George Clooney Net Worth 2023: Income, Wife, Kids & Biography

Who is George Clooney?

George Clooney is a renowned American actor, director, entrepreneur, activist, and screenwriter. As of 2023, George Clooney Net Worth is estimated at $500 million according to our source. Clooney is among the most in-demand A-List actors in the entertainment industry. In each film role, he routinely earns $20 million. Clooney seems to have lived a successful acting career worth four decades.

He has a highly decorated directing career as well as numerous writing and producing credentials to his name. With his good looks that seem to age like fine wine, it would seem he is ageless as well as resilient to the changes in the industry. Aside from his acting career, George Clooney is also the founder of Casamigos Tequila. In 2017, Clooney and his two business partners sold Casamigos to Diageo for a whopping $1 billion.

Real Name	George Timothy Clooney
Date of Birth	May 6, 1961
Age	62 years old
Height	5 Feet 10 Inches
Birthplace	Lexington
Nationality	American
Wife	Amal Alamuddin ​(m. 2014)

It goes without saying that George Clooney has been one of the greatest movie stars in recent decades, starring in award-winning films such as Ocean’s Eleven, Gravity, Up in the Air, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and several other movies. Undoubtedly, the Ocean’s franchise solidified his already-stellar fame and fortune and was even reportedly why he got interested in jackpot slots. It is said that during his break times from filming, he would play slot during the filming of Ocean’s Eleven in the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

What George Clooney experienced in Las Vegas can only be like Joe Fortune’s selection of jackpot slots. With the online casino platform fully licensed and regulated, ensuring fair gameplay and reliable payouts, you can click here and play jackpot slots if you’d like a glimpse of the reason why Clooney became interested in casino games.

Early Life & Education

George Clooney was born in Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Nina Bruce, gave birth to him on May 6, 1961. She was a city councilwoman and a beauty queen. Nick Clooney, his father, is a former anchorman and television host, serving five years on the AMC network.

George Clooney has an Irish, English, and German ancestry. He has an older sister named Ada (or Adelia) while Rosemary Clooney, a cabaret singer and actress, was his aunt. His cousins include actors Gabriel Ferrer, Miguel Ferrer, and Rafael Ferrer, through Rosemary.

Raised as a strict Roman Catholic, Clooney expressed in 1998 that he did not know if he believed “in Heaven or even God”. He started his education at the Blessed Sacrament School in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, and from 1968 to 1974, he attended St. Michael’s School in Worthington, Ohio, then Western Row Elementary School in Mason, and St. Susanna School in Mason.

When George Clooney was in the middle of his seventh grade, they moved back to Kentucky. During middle school, George developed Bell’s palsy, a partial paralysis of the face medical condition. After that, Clooney attended Augusta High School with his parents moving to Augusta, Kentucky.

From 1979 to 1981, he attended Northern Kentucky University, majoring in broadcast journalism, and briefly attended the University of Cincinnati, but dropped out eventually. Through his early years, he earned money by selling women’s shoes, door-to-door insurance, shelf stocking, construction work, and tobacco cutting.

Professional Career & Breakthrough

He lived in his car for some time after moving to Los Angeles. However, the car was parked in the driveway of a Beverly Hills mansion owned by his aunt, singer Rosemary Clooney. He would soon win minor roles in TV shows such as “The Golden Girls”, “The Facts of Life”, and “Roseanne”.

His first major role involved a sitcom called “E/R” in 1984, not to be confused with his role on “ER”, an NBC drama, which began in 1994. During that time, he appeared in numerous films like “Out of Sight”, “One Fine Day”, and “From Dusk Til Dawn”. He also appeared in one “Batman” film.

His appearance in “ER” from 1994 to 1999, then again in 2000 and 2009, in a total of 109 episodes earned him two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations and three Golden Globe nominations for best actor as he played Dr. Doug Ross.

Clooney left “ER” in 1999 and won several box office successes, including his most famous film up until now called “Ocean’s Eleven”, where he co-starred with Matt Damon. In 2000, he starred in “The Perfect Storm” and “O’ Brother, Where Art Though”. Due to its massive success, Clooney reprised his role in “Ocean’s Twelve” and “Ocean’s Thirteen”.

In 2005, he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film he appeared in called “Syriana”. In the same year, he was nominated for both directing and writing “Good Night, and Good Luck”. Clooney holds the record of being the first person in Oscar history to be nominated for directing one film and acting in another.

George Clooney continued to hit box office successes when he starred with Ewan McGregor in “The Men Who Stare at Goats” (2009 as well as starring in “Up in the Air” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox”. He won massive critical praise for the 2011 “The Descendants” and the 2013 “The Ides of March”, including “Argo”.

As of now, Clooney is the only person in Oscar history to be nominated for awards in six different sections and categories. The 2013 “Gravity” with Sandra Bullock also won George Clooney critical praise.

In tribute to all his achievements in the entertainment world, George Clooney was awarded the 2018 AFI Life Achievement Award.