Who’s Sucking Up to George Clooney?

Last fall, George Clooney’s father Nick was the Democratic candidate for Congress in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional district. Although he never really had much of a chance (he lost 54%-44%) his candidacy did create a golden opportunity for Hollywood players to suck up to one of their biggest stars.

To help ensure that those who went to the trouble of contributing to Clooney for Congress aren’t forgotten, I’ve compiled a semi-exhaustive list of Hollywood contributors. Who knows, maybe George Clooney will read this post and express his gratitude to the big contributors.

The dollar amount after the name is the amount donated to Clooney for Congress according to Political Money Line.

* Indicates that this was the only political contribution made by the donor this election cycle listed by Political Money Line.

Actors
Adler, Matt – $1000 * (also a writer and producer)
Asner, Jules – $2000 *
Azaria, Hank – $500 (appeared with George in “Fail Safe”)
Baker, Dylan – $300
Baldwin, Alexander R. III – $2000
Barrymore, Drew – $1000 *
Beatty, Warren – $2000
Brody, Adrien – $2000 * (appeared with George in “The Thin Red Line”)
Buttons, Red – $700 * (Retired)
Costner, Kevin – $2000
Cox, Courteney – $500
Crawford, Cynthia A. – $1000 *
Devito, Danny – $2000
Douglas, Michael – $2000
Duffy, Karen T. – $750 *
Ferrer, Miguel – $2000 * (George Clooney’s cousin, Nick’s nephew)
Ferrer, Rafael – $1000 * (also George Clooney’s cousin, Nick’s nephew)
Francesca, Alba – $500 *
Garcia, Andy – $500 * (Appeared with George in “Ocean’s Eleven” and “Ocean’s Twelve”)
Garner, Jennifer – $1000
Gilbert, Melissa – $2000 (Screen Actors Guild President)
Gould, Elliott – $500 * (Appeared with George in “Ocean’s Eleven” and “Ocean’s Twelve”)
Hamel, Veronica – $1000
Hayek, Salma – $1000 * (Appeared with George in “From Dusk Till Dawn” and “Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over”
Heslov, Grant – $1000 * (appeared with George in “Fail Safe”)
Hope, Leslie – $500
Hunt, Bonnie – $2000 *
Karen, James – $500 *
Kidman, Nicole – $1000 * (Appeared with George in “The Peacemaker”)
Kind, Richard – $2000 * (George Clooney was the best man at his wedding)
Leblanc, Matt – $2000 *
Liu, Lucy – $500
Macy, Willaim H. – $500 (Appeared with George in “ER”)
Margulies, Julianna – $500 (Appeared with George in “ER”)
Moder, Julia – $2000 (aka Julia Roberts)
Moore, Julianna – $500
Newman, Paul – $2000
Pearlman, Rhea – $2000 *
Ryan, Meg – $1000
San Giacomo, Laura – $1000 *
Spacey, Kevin – $2000
Valenti, John – $1000 *
Wyle, Noah – $2000 * (Appeared with George in “ER”)
Zellweger, Renee K. – $2000
Zeta-Jones, Catherine – $2000 * (Appeared with George in “Intolerable Cruelty” and “Ocean’s Twelve”)

Writers, Directors and Producers
Barish, Leora – $500
Bowab, John – $500 (TV Director and Producer)
Ekins, Susan – $1000 * (Executive Producer of “Ocean’s Eleven” and “Ocean’s Twelve”)
Frank, Scott – $1000 * (Screenwriter of “Out of Sight”)
Fox, Jennifer -- $1000 (Executive Producer of George Clooney’s upcoming film “Syriana”)
Gaghan, Stephen – $2000 (Writer of George Clooney’s upcoming film “Syriana”)
Garner, Todd – $1000 (Revolution Studios)
Goldsman, Akiva – $1000 * (Writer of “Batman and Robin”)
Gregorisch-Dempsey, Lisa – $500 * (TV Producer)
Green, Walon – $2000 * (Writer and Producer on “ER”)
Guber, H. Peter – $2000 * (Mandalay Entertainment)
Helford, Bruce – $2000 *
Lear, Norman – $1000
Lembeck, Michael – $500
Levy-Hinte, Jeffrey – $1000 (Antidote Films, Inc)
Sahgal, Ajay – $1000 *
Schumacher, Joel – $1000 (Directed “Batman & Robin”)
Shamberg, Michael – $1250 (Producer of “Out of Sight”)
Sher, Stacey – $1000 * (Producer of “Out of Sight”)
Silver, Casey – $1000 * (Casey Silver Productions)
Soderbergh, Steven – $2000 (Directed numerous George Clooney movies)
Spielberg, Steven – $1000
Weintraub, Jerry – $2000 (Producer of “Ocean’s Eleven” and “Ocean’s Twelve”)
Weiss, Ben – $500 * (TV Director)
Wells, John – $2000 (Executive Producer of “ER”)
Yorkin, Bud – $500
Ziskin, Laura – $2000 (Executive Producer of “Fail Safe”)

Studio Executives
Albrecht, Christopher – $2000 (Chairman & CEO of Home Box Office)
Fellman, Daniel R. – $1000 (Executive at Warner Brothers Pictures)
Gordon, Jonathan – $2000 (Production Executive for Miramax Films)
Horn, Alan – $2000 (COO of Warner Brothers)
Katzenberg, Jeffrey – $1000 (Owner of Dreamworks)
Meyer, Barry – $2000 (Executive of Warner Brothers)
Meyer, Ronald – $1500 (Executive of Universal Studios)
Robinov, Jeffrey – $1500 (Executive of Warner Brothers)
Sagal, David – $2000 (Attorney for Warner Brothers)
Schulman, John A – $1000 (Attorney for Warner Brothers)
Snider, Stacey – $2000 (Chairman of Universal Pictures)
Stuber, Scott – $2000 (Executive of Universal Pictures)
Weinstein, Harvey – $2000 (Owner of Miramax)
Weinstein, Robert – $2000 (Co-Chairman of Miramax Films)

Agents
Haskell, Samuel – $500 (Talent Executive, William Morris Agency)
Huvane, Kevin – $2000 (Agent, Creative Artists Agency)
Lashever, Steven – $1000 * (Agent, Creative Artists Agency)
Lourd, Bryan – $2000 (George’s Agent, Creative Artists Agency)
Lovett, Richard – $2000 (President, Creative Artists Agency)
Whitesell, Patrick – $1000 (Talent Agent, Endeavor Agency)

Miscellaneous
Bissell, James D. -- $500 * (Production Designer “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” )
Brunetti, Dana J. – $500 * (Assistant to Kevin Spacey)
Cohen, Amy – $500 * (Personal Assistant to George Clooney)
Cronkite, Walter L. – $1000 * (Self Employed)
Cuomo, Mario M. – $1000 (Attorney)
Lukather, Steven – $1000 * (Musician, founding member of “Toto”)
McConnell, Angel – $250 * (Personal Assistant to George Clooney)
Rosenfield, Stan – $1000 * (George’s Publicist)
Sinatra, Nancy – $2000 (Retired)
Tise, Edward C. – $500 * (Production Sound mixer on “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind”)
Zimmer, Hans – $500 (Film Score Composer)