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George Clooney (Dr Doug Ross)
Stardom on ER has helped propel George Clooney to a booming career in motion pictures as well as on television. After his work on the romantic comedy One Fine Day with Michelle Pfeiffer and his critically acclaimed turn in Quentin Tarantino's From Dusk Till Dawn, George took on the role of Batman in the hit motion picture Batman and Robin. In a September 1997 project, he co-starred with Nicole Kidman in The Peacemaker. George also traveled to Australia to film a cameo role in Terence Malick's The Thin Red Line. His most recent film role is that of a fugitive bank robber in the film adaptation of Elmore Leonard's best-selling novel Out of Sight. George was born in Lexington and raised in Augusta, Kentucky. He began finding his way around TV studios at age five, when his father, veteran newscaster Nick Clooney, hosted a talk show in Cincinnati. Like other members of his family, young George was asked to pitch in by selling products and playing sketch characters. At first, George wanted to emulate his dad and became a broadcast journalist, but he later decided he did not want to compete in the same arena. He studied for a few years at Northern Kentucky University. An excellent baseball player, he also tried out for the Cincinnati Reds, hoping to fulfill a lifelong dream of playing for the team. At last, 21-year-old George found his calling when his best friend and cousin, Miguel Ferrer, came to Lexington and helped him earn a part in a small feature film. George arrived in California in 1982 and spent the next year unemployed, sleeping in a friend's closet and bicycling to auditions. After he completed an unreleased feature with Charlie Sheen, an ABC casting executive signed George to a contract. When it expired, he joined the cast of the comedy E/R at midseason. During the intervening years before he joined ER, George starred in a few pilots and popped up n the US shows: The Facts of Life, Roseanne, Sunset Beat, Baby Talk, Bodies of Evidence, and Sisters. Cast as the charming and talented Dr. Ross, George had the opportunity to play a role that took his career in a new direction. On stage he has appeared in 15 plays. Away from the set, George is an avid golfer and a American Football fan. He also enjoys collecting motorcycles and playing basketball. His birthday is May 6th.