Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director

Photo by: Raffi Asdourian · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:May 31, 1930

Age:96

Zodiac Sign:Gemini

Children:8

Born in:San Francisco, United States

Residence:Bel Air, United States

Languages:English

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Famous For

Movies & TV

The Good, the Bad and the UglyMillion Dollar BabyA Fistful of DollarsUnforgivenFor a Few Dollars More

Songs & Albums

Clint Eastwood discographyChangelingBar Room BuddiesEastwood After HoursNo Sweeter Cheater Than You

Awards

الميدالية الوطنية للفنون (2010)The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays (2009)Commander of the Legion of Honour (2007)Golden Boot Awards (2007)California Hall of Fame (2006)

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director

Biography

Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is a retired American actor and filmmaker. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the mid-1960s and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. Elected in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as the mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Eastwood's greatest commercial successes are the adventure comedy Every Which Way but Loose (1978) and its action comedy sequel Any Which Way You Can (1980). Other popular Eastwood films include the Westerns Hang 'Em High (1968), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) and Pale Rider (1985), the action-war film Where Eagles Dare (1968), the prison film Escape from Alcatraz (1979), the war film Heartbreak Ridge (1986), the action film In the Line of Fire (1993), and the romantic drama The Bridges of Madison County (1995). More recent works include Gran Torino (2008), The Mule (2018), and Cry Macho (2021). Since 1967, Eastwood's company Malpaso Productions has produced all but four of his American films. An Academy Award nominee for Best Actor, Eastwood won Best Director and Best Picture for his Western film Unforgiven (1992) and his sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004). In addition to directing many of his own star vehicles, Eastwood has directed films in which he did not appear, such as the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the war film Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), for which he received Academy Award nominations, as well as the legal thriller Juror #2 (2024). He also directed the biographical films Changeling (2008), Invictus (2009), American Sniper (2014), Sully (2016), and Richard Jewell (2019). Eastwood's accolades include four Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and three César Awards as well as nominations for three BAFTA Awards and a Grammy Award. He has been honored the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, the Honorary Palme d'Or, and an AFI Life Achievement Award. Bestowed two of France's highest civilian honors he also received the Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1994, and the Legion of Honour in 2007.

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Quotes

“I thought I might die. But then I thought, 'Other people have made it through these things before'. I kept my eyes on the lights on shore and kept swimming.”

— On surviving a plane crash in 1951; Zmijewsky, Boris; Lee Pfeiffer (1982). The Films of Clint Eastwood. p. 16. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press. ISBN 0806508639.

“I don’t know if I should present this award on behalf of all the cowboys shot in all the John Ford Westerns over the years”

— Academy Awards ceremony 1973, joking before present Best Picture award after the speech of Sacheen Littlefeather (Brando's Oscar refusal as support for Native American civil rights); outsider.com/entertainment/clint-eastwood-online-scrutiny-1973-academy-awards-comment/

“Having the security of being in a series week in, week out gives you great flexibility; you can experience with yourself, try a different scene different ways. If you make a mistake one week, you can look at it and say, 'Well, I won't do that again,' and you're still on the air next week.”

— On Rawhide's impact on his beginning acting career; Zmijewsky, Boris; Lee Pfeiffer (1982). The Films of Clint Eastwood. p. 20. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press. ISBN 0806508639.

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Photos

Matt Damon, Clint Eastwood y Bryce Dallas Howard en el Festival de Cine de Nueva York 2010.

PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, Calif. -- Hundreds of service members from Monterey county and beyond converged at the Pebble Beach Golf Links Feb. 11 to watch celebrities golf in a charity fundraising event as part of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Free tickets were made available to service members all week long at the AT&T PB courtesy of Birdies for the Brave, a PGA Tour-supported military outreach charity founded in 2006 by Phil and Amy Mickelson. Notable stars such as Chris Berman, Josh Duhamel, Kenny G, Andy Garcia, Charles Kelley, Huey Lewis, Bill Murray, Jake Owen, Joe Don Rooney, Ray Romano, Clay Walker, and Clint Eastwood golfed five holes at the world famous Pebble Beach golf course to raise money for charities during the 3M Celebrity Challenge. Berman and Kenny G used military members as honorary caddies during the event. PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.

Mr. Clint Eastwood speaks with Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta at the Washington D.C. premier of the movie "J Edgar" on November 8, 2011. Mr. Eastwood's film portrays the secret life of J. Edgar Hoover who was the face of law enforcement for over 50 years.(DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)(Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard T. Anderson, commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton and U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jeffrey C. Holt, deputy commander, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, speak with Clint Eastwood, actor and director, following an advanced showing of his new movie at MCAS Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 7, 2019. Eastwood visited MCB Camp Pendleton to speak to U.S. Marines, sailors and base residents at the base theater. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

Norman Jewison and Clint Eastwood in a portrait taken by Gail Harvey.

A DVD box set of various Clint Eastwood movies at Costco in South San Francisco, California on El Camino Real.

Actor Clint Eastwood and DFRC Center Director Ike Gillam Pose near the Space Shuttle Columbia shortly after it had completed its first orbital flight.