Oscar winner George Clooney, director and star of ‘Midnight Sky,’ turns back to ‘ER’

In “Midnight Sky,� George Clooney directs and plays its quiet lead character, an arctic scientist who is dying of cancer and determined to follow through on a brave act that will give his life meaning. Clooney says his career-making role as Dr. Doug Ross in the medical drama “ER� gave him an advantage as he prepared to play another troubled but well-meaning character navigating difficult circumstances. His “ER� character “was an alcoholic and I was a womanizer and I did everything terrible,� Clooney says. “But at the end of the day, I would always save the kid.�