Clint Eastwood

This article is about the American actor. For other uses, see Clint Eastwood (disambiguation).

Clint Eastwood
Eastwood in 2010
30th Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea
In office
April 8, 1986 – April 12, 1988
Preceded byCharlotte Townsend[1]
Succeeded byJean Grace[2]
Personal details
Born
Clinton Eastwood Jr.

(1930-05-31) May 31, 1930 (age 94)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Political partyLibertarian (2008–present)[3]
Other political
affiliations
Spouses
  • Maggie Johnson
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1953; div. 1984)​
  • ​
    ​
    (m. 1996; div. 2014)​
Domestic partners
ChildrenAt least 8,[a] including Kyle, Alison, Scott and Francesca
Occupation
  • Actor
  • film director
  • producer
Signature
Clint Eastwood's voice
The speaking voice of Clint Eastwood, from the BBC program Front Row
(recorded December 31, 2009)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active1963–present
LabelsWarner Bros.
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Clint Eastwood

Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. 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.[6][7] 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).[8] 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. 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, three César Awards, and an AFI Life Achievement Award. In 2000, he received the Italian Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion award, honoring his lifetime achievements. Bestowed two of France's highest civilian honors, he received the Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1994, and the Legion of Honour in 2007.

  1. ^ Leyde, Tom (September 10, 2017). "Monday profile: Charlotte Townsend, the mayor who lost to Clint Eastwood". Monterey Herald. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "1980s – A very, very famous mayor". The Carmel Pine Cone. February 20, 2015. pp. 22–23. Eastwood opted not to run again for mayor and backed Jean Grace in her successful bid in 1988.
  3. ^ a b Brockes, Emma (February 14, 2009). "Emma Brockes meets Clint Eastwood, one of the last American heroes, to talk about films, politics and ageing". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 19, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Children was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Children Media was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fischer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Kitses, p. 307.
  8. ^ "Clint Eastwood movie box office results". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.


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