Clooney

/ ˈkluːnɪ /

noun

1. George. born 1961, US film actor; he starred in the television series ER (1994–99) and the films The Perfect Storm (2000), and Ocean's Eleven (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002, also directed), Syriana (2005, also directed), and The American (2010)

Example Sentences

The titular, fictional movie star, played by George Clooney, is a sort of cinematic stand-in for the actor, to the point where the character’s name has a distinctly similar phonetic sound and the same number of syllables as Clooney’s.

From Salon

We know who this guy is from the top of the film, if only because the viewer also has an idea of who Clooney is.

From Salon

When those aspects of the character are at the other end of a punchline, the joke gets old fast, and “Jay Kelly” begins to feel like little more than a glorified version of one of Clooney’s Nespresso commercials.

From Salon

With “Jay Kelly,” which screens at this year’s New York Film Festival before opening in a limited release Nov. 14 and hitting Netflix Dec. 4, Baumbach is playing pensive, looking back to retrace his steps and examine all of the different roads not taken, with Clooney as his willing, compelling muse.

From Salon

In this occasionally saccharine yet blithely comical piece of rich-people-problems autofiction, Clooney is the funniest he’s been in years, taking shots at himself and the life he’s chosen with a marksman’s aim.

From Salon