Assignment 3-1: Weekly Written Analysis 3

George Clooney

George Timothy Clooney, an incredibly good looking movie icon in today’s times is also known as Gorgeous George. He was born in Lexington Kentucky on May 6, 1961. The icon started his early education in Kentucky, and later his parents moved to Ohio where he spent part of his childhood. He lived in Columbus and then Mason, Ohio.

In middle school, George was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a virus that paralyzed areas of his face for nearly a year. He was taunted and called names such as “Frankenstein” by his classmates. According to Wikipedia, Clooney disclosed to the Daily Mirror in 2003, “That was the worst time of my life” (Wikipedia, 2010).

Clooney’s father Nick Clooney, a news anchorman and talk show host would bring George to the set of his Cincinnati show and let him participate. George grew to be very popular with his father’s audience. Later, to avoid upstaging his own father in his career, George terminated his job as a broadcast journalist. After holding down odd jobs, he turned to acting.

His first steady TV role, E/R which he landed in 1984 was a short-lived sitcom, not to be confused with his role in the hit show ER. He achieved stardom and is most famous for his role in the television hospital drama ER in which he played the role of Dr. Doug Ross from 1994 to 1999.

Since the hit TV role as Dr. Ross, he has received several accolades by media icon People Magazine. He was chosen as one of the “50 Most Beautiful People in the World” in 1996 and voted the “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1997 and a second time in 2006. He was voted the “Best Dressed Male Television Star” in 1997. He was voted one of People’s “Top 50 Bachelors in 2002”. He was ranked number twenty-seven on Premier’s 2002 “Power 100 list”, and number twenty-nine in 2003. He was voted number three of the “Top Sexiest Men” in People Magazine in 2003. In 2005, he arrives on the cover of the first ever men’s “Vogue Magazine”. He was voted one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2007, 2008, and 2009 (Wikipedia, 2010) and (Internet Mobile Database, 2010).

He has starred in many other acting roles in movies such as Batman, From Dusk till Dawn, One Fine Day, The Peacemaker, Batman and Robin, The Perfect Storm, Oceans Eleven, Oceans Twelve, Oceans Thirteen, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Syriana, The Good German, and Leatherheads (Wikipedia, 2010).

Today, he is not only a famous American icon; he’s an actor, a film director and a producer and screen writer who has risen to superior iconic status. According to Internet Mobile Database, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year 2007 at $25 Million (Internet Mobile Database, 2010).

While George continues to be one of my favorite male actors, not only for his great looks and sex appeal, I applaud his efforts as a great humanitarian as well. He is doing remarkable work in Darfur, Chad, and Sudan. He received the Summit Peace Award in 2007 for his efforts to resolve the conflict in Darfur.

You can bet I would watch any movie he makes.


References
Wikipedia, (April 17, 2010). George Clooney. Retrieved April 17, 2010 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clooney
Internet Mobile Database, (2010). Biography for George Clooney. Retrieved April 17, 2010 from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000123/bio