The following is a list of awards and nominations received by George Clooney.
George Clooney is an American filmmaker and actor. Throughout his career he received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for three Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. During his career he has received several honors including the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award in 2010, the Stanley Kubrick Award in 2013, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2015, the Honorary César in 2017, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2018, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2022.
Clooney has received eight Academy Award nominations, winning two—Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a veteran CIA officer in Syriana (2005) and as co-producer of Best Picture winner Argo (2012). He was previously Oscar-nominated for Best Actor for his performances as an attorney in Michael Clayton (2007), a suave businessman in Up in the Air (2009), and a widower patriarch in The Descendants (2011). He was also nominated for Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), and Best Adapted Screenplay for The Ides of March (2011).
He is one of only three people ever to have been nominated in six different Academy Award categories (Best Picture; Best Director; Best Original Screenplay; Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Lead Actor; Best Supporting Actor), following Walt Disney and later joined by Alfonso Cuarón. (This record has since been surpassed by Kenneth Branagh, who has been nominated in seven different categories.)
On television, he appeared in The Facts of Life and Roseanne before landing the role of Dr. Doug Ross on the long-running NBC medical drama series ER. From 1994 to 1999, he was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, three times for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, and twice for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. He won four Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series with the cast in 1996-99.
In 2025, Clooney made his Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck, which earned him his first nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2006 Best Director Good Night, and Good Luck Best Original Screenplay Best Supporting Actor Syriana 2008 Best Actor Michael Clayton 2010 Up in the Air 2012 The Descendants Best Adapted Screenplay The Ides of March 2013 Best Picture Argo
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2006 Best Actor in a Supporting RoleSyriana Good Night, and Good LuckBest DirectionBest Original Screenplay2008 Best Actor in a Leading Role Michael Clayton 2010 Up in the Air 2012 The Descendants Best Adapted Screenplay The Ides of March 2013 Best Film Argo
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2005 Best Acting Ensemble Ocean's Twelve 2006 Best Director Good Night, and Good Luck Best Writer Freedom Award Best Supporting Actor Syriana 2008 Best Actor Michael Clayton 2010 Up in the Air 2012 The Descendants Critics' Choice Television Awards 2020 Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Catch-22
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Award 1995 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series ER (episode: "Long Day's Journey") 1996 ER (episode: "Hell and High Water") 2010 Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special Hope for Haiti Now
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1996 Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama ER 1997 1998 2001Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television FilmFail Safehttps://goldenglobes.com/person/george-clooney/ Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2006 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Syriana Best Director – Motion Picture Good Night, and Good Luck Best Screenplay – Motion Picture 2008 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Michael Clayton 2010 Up in the Air 2012 Best Director – Motion Picture The Ides of March Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama The Descendants 2015 Cecil B. DeMille Award 2026 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Jay Kelly
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1995 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series ER 1996 Outstanding Male Actor in a Drama Series 1997 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series 1998 1999 2006 Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role Syriana Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Good Night, and Good Luck. 2008 Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role Michael Clayton 2010 Up in the Air 2012 The Descendants Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2025 Best Actor in a Play Good Night, and Good Luck
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Awards Circuit Community Award2005 Best Actor in a Supporting RoleSyriana Best DirectorGood Night, and Good Luck Best Original Screenplay Best Cast Ensemble 2008 Best Cast Ensemble Burn After Reading 2009 Best Actor in a Leading RoleUp in the Air Best Cast Ensemble 2011 Best Actor in a Leading Role The Descendants 2012 Best Motion Picture Argo Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2009 Best Actor Up in the Air Actor of the Year The Men Who Stare at Goats / Up in the Air / Fantastic Mr. Fox Capri Hollywood International Film Festival2025Capri Ensemble Cast AwardJay Kelly Cinema for Peace 2006 The Cinema for Peace Award Good Night, and Good Luck Directors Guild of America Awards 2005 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Good Night, and Good Luck Empire Awards 2000 Best Actor O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2006 Best Director Good Night, and Good Luck. Fangoria Chainsaw Award 1997 Best Actor From Dusk till Dawn Independent Spirit Awards 2005 Best Director Good Night, and Good Luck MTV Movie & TV Awards 1996 Best Breakthrough Performance From Dusk till Dawn 1999 Best Kiss Out of Sight 2000 Best On-Screen Team O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2002 Best DressedOcean's Eleven Best On-Screen Team New York Film Critics Circle 2009 Best Actor Fantastic Mr. Fox Outer Critics Circle Award2025John Gassner AwardGood Night, and Good LuckPeople's Choice Awards 2008 Favorite On Screen Match-Up Ocean's Thirteen 2012 Favorite Movie Icon 2017 Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor Money Monster Satellite Awards 2000 Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical) O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2005 Best Original Screenplay (Motion Picture) Good Night, and Good Luck. 2009 Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical) Up in the Air 2011 Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) The Descendants Saturn Awards 1995 Best Film Lead Actor From Dusk till Dawn 2002 Solaris 2011 The American 2014 Best Film Supporting Actor Gravity Teen Choice Awards 2007 Choice Movie ChemistryOcean's Thirteen Writers Guild of America Awards2005 Best Original Screenplay Good Night, and Good Luck Paul Selvin Award
Honorary awards
Organizations Year Award Result Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2006 Modern Master Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 2010 Bob Hope Humanitarian Award Telluride Film Festival 2011 Silver Medallion Award Britannia Award 2013 Stanley Kubrick Award Golden Globe Awards 2015 Cecil B. DeMille Award César Awards 2017 Honorary César American Film Institute 2018 AFI Life Achievement Award Kennedy Center Honors 2022 Medal Film at Lincoln Center2026Chaplin Award Tribute Gala https://www.filmlinc.org/daily/photos-george-clooney-amal-clooney-sam-rockwell-stephen-colbert-john-turturro-julianna-margulies-more-at-the-51st-chaplin-award-gala/ Venice Film Festival2026 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
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