George Clooney with ‘Up In the Air’ co-star Vera Farmiga.

George Clooney may have recently played a trained psychic spy (or "Jedi Warrior," if you will) for the American army in his latest comedy movie "The Men Who Stares at Goats," but this time around, Clooney stares death and devastation in the face to give hope to the thousands of Haitians who have become victims of one of the most devastating natural disasters to hit the planet in modern times.

The 48-year-old actor is using his A-list celebrity status not to win shallow accolades like 'the world's sexiest man,' but instead focuses his star power to help set up a global telethon to raise money and support for the embattled country—along with Wyclef Jean, a Haitian-American multi-platinum musician and record producer who first hit the mainstream as a founding member of The Fugees.

As the crisis in Haiti continues in the wake of the 7.0 earthquake, more and more stars and celebrities have answered the call for help by signing up for the "Hope for Haiti" global telethon slated to happen on Jan. 22, 2010.

Clooney reportedly first made a call to the chief executive of MTV Networks, Judy McGrath, who had immediately said yes because they were also thinking of doing the same thing. "They got the ball rolling and we got every single network after that," Clooney had told the media.

Since the telethon was announced, it has been reported that Wyclef Jean will be hosting it from New York, while CNN's Anderson Cooper will host from the grounds of Haiti. Clooney, meanwhile, will be in Los Angeles.

Perhaps what is most impressive about this effort is that the telethon will air commercial-free across the major networks in the U.S., namely ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and CNN; and also on BET, the CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, and CMT.

Even the social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have also signed on as partners to bring the focus of Internet users to the telethon and the drive for donations.

As early as Jan. 17, Clooney had already named some of the artists that will be performing in the "Hope for Haiti" Jan. 22 telethon. Some of these are Bono, Sting, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and Alicia Keys.

The donations from this massive outpouring of support to Haiti will directly benefit Oxfam America, Partners in Health, Red Cross, UNICEF, and Wyclef's own Yele Haiti Foundation.

Calling on compassion at a time when people are really without help and in real danger, Clooney reportedly recruited Hollywood stars when he attended this month's 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. A Hollywood report claimed that Clooney's charm may have really worked on celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Zac Efron, Bradley Cooper, Renee Zellweger, Chris Pine, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Collin Farrel, and Emily Blunt, who were among those that reportedly got on board.

It was also later reported that "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson will be the host in London, where Bono and Jay-Z will be performing.

Clooney, who will soon be seen in the Jason Reitman comedy "Up In the Air," is increasingly being known as much for his screen charisma as for his charitable heart and humanitarian efforts.

He founded the organization Not On Our Watch with fellow stars Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, and Brad Pitt, to stop genocide in Sudan; and donated millions to charities the likes of the United Nations World Food Programme and Bono's poverty-fighting One Campaign.