| George Clooney quitted smoking after his uncle's death. |
| George Clooney drinks alcohol. |
| His father was a game show host, and his mother was a beauty pageant. |
| Mary Ann Sparrow, who was Abraham Lincoln's maternal great-great-great-great-grandmother, was Nancy Lincoln's half-sister. |
| George Clooney developed Bell's palsy in middle school. |
| In 1977, he tried to play professional baseball with Cincinnati Reds but was rejected in the first round of the test. |
| Before his acting career, he did odd jobs like stocking shelves, selling women's shoes, door-to-door insurance, and cutting tobacco. |
| In 1984, he got his first major role in the short-lived sitcom E/R. |
| He studied acting for five years at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. |
| In 2003, he opposed the Iraq war, stating, "You can't beat your enemy anymore through wars." |
| His most successful film has been "Ocean's Eleven" in 2001, with two sequels following. |
| In 2005, George Clooney suffered a major accident on the set of "Syriana," which severely damaged his brain's dura. |
| He won his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2006 for his role in "Syriana." |
| George Clooney supported Barack Obama in the 2008 US presidential election and is an ardent supporter of gay rights. |
| He has appeared in commercials for Nespresso, Fiat, and Martini vermouth. |
| Time magazine named him thrice as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" in 2007, 2008, and 2009. |
| In 2005, he was ranked No.1 by TV Guide on its "50 Sexiest Star of All Time" list. |
| He made a cover appearance on "Vogue" magazine, only the second man after Richard Gere. |
| George Clooney owned a pet pig named "Max the Star." |
