List of awards and nominations received by George Clooney

The following is a List of awards and nominations received by George Clooney.

George Clooney awards and nominations

Clooney at the Venice International Film Festival in 2024
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 2 8 BAFTA Awards 1 9 Golden Globes 4 13 Emmy Awards 0 3 SAG Awards 4 13 Tony Awards 0 1
Totals[a]
Wins	67
Nominations	122
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

George Clooney is an American filmmaker and actor. Throughout his career he received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, four 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.^[1] (This record has since been surpassed by Kenneth Branagh, who has been nominated in seven different categories.^[2])

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 alongside the cast in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.

In 2025, Clooney made his Broadway debut in his stage adaptation of Good Night, and Good Luck, which earned him his first nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of journalist Edward R. Murrow.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Best Director	Good Night, and Good Luck	Nominated	[3]
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Syriana	Won
2008	Best Actor	Michael Clayton	Nominated	[4]
2010		Up in the Air	Nominated	[5]
2012		The Descendants	Nominated	[6]
	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Ides of March	Nominated
2013	Best Picture	Argo	Won	[7]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
2006	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Syriana	Nominated	[8]
		Good Night, and Good Luck	Nominated
	Best Direction		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
2008	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Michael Clayton	Nominated	[9]
2010		Up in the Air	Nominated	[10]
2012		The Descendants	Nominated	[11]
	Best Adapted Screenplay	The Ides of March	Nominated
2013	Best Film	Argo	Won	[12]

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2004	Best Acting Ensemble	Ocean's Twelve	Nominated	[13]
2005	Best Director	Good Night, and Good Luck	Nominated	[14]
	Best Writer		Nominated
	Freedom Award		Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Syriana	Nominated
2007	Best Actor	Michael Clayton	Nominated	[15]
2009		Up in the Air	Nominated	[16]
2011		The Descendants	Won	[17]
Critics' Choice Television Awards
2020	Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Catch-22	Nominated	[18]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Award
1995	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	ER (episode: "Long Day's Journey")	Nominated	[19]
1996		ER (episode: "Hell and High Water")	Nominated	[20]
2010	Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special	Hope for Haiti Now	Nominated	[21]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama	ER	Nominated	[22]
1997			Nominated	[23]
1998			Nominated	[24]
2001	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Won	[25]
2006	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Syriana	Won	[26]
	Best Director – Motion Picture	Good Night, and Good Luck	Nominated
	Best Screenplay – Motion Picture		Nominated
2008	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Michael Clayton	Nominated	[27]
2010		Up in the Air	Nominated	[28]
2012	Best Director – Motion Picture	The Ides of March	Nominated	[29]
	Best Screenplay – Motion Picture		Nominated
	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	The Descendants	Won
2013	Best Motion Picture – Drama	Argo	Won	[30]
2015	Cecil B. DeMille Award	—	Honored	[31]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series[a]	ER	Nominated	[32]
1996	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated	[33]
	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series[a]		Won
1997	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated	[34]
	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series[a]		Won
1998	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series[a]		Won	[35]
1999	Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series[a]		Won	[36]
2006	Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture	Syriana	Nominated	[37]
	Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture[a]	Good Night, and Good Luck.	Nominated
2008	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture	Michael Clayton	Nominated	[38]
2010		Up in the Air	Nominated	[39]
2012		The Descendants	Nominated	[40]
	Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture[a]		Nominated

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2025	Best Actor in a Play	Good Night, and Good Luck	Nominated	[41]

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Awards Circuit Community Award	2005	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Syriana	Nominated	[42]
		Best Director	Good Night, and Good Luck	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay[b]		Nominated
		Best Cast Ensemble[a]		Nominated
	2008	Best Cast Ensemble[a]	Burn After Reading	Nominated	[43]
	2009	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Up in the Air	Nominated	[44]
		Best Cast Ensemble[a]		Runner Up	[44]
	2011	Best Actor in a Leading Role	The Descendants	Nominated	[45]
	2012	Best Motion Picture[c]	Argo	Nominated	[46]
Central Ohio Film Critics Association	2009	Best Actor	Up in the Air	Won	[47]
		Actor of the Year	The Men Who Stare at Goats / Up in the Air / Fantastic Mr. Fox	Won	[47]
Cinema for Peace	2006	The Cinema for Peace Award	Good Night, and Good Luck	Won	[48]
Directors Guild of America Awards	2005	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film	Good Night, and Good Luck	Nominated	[49]
Empire Awards	2000	Best Actor	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Nominated	[50]
	2006	Best Director	Good Night, and Good Luck.	Nominated
Fangoria Chainsaw Award	1997	Best Actor	From Dusk till Dawn	Won	[51]
Independent Spirit Awards	2005	Best Director	Good Night, and Good Luck	Nominated	[52]
MTV Movie & TV Awards	1996	Best Breakthrough Performance	From Dusk till Dawn	Won	[53]
	1999	Best Kiss[d]	Out of Sight	Nominated	[54]
	2000	Best On-Screen Team[e]	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Nominated
	2002	Best Dressed	Ocean's Eleven	Nominated
		Best On-Screen Team[a]		Nominated
New York Film Critics Circle	2009	Best Actor	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Won	[55]
People's Choice Awards	2008	Favorite On Screen Match-Up[f]	Ocean's Thirteen	Won	[56]
	2012	Favorite Movie Icon		Nominated	[57]
	2017	Favorite Dramatic Movie Actor	Money Monster	Nominated	[58]
Satellite Awards	2000	Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical)	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Nominated
	2005	Best Original Screenplay (Motion Picture)	Good Night, and Good Luck.	Won
	2009	Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical)	Up in the Air	Nominated	[59]
	2011	Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)	The Descendants	Nominated	[60]
Saturn Awards	1995	Best Film Lead Actor	From Dusk till Dawn	Won	[61]
	2002		Solaris	Nominated
	2011		The American	Nominated	[62]
	2014	Best Film Supporting Actor	Gravity	Nominated	[63]
Teen Choice Awards	2007	Choice Movie Chemistry	Ocean's Thirteen	Won
Writers Guild of America Awards	2005	Best Original Screenplay	Good Night, and Good Luck	Nominated	[64]
		Paul Selvin Award		Won

Honorary awards

Clooney delivering remarks at the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner in 2022

Organizations	Year	Award	Result	Ref.
Santa Barbara International Film Festival	2006	Modern Master Award	Honoree	[65]
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences	2010	Bob Hope Humanitarian Award	Honoree	[66]
Telluride Film Festival	2011	Silver Medallion Award	Honoree	[67]
Britannia Award	2013	Stanley Kubrick Award	Honoree	[68]
Golden Globe Awards	2015	Cecil B. DeMille Award	Honoree	[69]
César Awards	2017	Honorary César	Honoree	[70]
American Film Institute	2018	AFI Life Achievement Award	Honoree	[71]
Kennedy Center Honors	2022	Medal	Honoree	[72]

Notes

1. Shared with the cast
2. Shared with Grant Heslov
3. Shared with Ben Affleck, Grant Heslov
4. Shared with Jennifer Lopez
5. Shared with Tim Blake Nelson & John Turturro
6. Shared with Brad Pitt