

Although Clooney tried to follow in his father's footsteps and study journalism, he eventually dropped out of college and then the acting bug bit. His aunt was singer and actress Rosemary Clooney and his father was Kentucky anchorman Nick Clooney. While he also appeared in the film, he refused to take the lead role because he didn't even think he'd be believable embodying a famed newsman who helped define modern American journalism.Ĭlooney grew up in both the world of Hollywood and the world of news.

But he is also an actor and an artist and in 2005, he released a passion project that he wrote, directed, produced, and financed because he knew the story had to be told. From the time George Clooney was able to leave television behind after his breakout role on NBC's "ER" and became a full-blown movie star in the 1990s, he's been able to command quite the hefty multi-million dollar salary and live life as a fabulously wealthy man.
