George Clooney & Noah Wyle Have 'ER' Reunion, Present Each Other With Awards
George Clooney and Noah Wyle had an ER reunion, nearly 20 years in the making!
The 64-year-old Jay Kelly actor and the 54-year-old The Pitt actor reunited publicly for the first time in 30 years, since they were on the medical drama, at the 2026 Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on Saturday (January 10) in Beverly Hills.
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At the event, Noah presented George with Best Actor for Jay Kelly, then George later presented Noah with Best TV Actor for The Pitt!
“I met Noah in 1993. He hadn’t worked a lot yet and we did this show called ER and it was this crazy hit,” George said on stage, via THR. “At one time we had 40 million people watching and I remember Noah going, ‘Is that good?’ I was like, ‘That’s good, that’ll never happen again.’ He was wise beyond his years from the very beginning, from the very start. He was the kindest person I ever met. We became very dear friends very quickly, and remained that way.”
“I’m very proud to call him a friend, I’m also proud to call him a colleague. When I grow up, I want to be Noah Wyle,” he added.
Noah said George “got me choked up” after taking the stage and recalled working together back in the day.
“I remember vividly, the first week of ER, he called the entire cast into his trailer and said ‘OK everybody, this is how it’s gonna be. We’re going to be nice to everyone. There’s not going to be any divisions between the cast and crew or foreground and background, we’re going to learn our lines, we’re going to be on time, and take the work seriously themselves,” Noah recalled. “After that, that was the way it worked, and the first 15 years of my career, that is how it worked. And I spent the next 15 years trying to find that feeling — that sense of family, that sense of commitment. It was only with The Pitt that I found it again.”
George and Noah were part of the original cast of ER, before the former left after season five, and the latter left after season 11.
The two stars are also nominated at the 2026 Golden Globes, which take place on Sunday (January 11). Stay tuned to JJ as we bring you coverage of the awards show!
You can check out more photos of George Clooney and Noah Wyle’s reunion in the gallery…