Clint Eastwood
Biography
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American film actor, director, producer, composer, and former politician. Following his breakthrough role on the TV series "Rawhide" (1959–65), Eastwood starred as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy of spaghetti westerns ("A Fistful of Dollars," "For a Few Dollars More," and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly") in the 1960s, and as San Francisco Police Department Inspector Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry films ("Dirty Harry," "Magnum Force," "The Enforcer," "Sudden Impact," and "The Dead Pool") during the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, along with several others in which he plays tough-talking no-nonsense police officers, have made him an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Producer of the Best Picture, as well as receiving nominations for Best Actor, for his work in the films "Unforgiven" (1992) and "Million Dollar Baby" (2004). These films in particular, as well as others including "Play Misty for Me" (1971), "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976), "Pale Rider" (1985), "In the Line of Fire" (1993), "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995), and "Gran Torino" (2008), have all received commercial success and/or critical acclaim. Eastwood's only comedies have been "Every Which Way but Loose" (1978) and its sequel "Any Which Way You Can" (1980); despite being widely panned by critics they are the two highest-grossing films of his career after adjusting for inflation. Eastwood has directed most of his own star vehicles, but he has also directed films in which he did not appear such as "Mystic River" (2003) and "Letters from Iwo Jima" (2006), for which he received Academy Award nominations and "Changeling" (2008), which received Golden Globe Award nominations. He has received considerable critical praise in France in particular, including for several of his films which were panned in the United States, and was awarded two of France's highest honors: in 1994 he received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal and in 2007 was awarded the Légion d'honneur medal. In 2000 he was awarded the Italian Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. Since 1967 Eastwood has run his own production company, Malpaso, which has produced the vast majority of his films. He also served as the nonpartisan mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, from 1986 to 1988. Eastwood has seven children by five women, although he has only married twice. An audiophile, Eastwood is also associated with jazz and has composed and performed pieces in several films along with his eldest son, Kyle Eastwood.
Known For
William Munny
Unforgiven
Luther Whitney
Absolute Power
Frankie Dunn
Million Dollar Baby
Joe
Per un pugno di dollari
Manco
Per qualche dollaro in più
Harry
Dirty Harry
Robert Kincaid
The Bridges of Madison County
Gunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway
Heartbreak Ridge
Insp. Harry Callahan
The Enforcer
Insp. Harry Callahan
Sudden Impact
Insp. Harry Callahan
The Dead Pool
Insp. Harry Callahan
Magnum Force
Steve Everett
True Crime
Mitchell Gant
Firefox
Frank Morris
Escape from Alcatraz
Josey Wales
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Tommy Nowak
Pink Cadillac
Jonathan Hemlock
The Eiger Sanction
Marshal Jed Cooper
Hang 'em High
"Pardner"
Paint Your Wagon
Lt. Morris Schaffer
Where Eagles Dare
Frank Corvin
Space Cowboys
Bronco Billy
Bronco Billy
Wes Block
Tightrope
Sergeant First Class Kelly
Kelly's Heroes
Nick Pulovski
The Rookie
Self
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Hogan
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
John McBurney
The Beguiled
Self
The Beguiled, Misty, Don & Clint
The Stranger
High Plains Drifter
Clint Eastwood (uncredited)
Casper
Preacher
Pale Rider
Self- Orderly
Allen in Movieland
Jet Squadron Leader (uncredited)
Tarantula
Chief Red Garnett
A Perfect World
Terry McCaleb
Blood Work
Walt Kowalski
Gran Torino
Frank Horrigan
In the Line of Fire
Coogan
Coogan's Bluff
John Wilson
White Hunter, Black Heart
Joe Kidd
Joe Kidd
Dave
Play Misty for Me
Philo Beddoe
Every Which Way but Loose
Jonesey
Francis in the Navy
Red Stovall
Honkytonk Man
Self
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
Lieutenant Speer
City Heat
Philo Beddoe
Any Which Way You Can
Self
Betty White: A Celebration
Ben Shockley
The Gauntlet
Why on Earth
Self
Casting By
Self
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
Kurosawa
Gus Lobel
Trouble with the Curve
Self
Reel Injun
L'album secret de Clint Eastwood
Host
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
Self
Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
Keith Williams
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
Self
Clint Eastwood: Director
Tom - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Star in the Dust
Self
The Eastwood Factor
Self
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
George Moseley
Lafayette Escadrille
Narrator
Don't Pave Main Street: Carmel's Heritage
Self
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
Jack Rice
The First Traveling Saleslady
Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Carlo / Charlie (segment "Una sera come le altre")
Le streghe
Self - Presenter
Eastwood Symphonic
Self
Eastwood After Hours
Self
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Jennings (uncredited)
Revenge of the Creature
Self
Clint Eastwood Presents Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
Self
Kurosawa, la voie
Self
Dirty Harry's Way
Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
Vittorio D.
Self
Sergio Leone - L'italiano che inventò l'America
Blondie
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
Self
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende
Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw
Self
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
Self
The Making Of 'American Sniper'
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Harry Callahan/Clint Eastwood: Something Special in Films
Self (archive footage)
Marisol: Sergio Leone's Madonna in the West
Narrator
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
The Man with No Name
Self - Actor & Director
Iron and Beyond
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Milius
Self - in Cannes
Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma
Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
(voice)
Anything Is Possible: The Man, the Movement and the Legacy
Self
Eastwood: The Life of a Hollywood Legend
Self
One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper
Man at Marina (uncredited)
Breezy
Dumbo Pilot
Escapade in Japan
First Saxon
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Self - interviewee
Clint Eastwood, le franc-tireur
Walt Kowalski
Gran Torino: Manning the Wheel
Self
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Self
Tab Hunter Confidential
Self
Junket Whore
Self
No Name City
Corpsman (uncredited)
Away All Boats
Self
Éternelle Jean Seberg
Self (archive footage)
Sergio Leone - C'era una volta il sogno americano
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self (2006)
Directed by John Ford
Will
Never Say Goodbye
Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self - Host
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Self (archive footage)
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
Earl Stone
The Mule
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Church Goer (Uncredited)
American Sniper
Self
The Spaghetti West
Self
The Beguiled: The Storyteller
Self
Bienvenue à Cannes
Self
Clint Eastwood's West
Self - Actor (1966)
Sad Hill Unearthed
Self (archive footage)
Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende
Self
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
Self
Leone's West
Self
Piano Blues
Self
Forever Hollywood
Self
Play It Again: A Look Back at 'Play Misty for Me'
Self
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
Self - Actor
Dirty Harry: The Original
Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
Self
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
Self
The Craft of Dirty Harry
Self
Ennio
Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Self
Eastwood... A Star
Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
Eastwood on Eastwood
Self
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
Self
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
Self
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Self
Pennis from Heaven
Self (archive footage)
Die Clint Eastwood Story
Rowdy Yates
El magnifico extranjero
Self
Disneyland '59
Mike Milo
Cry Macho
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self
Fog City Mavericks
Self
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
Self
Italian Kings Of B
Wisdom
Awesomely Righteous & Radical
Self - Actor
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
Self
Eastwood In Action
Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Self
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
Self
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
Self
James Lipton Takes on Three
Self
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
Self
Born to Fight
Self
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
Self
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Walt Kowalski
Gran Torino - The Eastwood Way
Walt Kowalski
Gran Torino: More Than a Car
Reconciliation: Mandela's Miracle
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
173
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-05-31
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr.