George Timothy Clooney is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter who gained fame as the lead doctor in the long-running television drama, ER (1994–99), but is best known for his subsequent rise as an "A-List" movie star in contemporary American cinema. Winner of an Academy Award and two Golden Globes, Clooney has balanced his glamorous performances in big-budget blockbusters with work as a producer and thinker behind commercially riskier and thought-provoking projects.