George Clooney shows off his grey roots at Tony nominees event as he grows out ‘awful’ dye job

George Clooney’s grey roots were on display at the 78th Annual Tony Awards press event on Thursday, as the actor appears to be growing out his ‘awful’ dye job.

The silver fox’s, 64, natural hair peeked through on his sideburns as he attended the Meet The Nominees soirée at the Sofitel hotel in New York.

The father-of-two cut a dapper figure in a grey suit with a black shirt underneath, with his now more natural looking hair parted to the side.

Clooney snagged his first Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Play, for his Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck. 

While he could earn a prestigious accolade for his work, his ‘cringey’ dark brown dye job for the role that has earned him the most attention in the media. 

Fans have been sharing their disapproval of his new darker hair and orange fake tan, with some admitting it makes him look ’20 years older’ 

George Clooney’s, 64, grey roots were on display at the 78th Annual Tony Awards press event on Thursday, as the actor appears to be growing out his ‘awful’ dye job

The silver fox’s natural hair peeked through on his sideburns as he attended the Meet The Nominees soirée at the Sofitel hotel in New York

Back in March, the actor dyed his hair dark brown to play Edward R. Murrow in the stage adaptation of his 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck.

Clooney previously admitted that his wife Amal wasn’t a fan of his darker ‘do.

Others joked he’s put a ‘full blown black sharpie on his hair’ as they begged for him to wash out the hair dye.

Clooney has taken the criticism around his ‘awful’ dye job in stride.

Last month, he made a joke about it while being honored with his portrait at the iconic Manhattan restaurant Sardi’s, a time-honored tradition for Broadway performers, last month.

The portrait of Clooney, which depicted him with his signature salt-and-pepper coif, looked more like him than he did at the time.

After taking a look at the drawing, Clooney felt compelled to cracked a joke about his hair.

‘I like the hair color. It’s much better than my hair color right now,’ Clooney joked while holding the portrait. ‘That’s better. It’s grey, mostly grey. There we are, thank you so much.’

The father-of-two cut a dapper figure in a grey suit with a black shirt underneath, with his now more natural looking hair parted to the side

Clooney snagged his first Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Play, for his Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck

The actor looked sharp as ever at the event

While Clooney could earn a prestigious accolade for his work, his ‘cringey’ dark brown dye job for the role that has earned him the most attention in the media

(L-R) Daniel Kluger, Clooney, Heather Gilbert, David Bengali, and Brenda Abbandandolo

He was seen chatting it up with Daniel Dae Kim

Back in March, the actor dyed his hair dark brown to play Edward R. Murrow in the stage adaptation of his 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck; pictured April 3

Clooney also acknowledged that his dyed brown hair is ‘not good’ while chatting with Gayle King on an April episode of CBS Mornings.

King said: ‘I have to take a moment looking at you with the dark hair.’

‘I know it’s not good!’, Clooney interjected.

Gayle added: ‘I didn’t say it wasn’t good!’

‘Oh, It’s not good! I’m not used to it, you never get used to it. Listen, I started getting grey when I was 25 so I’ve been grey most of my life so it’s not my favorite look.

‘And my wife, she thinks it’s funny. Well, they [his children] laugh at it [his hair] because honestly nothing makes you look older than being 63 and dying your hair.’

The play, set in the McCarthy Era, stars Clooney in the role of news anchor Murrow, who was portrayed in the 2005 film, which Clooney starred in and directed, by David Strathairn.

The stage show opened in previews in mid-March with its official premiere in early April, running through early June.

Last month, Clooney told Gayle King that his wife Amal thinks the dye job is ‘funny’; the couple seen in September 2024 

Clooney seen with his signature salt-and-pepper hair in February 

Clooney’s nomination for Best Lead Actor was revealed last Thursday by Tony winners Wendell Pierce and Sarah Paulson on that day’s episode of CBS Mornings.

Clooney’s fellow nominees include Louis McCartney for Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a spin-off of the smash hit Netflix series.

Their competitors are Cole Escola, who stars as Mary Todd Lincoln in the comic play Oh, Mary! that he also wrote, as well as Daniel Day Kim for Yellow Face, Harry Lennix and Jon Michael Hill for the Pulitzer-winning Purpose.

The Tony Awards will be handed out June 8 at Radio City Music Hall during a telecast hosted by Wicked star and Tony winner Cynthia Erivo.