George Clooney as Fantastic Mr. Fox: Daily Celebrity Spotlight

We all know that George Clooney is a fox. Well, now he is really a "fox". You heard it right, George Clooney will be playing the voice of a fox in a "Stop Motion" animated film scheduled to be released on November 13, 2009 by 20^th Century Fox Animation titled, "Fantastic Mr. Fox". George Clooney will be the voice of Mr. Fox and Mrs. Fox will be the voice of Merryl Streep. Some other voices in "Fantastic Mr. Fox" are Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray. The movie is based on the book by the same name written by Roald Dahl. In 2007, they started production of the voice work in London.

You can watch the trailer of this animated film here:

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie/fantastic-mr-fox/trailers/6868

George Clooney has two other films in post-production. Men Who Stare at Goats is a comedy that will be released on January 15, 2010. The film also stars Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges. Up in the Air is a comedy-drama that will be released sometime in 2009 at the Toronto Film Festival.

On the 11th June, 2009, around 9,000 VCE students in Australia mentioned George Clooney on the General Achievement Test. This was called "Project Clooney" which was started by a 17-year-old, Lucas Shipsides and he spread the word around by using facebook. According to theage.com.au, the St Helena Secondary College student said this year he had time to build momentum and was hoping each examiner would have hundreds of papers naming Clooney.

"The Clooney Project": http://clooneyproject.livejournal.com/

George Clooney's childhood Years

George Clooney was born in Lexington, Kentucky on May 6, 1961. He comes from an Irish and German descent. He spent some of his childhood in Kentucky and some of it in Ohio. In middle school at the age of 15, he developed Bell's palsy, which is a debilitating condition that partially paralyzes the face. He told the Mirror in 2003 of how much he was teased by kids. He was very fortunate that the disease didn't last long and were corrected in a matter of time. His parents moved to Augusta, Kentucky and he went to Augusta High School. He attended Northern Kentucky University from 1970 to 1981 as well as the University of Cincinnati, but he didn't graduate from either one of them. According to people.com, George Clooney is currently dating Italian model and Television host, Elisabetta Canalis.

George Clooney's Career

George Cooney's first major role was in the 1984. You can find out more about each episode on the IMBd Website at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086704/episodes. The sitcom was called E/R. After this, he was extremely busy in many movies. Every year he seemed to have a role in some television sitcom or film. George Clooney is a very busy and active actor. Here are some of the many television sitcoms and film that he was in so you can catch up on all the George Clooney action of any film that you may have missed. I have included links to either clips, information and trailers.

1984-1985
E/R played Mark "Ace" Kolmar http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086704/episodes

1985 - 1986
The Facts of Life (played George Burnett)

Watch a little clip of George Clooney on the Facts of Life on YouTube:
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008-2-21/george-clooney-facts-of-life-minisode-becomes-greatest-youtube-find-ever/

1985
Street Hawk (played Kevin Stark) Watch a clip on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VENawk4GmQ

1987
Return to Horror High (played Oliver)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093854/

Combat Academy (played Major Biff Woods)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090865/

Murder, She Wrote, Episode: No Laughing Murder (played Kip Howard)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653589/

The Golden Girls, Episode: To Catch a Neighbor (played Detective Bobby Hopkins)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0589861/

1988

Return of the Killer Tomatoes (played Matt Stevens)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095989/

1988- 1991

Roseanne, 11 Episodes (played Booker Brooks)

Watch a clip of George Clooney playing Booker Brooks on Roseanne on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33mO5V29eug

1989

Red Surf (played Remar) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100468/

1992

Unbecoming Age (played Mac) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105685/

1992
The Harvest (played Lip Synching Transvestite) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107084/fullcredits#cast

1993 - 1994

Sisters (played Detective James Falconer) Fan Site Pictures of Sisters:
http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/ruthy/sispics.html

1994 - 1999

ER 106 episodes + Return of Series Finale Episode (played Dr. Doug Ross)
http://www.nbc.com/ER/

1995

Friends, episode: The one with Two Parts, Part Two (played Dr. Michael Mitchell)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0583569/

1996

From Dusk till Dawn (played Seth Gecko)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116367/

One Fine Day (played Jack Taylor)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117247/

1997

Full-Tilt Boogie, Documentary (played himself)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119165/

The Peacemaker (played Thomas Devoe)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119874/

Batman & Robin (played Bruce Wayne/Batman)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118688/

South Park, episode Big Gay Al's gay Boat Ride
(played voice of Sparky the Dog) Watch clip of George Clooney playing Sparky:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/24190?videoId=24190

http://www.tv.com/south-park/big-gay-als-big-gay-boat-ride/episode/1983/summary.html

1998

The Thin Red Line (played Captain Bosche)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120863/

Out of Sight (played Jack Foley)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120780/

Waiting for Woody, Comedic Short (played himself)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158353/

1999

Three Kings (Major Archie Gates)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120188/

The Book That Wrote Itself (played himself)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289670/fullcredits#cast

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (played the voice of Doctor Gouache)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158983/

2000

The Perfect Storm (played "Skip" Tyne)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177971/

Fail Safe (played Col. Jack Grady)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235376/

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (played Ulysses Everett McGill)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190590/

2001

Ocean's Eleven (played Danny Ocean)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240772/

Spy Kids (played Devlin)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227538/

2002

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (played CIA Officer Jim Byrd)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270288/

Solaris (played Chris Kelvin)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307479/

Welcome to Collinwood (played Jerzy) and was producer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271259/

Starbuck Holger Meins, Documentary
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0324067/

2003

Intolerable Cruelty (played Miles Massey)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138524/

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (played Devlin)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338459/fullcredits#cast

2004

Ocean's Twelve (played Danny Ocean)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349903/

2005

Good Night, and Good Luck (played Fred Friendly)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433383/

Syriana (played Bob Barnes)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365737/

2006

The Good German (played Jake Geismar)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452624/

2007

Michael Clayton (played Michael Clayton)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465538/

Darfu Now (played himself)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988102/

Ocean's Thirteen (played Danny Ocean)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496806/

2008

Burn After Reading (played Harry Pfarrer)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887883/

Sources & Resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clooney

http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/george-clooney-the-answer-for-vce-pranksters-20090611-c496.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32227824/ns/entertainment-celebrities/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234548/

http://www.gclooney.com/biography.htm