N' Jock Baseball in Los Angeles on Sept. 1, 1995
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George Clooney with Celine Balitran at the Los Angeles premiere of Sleepers on Oct. 11, 1996
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George Clooney with Celine Balitran at the 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 19, 1997
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George Clooney as Dr. Doug Ross on ER in 1997
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George Clooney at the 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards with Celine Balitran on Jan. 18, 1998
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George Clooney in Out of Sight in 1998
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George Clooney at the GQ Man of the Year Awards in New York on Oct. 21, 1998
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George Clooney as Dr. Doug Ross on ER in 1999
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George Clooney on Sept. 30, 1999
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George Clooney as Ulysses Everett McGill in O Brother, Where Art Thou? with John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson on Jan. 24, 2000
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George Clooney with Chuck Knoblauch at the New York Yankees' spring training in Tampa in 2000
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George Clooney at the Los Angeles premiere of The Perfect Storm on June 26, 2000
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George Clooney at the 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 21, 2001
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George Clooney in New York City on March 4, 2001
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George Clooney on Late Show With David Letterman on Nov. 26, 2002
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George Clooney at the premiere of Intolerable Cruelty with Catherine Zeta-Jones on Sept. 30, 2003
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George Clooney at the Los Angeles premiere of The Bourne Supremacy with Lisa Snowdon on July 15, 2004
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George Clooney at the Los Angeles premiere of Ocean's Twelve with Andy Garcia and Don Cheadle on Dec. 8, 2004
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George Clooney on Sept. 22, 2005
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George Clooney at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 10, 2006
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George Clooney at the 78th Annual Academy Awards on March 5, 2006
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George Clooney with Julia Roberts in Beverly Hills on Oct. 14, 2006
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George Clooney at Grauman's Chinese Theatre with Brad Pitt on June 5, 2007
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George Clooney at the United Nations on Jan. 31, 2008
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George Clooney at the 65th Venice Film Festival with Brad Pitt on Aug. 27, 2008
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George Clooney at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 26, 2009
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George Clooney at the premiere of The Men Who Stare at Goats at the 66th Venice Film Festival on Sept. 8, 2009
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George Clooney at the Los Angeles premiere of The Descendants on Nov. 15, 2011
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George Clooney at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 15, 2012
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George Clooney at the 18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards on Jan. 10, 2013
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George Clooney at the 85th Academy Awards with Grant Heslov and Ben Affleck on Feb. 24, 2013
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George Clooney in Venice with Amal Alamuddin on Sept. 28, 2014
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George Clooney in Venice with Amal Alamuddin on Sept. 29, 2014
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George Clooney in New York City with Amal Clooney on March 10, 2015
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George Clooney at the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 11, 2015
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George Clooney at the Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 11, 2016
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Julia Roberts and George Clooney at Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief at Universal Studios AMC on Sept. 12, 2017
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Amal Clooney and George Clooney at the wedding ceremony of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018
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George Clooney at the premiere of Hulu's Catch-22 in Hollywood on May 7, 2019
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George Clooney with Jimmy Kimmel at Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Dec. 2, 2020
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George Clooney and Amal Clooney at the The Tender Bar premiere during the 65th BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 10, 2021
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