The world's most adored bachelor, George Clooney, turns 50 today (06May11) and WENN has decided to celebrate with a fact-filled tribute to the movie hunk.
The actor rose to prominence as Dr. Doug Ross on hit medical drama E.R. in the 1990s but he's now a familiar face in front of and behind the camera. He has been nominated for acting, directing and screenwriting Oscars; he won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for 2005's Syriana.
A perennial favourite among ladies across the world, Clooney is kind of off the market right now - he's dating Italian TV presenter, actress and model Elisabetta Canalis, but the hunk has no plans to walk down the aisle any time soon.
To celebrate the milestone birthday, WENN has compiled 10 fascinating facts about our favourite singleton:
- He was nominated for a Worst Screen Couple Golden Raspberry Award in 1997, alongside Chris O'Donnell, for the much-maligned Batman & Robin. Clooney admits his role as the Caped Crusader was among his worst.
- Before he decided to grace the screens with his good looks, gorgeous George tried to cut it as a professional baseball player - but he was never offered a contract.
- He once worked as a menswear retailer and a tobacco cutter.
- He was briefly married to actress Talia Balsam.
- His former lovers have included Kelly Preston and British model Lisa Snowdon.
- Preston gifted him a pot bellied pig he called Max, who died in 2006.
- He has been named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine twice.
- George owns a sprawling retreat property on the shores of Lake Como, Italy.
- Nicole Kidman bet him $10,000 (£6,250) he'd be married again by the time he was 40. She lost and paid up.
- Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in Las Vegas has a 'Marrying George Clooney' photo-op, where visitors can put on a wedding gown and stand next to a wax statue of the smiling actor in a tuxedo.