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George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, and turned 63 years old today. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards; one for his acting and the other as a producer. He has been honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2015, the Honorary César in 2017, AFI Life Achievement Award in 2018, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2022.

Clooney started his career in television with a supporting role in the sitcom Roseanne, playing Roseanne Barr's supervisor Booker Brooks, gaining wide recognition in his roles as Dr. Doug Ross on the NBC medical drama ER from 1994 to 1999, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He expanded to leading roles in films, with his breakthrough role in From Dusk till Dawn (1996), followed by superhero film Batman & Robin (1997), Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998), David O. Russell's Three Kings, and the Coen brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). Greater stardom came from his starring role in Soderbergh's Ocean's film series from 2001 to 2007. -READ MORE-

1903 – Toots Shor, an American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (d. 1977)

1913 – Stewart Granger, English-American actor (d. 1993)

1915 – Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)

1939 – Eddie C. Campbell, American singer, and guitarist (d. 2018)

1939 – Chet Allen, American child actor (d. 1984)

1945 – Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer

1945 – Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1953 – Tony Blair, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1955 – Tom Bergeron, American television host

1960 – Roma Downey, Irish-American actress and producer

1965 – Leslie Hope, Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

1971 – Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1983 – Gabourey Sidibe, American actress

1987 – Meek Mill, American rapper

1987 – Adrienne Warren, American actress