This list was originally published on December 24, 2020. It has been updated with subsequent roles, including his latest, Jay Kelly .

In a fantastic New Yorker profile of George Clooney from way back in 2008, he talks about the best advice he ever got as an actor. It didn’t involve career maintenance or role selection or the potential temptations of fame. It was much more practical than that: “Clooney once spoke with Steven Spielberg on the set of ER ; Spielberg watched his performance on a monitor, and, tapping the screen, said, ‘If you stop moving your head around, you’ll be a movie star.’”

It’s worth noting that by the time Spielberg was working on the set of ER , Clooney was already 33 years old and at last getting his big break after years of TV guest spots, cheesy com

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