Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood Headshot

Actor • Director • Producer • Composer • Politician

Birth Date: May 31, 1930

Age: 93 years old

Birth Place: San Francisco, California

Partners: Sondra Locke, Frances Fisher

Children: Scott Eastwood, Alison Eastwood, Francesca Eastwood

Iconic American film actor, director and producer Clint Eastwood built a legendary body of work nearly unmatched in American filmmaking. Born in San Francisco in 1930, Eastwood moved all across the West Coast with his family throughout the 1930s. His family eventually settled in Piedmont, California in 1940, and it's there the young Clint would remain throughout his teens. A rebellious youth, Eastwood got into a lot of trouble during high school, and it remains unknown whether or not he officially graduated. After high school Eastwood worked a series of odd jobs, including golf caddy and grocery store clerk, before being drafted into the United States Army. Despite being drafted during the Korean War, Eastwood never saw any action overseas, and worked as a lifeguard while stationed in Fort Ord in California. It was at Fort Ord that Eastwood met a director for Universal Pictures named Arthur Lubin. Lubin asked Eastwood to audition for him, and despite being unimpressed with his acting abilities, signed the aspiring young actor to a contract with the studio for $100 a week. From there Eastwood started auditioning for films and TV shows. He nabbed small parts in B monster movies like "Revenge of the Creature" (1955) and "Tarantula" (1955), as well as guest spots on shows like "West Point" (CBS/ABC, 1956-57) and "Maverick" (ABC, 1957-62). Eastwood's first big break came in 1958 when he was cast as the valiant cowboy Rowdy Yates on the western series "Rawhide" (CBS, 1959-65). Although Eastwood appeared in all 217 episodes of the series over eight seasons, over time he grew bored with the part and yearned to do something different. He would have that opportunity in 1964 when he starred in Italian director Sergio Leone's "A Fistful of Dollars." Eastwood played the lead character in the film, an anti-hero known as the "Man with No Name," and would go on to make two more films with Leone, "For a Few Dollars More" (1965) and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966), thus forming the groundbreaking trilogy of "Spaghetti Westerns" known as the Dollars Trilogy. After "Rawhide" was cancelled in 1965, and having already starred in two of Leone's Westerns, Eastwood put TV aside to focus on films. By the 1970s he had become one of the biggest box office draws in Hollywood with his memorable performances in films like "Dirty Harry" (1971), "High Plains Drifter" (1973), "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976), and "Escape from Alcatraz" (1979). The 70s was also the decade Eastwood began his foray into film directing, making his debut with the dark thriller "Play Misty for Me" in 1971. He would eventually go on to direct a number of films in the 70s and 80s, including "The Gauntlet" (1977), "Sudden Impact" (1983), and "Bird" (1988). By the early 90s, Eastwood had already achieved American icon status. But as it turns out, his career was only getting started. In 1993 Eastwood won two Oscars, Best Picture and Best Director, for directing the western "Unforgiven" (1992). Eastwood also starred in the film and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Eastwood continued working steadily as an actor/director throughout the 90s and 2000s, most notably with the films "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995), "Space Cowboys" (2000), and "Blood Work" (2002). His acting output began to slow by the mid-2000s, while his work behind the camera only intensified. Beginning in 2003, Eastwood directed a number of highly successful films that were either nominated or won Academy Awards: "Mystic River" (2003), "Million Dollar Baby" (2004), "Letters from Iwo Jima" (2006), and "American Sniper" (2014). Eastwood won the Oscar for Best Picture for "Million Dollar Baby" - his second Best Picture winner. In 2018, at the age of 88, Eastwood returned to film acting with the crime thriller "The Mule," which he also directed. In May of 2019 it was announced that Eastwood would direct the historical film "The Ballad of Richard Jewell," which was based on a suspect in the 1996 Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta.

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Ennio

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2022

Why on Earth

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2022

Sergio Leone: L'italiano che inventò l'America

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2022

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

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2021

Cry Macho: Extras

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2021

Cry Macho: Extras

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2021

Clint Eastwood 2012 RNC Speech

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Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

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American Valor: We Stand Together

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2020

Fear Darb Ainm Harris

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2020

Wild Wild West

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Hogan
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2019

Richard JewellStream

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2019
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Richard JewellStream

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2019
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2018

Star File - Clint Eastwood

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2018

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2018

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2018
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Clint Eastwood: A Life in Film

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2017

The Hollywood Masters

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2017

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Macho Men of the Movies

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2017

SullyStream

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2016
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SullyStream

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2016
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Celebrated

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2015

Movie Mag

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream

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2014

Clint Eastwood: Star Power

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2014

Jersey Boys

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2014

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2014

American SniperStream

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2014
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2014
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2014
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The Lone Ranger: Extras

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2013

Milius

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2013

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

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2013

Piano Blues

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2012

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

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2012

Entertainment Studios.TV

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2012

Trouble With the Curve

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2012

Trouble With the Curve

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2012

Clint Eastwood: Steel Gaze

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2011

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2011
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2011
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2011
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Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way

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George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight

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2010

The Eastwood Factor

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2010

Invictus

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2010

Invictus

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2010

Hollywood Salutes Matt Damon: An American Cinematheque Tribute

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2010
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2009

David Sheehan's Holiday Movie Magic

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Hollywood & Dine

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AFI's 10 Top 10

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2008

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My Generation

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2008
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2008
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You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

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2006
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2006
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2003
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Blood Work

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2000
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Forever Hollywood

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1995
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1993
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1993

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1992
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1988
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1988
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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

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1986
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1986
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1986
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Amazing StoriesStream

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1985
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1985
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1985
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1983
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1983
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1982

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Any Which Way You CanStream

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1980
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Bronco Billy
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1980
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1979
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Every Which Way but LooseStream

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1978
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1977

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1977

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1976
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1976
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1976
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Good Morning America

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1975
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1975
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1973
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1973
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1973
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1972
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1971
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1971
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1971
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1971
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1970
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1970
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1969
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1969
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1968
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1968
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1967

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1967
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For a Few Dollars MoreStream

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1965
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1964
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1958

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1958

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1957

Never Say Goodbye

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1955
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Today

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