George Clooney's net worth is among the highest in the film industry, as his vast career has diverged in the past decade from just acting to also producing, directing and screenwriting. As the soon to be married star has a cameo role in the hit British period drama Downton Abbey, what is George Clooney's net worth currently?

Clooney is one of the highest paid people in the business, as he's been a part of a good deal of very successful projects - most notably the Ocean's Eleven saga, co-starring friends Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle among others - as well as other award-winning personal projects, such as Good Night and Good Luck, which he directed and wrote; this film earned him his first Oscar nominations director and screenwriting.

That year, 2005, proved very successful for the actor, and George Clooney's net worth increased accordingly; that year, he was nominated for an astounding three Oscars, two for his work behind the cameras in Good Night and Good Luck and one for his supporting turn in another political drama, Syriana. The latter nomination resulted in his first Oscar.

As his upcoming wedding with British-Lebanese lawyer Amal Alamuddin approaches, his lawyers are surely concerned with George Clooney's net worth of $180 dollars, as the actor's prospects of a pre-nup with his future wife have not been clarified, or at least not to the press.

Over the past few days, the Up in the Air actor has been making news as it was announced he would have a saucy cameo in the hit British show Downton Abbey, which airs on PBS in the United States. He'd be part of the show's Christmas special this December, and according to an interview with Downton co-star Laura Carmichael (who plays Lady Edith), his character kisses Maggie Smith's character!