--- title: Watch George Clooney on "Downton Abbey" description: The period drama gets a visit from a very modern star canonical: https://time.com/3613355/watch-george-clooney-downton-abbey/ author: Megan Gibson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-02T11:06:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:29:49.402Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch George Clooney on "Downton Abbey" og:description: The period drama gets a visit from a very modern star og:url: https://time.com/3613355/watch-george-clooney-downton-abbey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb61d9a97d482300/69876bc9524fc0c86edeb105/george-clooney.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: RNPS - REUTERS NEWS PICTURE SERVICE - ENTERTAINMENT PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2014 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch George Clooney on "Downton Abbey" twitter:description: The period drama gets a visit from a very modern star twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb61d9a97d482300/69876bc9524fc0c86edeb105/george-clooney.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch George Clooney Look Out of Place on _Downton Abbey_ by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Dec 2, 2014 11:06 AM CUT  George Clooney smiles as he arrives by taxi boat to the venue of a gala dinner ahead of his official wedding ceremony in Venice on Sept. 27, 2014. George Clooney smiles as he arrives by taxi boat to the venue of a gala dinner ahead of his official wedding ceremony in Venice on Sept. 27, 2014.Alessandro Bianchi—Reuters by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Dec 2, 2014 11:06 AM CUT Looking as if he’d be more at home on the [set of an Nespresso commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQA3DyKJ1yw "undefined") than an English period drama, George Clooney has at last made his _Downton Abbey_ debut in a brief teaser clip. Clooney has a part in a short _Downton Abbey_ charity film which will air during the holidays on British network ITV. Though there’s been much speculation about what role Clooney will take on in the film, details have been scant. And sadly for _Downton_ fans, the 20-second teaser clip doesn’t give much indication what Clooney’s character is all about. All we know is that Lady Cora addresses him as “Dearest,” perhaps mistaking him for Lord Grantham despite the deep tan. The short film is due to air on Dec. 18. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/watch-george-clooney-first-downton-753241?utm%5Fsource=twitter "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3613355/watch-george-clooney-downton-abbey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3613355/watch-george-clooney-downton-abbey/"},"headline":"Watch George Clooney Look Out of Place on Downton Abbey","datePublished":"2014-12-02T11:06:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:29:49.402Z","description":"The period drama gets a visit from a very modern star","url":"https://time.com/3613355/watch-george-clooney-downton-abbey/","keywords":["Television","downton abbey","england","George Clooney"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb61d9a97d482300/69876bc9524fc0c86edeb105/george-clooney.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb61d9a97d482300/69876bc9524fc0c86edeb105/george-clooney.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"RNPS - REUTERS NEWS PICTURE SERVICE - ENTERTAINMENT PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2014","caption":"RNPS - REUTERS NEWS PICTURE SERVICE - ENTERTAINMENT PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2014","creditText":"Alessandro Bianchi—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3613355/watch-george-clooney-downton-abbey/","name":"Watch George Clooney Look Out of Place on Downton Abbey"}}]}] ```