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George Clooney

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George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards. Clooney has been honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2015, the Honorary César in 2017, AFI Life Achievement Award in 2018, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2022.Clooney started his career in television, gaining wide recognition in his role as Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Clooney has received more than 33,836,626 page views. His biography is available in 101 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). George Clooney is the 226th most popular actor (up from 237th in 2019), the 426th most popular biography from United States (up from 439th in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Actor.

George Clooney is most famous for his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER.

Memorability Metrics

  • 34M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 101

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Cloonies by language

Over the past year George Clooney has had the most page views in the with 4,267,221 views, followed by Spanish (570,636), and German (440,077). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (126.59%), Kirghiz (96.52%), and Korean (94.10%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, George Clooney ranks 226 out of 13,578. Before him are John Hurt, Laura Antonelli, Kim Basinger, Natalie Wood, Jessica Lange, and Peter Fonda. After him are Ed Harris, Shirley MacLaine, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Widmark, Liv Ullmann, and Dennis Hopper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, George Clooney ranks 6. Before him are Diana, Princess of Wales, Barack Obama, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Ilham Aliyev, and Lothar Matthäus. After him are Stephen Hillenburg, Nadia Comăneci, Eddie Murphy, Joko Widodo, Michael J. Fox, and Enya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Clooney ranks 426 out of 20,380. Before him are Kim Basinger (1953), Natalie Wood (1938), Ed Gein (1906), Jessica Lange (1949), Peter Fonda (1940), and John R. Bolton (1948). After him are Ed Harris (1950), Shirley MacLaine (1934), Hugh Hefner (1926), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Millard Fillmore (1800), and Lewis H. Morgan (1818).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, George Clooney ranks 108. Before him are Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), James Hong (1929), Kim Basinger (1953), Natalie Wood (1938), Jessica Lange (1949), and Peter Fonda (1940). After him are Ed Harris (1950), Shirley MacLaine (1934), Richard Widmark (1914), Dennis Hopper (1936), Lauren Bacall (1924), and Viggo Mortensen (1958).

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Television and Movie Roles

Ocean's Twelve
Danny Ocean
Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
Dec 9o 20046.565 / 10
Gravity
Lt. Matt Kowalski
Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.
Oct 3o 20137.162 / 10
Ocean's Eleven
Danny Ocean
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.
Dec 7o 20017.433 / 10