Claim: George Clooney works in the film industry as an actor and director.

George Timothy Clooney -LRB- born May 6 , 1961 -RRB- is an American actor , filmmaker , activist and philanthropist . He has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards , one for acting in Syriana -LRB- 2006 -RRB- and the other for co-producing Argo -LRB- 2012 -RRB- .   Clooney made his acting debut on television in 1978 , and later gained wide recognition in his role as Dr. Doug Ross on the long-running medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999 , for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations . While working on ER , he began attracting a variety of leading roles in films , including the superhero film Batman & Robin -LRB- 1997 -RRB- and the crime comedy Out of Sight -LRB- 1998 -RRB- , in which he first worked with director Steven Soderbergh , who would become a long-time collaborator . In 1999 , he took the lead role in Three Kings , a well-received war satire set during the Gulf War .   In 2001 , Clooney 's fame widened with the release of his biggest commercial success , the heist comedy remake Ocean 's Eleven , the first of what became a trilogy starring Clooney . He made his directorial debut a year later with the biographical spy comedy Confessions of a Dangerous Mind , and has since directed the historical drama Good Night , and Good Luck -LRB- 2005 -RRB- , the sports comedy Leatherheads -LRB- 2008 -RRB- , the political drama The Ides of March -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , and the war film The Monuments Men -LRB- 2014 -RRB- .   Clooney won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Middle East thriller Syriana -LRB- 2005 -RRB- , and subsequently earned Best Actor nominations for the legal thriller Michael Clayton -LRB- 2007 -RRB- and the comedy-dramas Up in the Air -LRB- 2009 -RRB- and The Descendants -LRB- 2011 -RRB- . In 2013 , he received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the political thriller Argo . He is the only person who has been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories .   In 2009 , Clooney was included in Time annual Time 100 as one of the `` Most Influential People in the World '' . He is also noted for his political and economic activism , and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January 31 , 2008 . His humanitarian work includes his advocacy of finding a resolution for the Darfur conflict , raising funds for the 2010 Haiti earthquake , Armenian Genocide recognition , 2004 tsunami , and 9/11 victims , and creating documentaries such as Sand and Sorrow to raise awareness about international crises . He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations .