40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Not even a mullet can dampen George Clooney's appeal. The actor got his start on the small screen, playing handyman George Burnett on The Facts of Life and, more famously, as Dr. Doug Ross on ER, but quickly rose to Tinseltown royalty. Now, he bounces between critical darlings (The Descendants, Syriana) and commercial blockbusters (the Oceans franchise) as easily as he does between the good life in Lake Como, where he spends much of his time with wife Amal, and Darfur, Sudan, where he has worked tirelessly to stop human rights atrocities. An acclaimed director, he's loved by seemingly all. Here are 40 photos that chronicle his rise.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney poses for a portrait session in May 1985 in Los Angeles, Calif.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney and Kelly Preston, whom he dated and lived with, photographed together in 1985.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
The Facts of Life cast at its 150th Show Party in 1986. Pictured: (L-R) Charlotte Rae as Edna Garrett, Lisa Whelchel as Blair Warner, Nancy McKeon as Joanne 'Jo' Polniaczek, Kim Fields as Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey, Mindy Cohn as Natalie Green, Mackenzie Astin as Andy Moffet, Clooney as George Burnett.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills in 1986.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney as Major Biff Woods in NBC's Sunday Night At The Movies, Combat High, in 1986.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney on the set of Roseanne in 1989. He played Booker Brooks, a foreman at the company Roseanne and Jackie worked at, in 11 episodes.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney's portrait for The Facts of Life in 1986.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney attending a celebrity basketball game on June 24, 1989 in Malibu, Calif.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney in Los Angeles in 1990 promoting his film Red Surf.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney as Dr. Doug Ross on ER in 1990.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney poses for a portrait in 1992 in Los Angeles, Ca.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney poses for a portrait session on March 2, 1992 in Los Angeles, Ca.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney during an interview with host Jay Leno on November 24, 1994.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney standing with Atlanta Brave baseball player David Justice at MTV's Rock 'N' Jock softball game in 1995.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney poses with a pool stick during the filming of From Dusk till Dawn in 1995 in Los Angeles.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney visits with fans at Planet Hollywood in 1995 in Atlanta, Georgia.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney hosts Saturday Night Live in 1995.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Juliette Lewis, Clooney, and Quentin Tarantino in Burbank, Ca. in 1995.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney attends the Planet Hollywood Beverly Hills Grand Opening in 1995.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney on The Late Show with David Letterman on November 23, 1995.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer photographed on the set of One Fine Day in NYC in 1996.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Alicia Silverstone, Clooney and Chris O'Donnell on the set of Batman & Robin, directed by Joel Schumacher in 1997.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney and Jennifer Lopez at premiere of their film Out Of Sight on June 24, 1998.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Mark Wahlberg and Clooney attending the UK premiere of The Perfect Storm, at the Warner Village cinemas, Star City, Birmingham.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on March 4, 2001.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle pose for the Sunday Calendar cover shoot of Ocean's 11 cast members taken in Malibu, Ca. on October 20, 2001.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones leave by water taxi after a press conference at the 60th Venice Film Festival on September 3, 2003 in Venice, Italy.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney and his wife, Amal Clooney, attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Amal Clooney and Clooney attend the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018 in Windsor, England.
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
40 Photos That Prove George Clooney is Our Most Affable A-Lister
Clooney and Amal Clooney attend the American Film Institute's 46th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to George Clooney at Dolby Theatre on June 7, 2018 in Hollywood, Ca.
'Gorgeous George, indeed!'