George Timothy Clooney (May 6, 1961) is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards—one for acting and the other for producing. In 2001, Clooney's fame widened with the release of his biggest commercial success, Ocean's Eleven, the first of a profitable film trilogy. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the Middle East thriller Syriana (2005) and subsequently gained Best Actor nominations for such films as Michael Clayton (2007), Up in the Air (2009) and The Descendants (2011). In 2013, he received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the film Argo, alongside Ben Affleck and Grant Heslov. He is the only person ever to be nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories. Clooney is one of three people to have been given the title of "Sexiest Man Alive". He appeared in commercials outside the US for products such as Fiat, Nespresso, and Martini vermouth.Clooney was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2007, 2008, and 2009. He is recently engaged with Amal Alamuddin.
