--- title: George Clooney's Venice Wedding: His Life in Photos description: In honor of the sexiest man alive becoming the sexiest husband alive, here's a look back at Clooney's life, loves and long career canonical: https://time.com/3432805/george-clooney-wedding-amal-venice/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-27T11:00:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:39.814Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: George Clooney's Venice Wedding: His Life in Photos og:description: In honor of the sexiest man alive becoming the sexiest husband alive, here's a look back at Clooney's life, loves and long career og:url: https://time.com/3432805/george-clooney-wedding-amal-venice/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta16325109f3f095e/6986a59aadae4434225452ce/george-clooney-marriage-02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winner 'gorgeous' George Clooney as a geeky-looking teenager og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George Clooney's Venice Wedding: His Life in Photos twitter:description: In honor of the sexiest man alive becoming the sexiest husband alive, here's a look back at Clooney's life, loves and long career twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta16325109f3f095e/6986a59aadae4434225452ce/george-clooney-marriage-02.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # From Goofy Teen to Dashing Groom: George Clooney's Life in Pictures by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Sep 27, 2014 11:00 AM CUT  Nerds of the world take heart: This is how the future "Sexiest Man Alive" looked in middle school. Nerds of the world take heart: This is how the future "Sexiest Man Alive" looked in middle school.Chris Bott—Splash News/Corbis by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Sep 27, 2014 11:00 AM CUT  Nerds of the world take heart: This is how the future "Sexiest Man Alive" looked in middle school. Chris Bott—Splash News/Corbis  Clooney played George Burnett on "The Facts of Life" from 1985-1987. Ron Tom—NBC/Getty Images  Clooney married Talia Balsam in 1989\. They divorced three years later. Ron Galella—WireImage  Clooney premiered in his breakout role as Dr. Doug Ross on ER in 1994. Sven Arnstein—NBC/Getty Images  In 1996 Clooney appeared in From Dusk Till Dawn, his first successful movie.  Clooney was voted People's Sexiest Man Alive for the first time in 1997 (he would win again in 2006). Sunset/Warner Bros.  Clooney tore his dura mater while filming Syriana in 2005, causing spinal fluid to leak out of his nose. He had to undergo two surgeries to repair it. Warner Brothers  In 2006 Clooney was the first person in Oscars history to be nominated for best director (Good Night and Good Luck) and best actor (Syriana) in different movies in the same year. Reed Saxon—AP  Clooney was on the cover of TIME Magazine in 2008. TIME  Clooney won the Bob Hope Humanitarian Emmy in 2010 for his work for the victims of the Haitian earthquake. Kevin Winter—Getty Images  In 2014 Clooney proposed to girlfriend Amal Alamuddin, despite claims that he would never marry again. 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