Clooney Fever: 6 photos of a young George in the 80’s

Director/Deputy Editor Miami

UPDATED MAY 6, 2021 4:55 PM EDTMAY 6, 2021, 4:55 PM EDT

Even before gaining recognition from the popular the TV show, ER, George Clooney was an 80’s heartthrob. He was a true hottie and we have 6 photos that prove it.

1985

George poses for a portrait session in 1985, with a pair of jeans, casual button down shirt, trendy mullet and a gold hoop earring.

1985 - boy next door?

Posing against a fence in a masculine jeans-and-flannel look on the set of The Facts of Life

1986 - Eighties Style Icon

Only George Clooney could pull off an oversized jacket and two checkered prints.

1989 - Suited Up and Sideburned

Here he is in 1989 in Beverly Hill all suited up with his perfect smile, sideburns and a funky tie.

1989 - Short shorts

George Clooney sporting a pair of yellow short-shorts at the “Stars Shoot the Hoop” Celebrity Basketball Game to Benefit the Special Olympics.

1989 - Leather vest

George Clooney at the Pepperdine University in Malibu fashionably wearing an accessorized black leather vest.