Clint Eastwood
Biography
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is a retired 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. On June 1, 2026, his retirement was confirmed by his son, Kyle Eastwood.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Daily Show
1996
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Great Performances
1971
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Maverick
1957
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Daily Show
as Self · 1996
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
· 1992
Great Performances
as Self · 1971
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 2003
Maverick
as Red Hardigan · 1957
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Accepting Award for Sean Penn · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner · 1944
Champs-Elysées
as Self · 1982
The South Bank Show
· 1978
Spécial cinéma
as Self · 1974
Rawhide
as Rowdy Yates · 1959
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest · 1999
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Parkinson
as Self · 1998
American Masters
as Self · 1986
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
as Blondie · 1966
Today
as Self · 1952
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Highway Patrol
as Joe Keeley · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Newsman (uncredited) · 1955
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self · 1963
Mister Ed
· 1961
Goldene Kamera
as Self · 1984
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self · 1978
Navy Log
· 1955
Unforgiven
as William Munny · 1992
American Sniper
as Church Goer (Uncredited) · 2014
Ciné regards
as Self · 1978
For a Few Dollars More
as Manco · 1965
Casper
as Clint Eastwood (uncredited) · 1995
A Fistful of Dollars
as Joe · 1964
Escape from Alcatraz
as Frank Morris · 1979
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self · 2023
Stars 90
as Self · 1990
Million Dollar Baby
as Frankie Dunn · 2004
Gran Torino
as Walt Kowalski · 2008
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
as Self · 2018
The Mule
as Earl Stone · 2018
The Early Show
as Self · 1999
A Perfect World
as Chief Red Garnett · 1993
Na sowas!
as Self · 1982
Dirty Harry
as Harry · 1971
The True Story of...
as Self (archive footage) · 2017
Please Turn the Page
as Self · 1977
The Bridges of Madison County
as Robert Kincaid · 1995
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self · 1973
Where Eagles Dare
as Lt. Morris Schaffer · 1968
Absolute Power
as Luther Whitney · 1997
The Directors
as Self · 1999
In the Line of Fire
as Frank Horrigan · 1993
Magnum Force
as Insp. Harry Callahan · 1973
West Point
· 1956
The Rookie
as Nick Pulovski · 1990
Sudden Impact
as Insp. Harry Callahan · 1983
High Plains Drifter
as The Stranger · 1973
The Dead Pool
as Insp. Harry Callahan · 1988
The Outlaw Josey Wales
as Josey Wales · 1976
Ennio
as Self · 2022
Space Cowboys
as Frank Corvin · 2000
Heartbreak Ridge
as Gunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway · 1986
The Enforcer
as Insp. Harry Callahan · 1976
Hang 'em High
as Marshal Jed Cooper · 1968
Kelly's Heroes
as Sergeant First Class Kelly · 1970
Two Mules for Sister Sara
as Hogan · 1970
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Self · 2021
Firefox
as Mitchell Gant · 1982
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
Pale Rider
as Preacher · 1985
Every Which Way but Loose
as Philo Beddoe · 1978
True Crime
as Steve Everett · 1999
Trouble with the Curve
as Gus Lobel · 2012
Blood Work
as Terry McCaleb · 2002
Play Misty for Me
as Dave · 1971
Cry Macho
as Mike Milo · 2021
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
as Thunderbolt · 1974
Coogan's Bluff
as Coogan · 1968
Pink Cadillac
as Tommy Nowak · 1989
The Gauntlet
as Ben Shockley · 1977
Any Which Way You Can
as Philo Beddoe · 1980
The Eiger Sanction
as Jonathan Hemlock · 1975
Paint Your Wagon
as "Pardner" · 1969
Tightrope
as Wes Block · 1984
Flick Flack
· 1974
Bronco Billy
as Bronco Billy · 1980
White Hunter, Black Heart
as John Wilson · 1990
The Beguiled
as John McBurney · 1971
Joe Kidd
as Joe Kidd · 1972
Lady Godiva of Coventry
as First Saxon · 1955
Honkytonk Man
as Red Stovall · 1982
City Heat
as Lieutenant Speer · 1984
Breezy
as Man at Marina (uncredited) · 1973
Revenge of the Creature
as Jennings (uncredited) · 1955
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
CMT Insider
· 2004
Kurosawa's Way
as Self · 2011
Forever Hollywood
as Self · 1999
Cannes: All Access
as Self · 2007
One Hundred and One Nights
as Self - in Cannes · 1995
Junket Whore
as Self · 1998
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
Clint Eastwood : la légende
as Self · 2025
Eastwood Symphonic
as Self - Presenter · 2023
Directed by John Ford
as Self (2006) · 1971
Tarantula
as Jet Squadron Leader (uncredited) · 1955
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self · 2003
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actor · 2019
Betty White: A Celebration
as Self · 2022
Morceaux de Cannes
as Self (archive footage) · 2021
Star in the Dust
as Tom - Ranch Hand (uncredited) · 1956
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage) · 1968
Norwood, Where Legends Were Born
as Archive / Himself · 2026
The Witches
as Carlo / Charlie (segment "Una sera come le altre") · 1967
Never Say Goodbye
as Will · 1956
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
· 2001
Away All Boats
as Corpsman (uncredited) · 1956
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self · 2007
A Century of Cinema
as Self · 1994
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
as Self · 2022
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
as Self · 2008
Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained
as Self - Actor (archive footage) · 2021
Die Clint Eastwood Story
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self · 1995
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self · 2013
Casting By
as Self · 2012
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) · 2017
Milius
as Self · 2013
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
as Keith Williams · 1958
Iron and Beyond
as Self - Actor & Director · 2002
Clint Eastwood's West
as Self · 2011
Piano Blues
as Self · 2003
Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self · 1987
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage) · 2002
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
as Self · 2007
Francis in the Navy
as Jonesey · 1955
Sad Hill Unearthed
as Self - Actor (1966) · 2018
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self · 2015
Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
Wisdom
as Self · 2008
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self · 1987
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self · 2000
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self · 2002
Kurosawa
as Self · 2000
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
as Self - Host · 2009
Italian Kings Of B
as Self · 2003
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
as Self · 2007
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
as Self · 2013
The Spaghetti West
as Self · 2005
Reel Injun
as Self · 2010
Pennis from Heaven
as Self · 2005
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Narrator · 2008
Fog City Mavericks
as Self · 2007
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
as Self · 2005
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
as Self · 2008
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
as Self · 2013
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
as Self · 2008
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
as Self · 1986
Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
as Self · 1999
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
as Self · 2002
The First Traveling Saleslady
as Jack Rice · 1956
Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall
as Self · 1997
Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros.
as Self · 1991
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as Self · 1997
L'album secret de Clint Eastwood
· 2012
Harry Callahan/Clint Eastwood: Something Special in Films
as Self · 1976
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self · 1992
The Craft of Dirty Harry
as Self · 2008
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
as Self · 2003
Dirty Harry: The Original
as Self - Actor · 2001
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Self · 2000
Eastwood... A Star
as Self · 2002
Annie Leibovitz 1993 Phaidon Documentary
as Self · 1993
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
as Self · 2006
One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper
as Self · 2015
Don Siegel: Last of the Independents
as Self · 1980
An Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
as Self · 2008
Vittorio D.
as Self · 2009
The Making of 'American Sniper'
as Self · 2015
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Self · 1990
Mystic River: Beneath the Surface
as Self · 2004
Jean Seberg Forever
as Self · 2014
On Location: Where Eagles Dare
as Self · 1968
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
as Self · 2008
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
as Self · 2007
Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
Disneyland '59
as Self · 1959
The Man with No Name
as Self · 1977
Gran Torino: Next Door
as Self · 2009
The Beguiled, Misty, Don & Clint
as Self · 2001
Play It Again: A Look Back at 'Play Misty for Me'
as Self · 2001
Lafayette Escadrille
as George Moseley · 1958
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
as Self · 1991
Allen in Movieland
as Self- Orderly · 1955
The Beguiled: The Storyteller
as Self · 1971
The Magnificent Stranger
as Rowdy Yates · 1966
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
as Self · 1994
Why on Earth
as Self · 2022
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
as Host · 1989
Clint Eastwood: Director
as Self · 1982
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
as Self · 1973
Clint Eastwood, le franc-tireur
as Self · 2007
James Lipton Takes on Three
as Self · 2005
Reconciliation: Mandela's Miracle
· 2011
Eastwood In Action
as Self · 1976
Dirty Harry's Way
as Self · 1971
Anything Is Possible
as (voice) · 2015
Escapade in Japan
as Dumbo Pilot · 1957
Don't Pave Main Street: Carmel's Heritage
as Narrator · 1994
Eastwood on Eastwood
as Self · 1997
The Eastwood Factor
as Self · 2010
Gran Torino: Manning the Wheel
as Walt Kowalski · 2009
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern
as Self (archive footage) · 2006
Sergio Leone - C'era una volta il sogno americano
as Self (archive footage) · 2002
No Name City
as Self · 1969
Gran Torino - The Eastwood Way
as Self · 2009
Eastwood: The Life of a Hollywood Legend
as Self · 2021
Gran Torino - Driving the Dream
as Self · 2009
Marisol: Sergio Leone's Madonna in the West
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
Leone's West
as Self · 2004
Born to Fight
as Self · 2005