Birth Name: Clinton Eastwood Jr.
Birthdate: May 31, 1930
Birthplace: San Francisco, California
Occupations: Actor, Director, Producer, Composer
Quote: "When I was doing The Bridges of Madison County, I said to
myself, This romantic stuff is really tough. I can't wait to get back to
shooting and killing." - Daily News, November 15, 1996
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Claim to Fame: Played Detective Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry (1971) (after
Frank Sinatra turned down the part)
Significant Other(s):
Wife: Maggie Eastwood (aka Maggie Johnson); married December 1953; divorced 1980
Sondra Locke, actress; born 1947; together 1977-1989
Frances Fisher, actress; appeared in Eastwood's film Unforgiven (1992); mother
of Francesca Ruth Fisher Eastwood; no longer together
Wife: Dina Ruiz, news anchor; born 1965; married March 31, 1996, in Las Vegas,
Nevada
Family:
Father: Clinton Eastwood Sr., steelworker, migratory worker
Mother: Ruth Eastwood; born 1909
Sister: Jean; older
Daughter: Kimber, actress; born 1964; mother, Roxanne Tunis
Son: Kyle, musician; born 1968; mother, Maggie Eastwood; costarred in Honkytonk
Man (1982)
Daughter: Alison, actress, model; born 1972; mother, Maggie Eastwood
Daughter: Francesca Ruth Fisher Eastwood; born August 7, 1993; mother, Frances
Fisher
Daughter: Morgan Eastwood; born December 12, 1996; mother, Dina Ruiz
Grandson: Clinton Eastwood, born 1984; mother, Kimber Eastwood
Grandson: Graylen Eastwood, born 1994; father, Kyle Eastwood
Biography
A tall, soft-spoken and leathery leading man since the 1960s, Clint Eastwood
diversified into directing and producing after achieving iconic status. He grew
up in Depression-era California, where his parents were itinerant workers. After
high school, he worked various odd jobs (e.g., lumberjack, pianist) and served
in the US Army. After attending Los Angeles City College. he was signed by
Universal where he was featured in a string of B-movies before gaining
recognition as trail boss Rowdy Yates in the successful TV series Rawhide.
Tight TV schedules and good training helped him develop the minimalist acting
style for which he is famous; it was first appreciated in Europe where he
starred in a trilogy of popular spaghetti westerns directed by Sergio Leone.
Sinewy, laconic and lethal, he embodied to Europeans the maverick, unpredictably
violent American, whose philosophy in A Fistful of Dollars (1964) was "everybody
gets rich or dead." For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly (1966) became classic revisionist Westerns and made Eastwood an
international star. He returned stateside and starred in Coogan's Bluff (1968),
a smart urban oater that marked the beginning of his long and successful
collaboration with director Don Siegel.
Filmography
Blood Work (2002)
Kurosawa (2001)
Space Cowboys (2000)
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000)
True Crime (1999)
Forever Hollywood (1999)
Absolute Power (1997)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
Eastwood on Eastwood (1997)
AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards: Clint Eastwood (1996)
The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Casper (1995)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995)
Don't Pave Main Street: Carmel's Heritage (1994)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
A Perfect World (1993)
Unforgiven (1992)
Hollywood Remembers: Gary Cooper - American Life, American Legend (1991)
Amazing Stories: The Movie 4 (1991)
Hollywood Remembers (series) (1990)
The Rookie (1990)
White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
Pink Cadillac (1989)
Bird (1988)
The Dead Pool (1988)
Stars of the Century (1988)
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)
Wild West (1987)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Pale Rider (1985)
City Heat (1984)
Tightrope (1984)
Sudden Impact (1983)
Firefox (1982)
Honkytonk Man (1982)
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Bronco Billy (1980)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
The Gauntlet (1977)
The Enforcer (1976)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
Magnum Force (1973)
Breezy (1973)
Joe Kidd (1972)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Play Misty for Me (1971)
The Beguiled (1970)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
Coogan's Bluff (1968)
Hang 'em High (1968)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Death Valley Days: Deadly Decision (1966)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Witches (1966)
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
Death Valley Days, Vol. 3 (1965)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Death Valley Days on Laser (1963)
Maverick: The Collector's Edition, Vol. 4 (195?)
Maverick: Duel at Sundown (1959)
Rawhide - The Collector's Edition (1959)
Rawhide (TV Series) (1959)
Rawhide: Incident of Iron Bull (1959)
Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)
Maverick (TV Series) (1958)
Escapade in Japan (1957)
Away All Boats (1956)
The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)
Never Say Goodbye (1956)
Star in the Dust (1956)
Francis in the Navy (1955)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Tarantula (1955)
Lady Godiva (1955)
Awards:
1970: Golden Globe: World Film Favorite (Male)
1988: Hollywood Foreign Press Association: Cecil B. DeMille Award
1988: Cannes Film Festival: Technique Award: Bird
1988: Golden Globe: Best Director, Bird
1992: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Film, Unforgiven
1992: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Director, Unforgiven
1992: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actor, Unforgiven
1992: National Society of Film Critics: Best Picture, Unforgiven
1992: National Society of Film Critics: Best Director, Unforgiven
1992: Golden Globe: Best Director, Unforgiven
1993: American Cinema Editors Golden Eddie: Awarded for distinguished
contribution to the art and craft of film
1992: NATO/ShoWest: Director of the Year, Unforgiven
1992: Directors Guild of America: Theatrical Direction, Unforgiven
1992: Oscar: Best Picture, Unforgiven
1992: Oscar: Best Director, Unforgiven
1993: British Film Institute Fellowship: Awarded for unique contribution as an
actor and director to the world of film
1994: Academy: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
1996: American Film Institute: Life Achievement Award
1998: Honorary César: Directorial achievement
1998: Producers Guild of America: David O. Selznick Theatrical Lifetime
Achievement Award
Factoids:
Eastwood has a number of business interests, including his line of sportswear,
Tehama Clint, and Pale Rider Ale; also owned Eastwood's Hog's Breath Inn,
Carmel, California, which closed Spring 1999
Education:
Los Angeles City College, California; majored in business (attended on the GI
Bill); didn't graduate
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