The son of a steelworker, Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930, in San Francisco and toiled as a logger and a gas station attendant before moving to Hollywood.After attaining minor fame in the TV series "Rawhide," Eastwood became a star in the wake of director Sergio Leone's spaghetti Western trilogy A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. With a face and presence born to play rugged roles, Eastwood continued to turn heads in Dirty Harry (1971) and In the Line of Fire (1993).
Eastwood has also worked behind the camera and achieved directorial success in 1992 with his Oscar-winning Western Unforgiven. His Academy recognition continued with Best Director nods for Mystic River (2003) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), with a win for Million Dollar Baby in between. He scored another honor in 2009 with a Golden Globe nod as Best Director for Invictus.
AddMillion Dollar BabyDespondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood, who also directs) isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro -- and to convince Dunn and his cohort (Morgan Freeman) to help her. This... Read More
AddBlood WorkRetired FBI director Terry McCaleb (Clint Eastwood), feeble from a recent heart transplant, is hired by Graciela Rivers (Wanda De Jesus) to investigate the death of her sister, Gloria -- who is, coincidentally, the donor of McCaleb's new heart. McCaleb soon deduces that Gloria was murdered by a... Read More
AddThe Good, the Bad and the UglyWhile the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men -- a quiet loner (Clint Eastwood), a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit -- comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold. In his third classic spaghetti Western with Eastwood,... Read More
AddThe Outlaw Josey WalesEx-Confederate soldier Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, who also directs this Oscar-nominated Western) is on the run from both his former unit and the U.S. Army regiment that killed his family. Finally coming to rest in a quiet community and falling for pretty settler Laura Lee (Sondra Locke), Josey may... Read More
AddDirty HarryWhen a madman dubbed the "Scorpio Killer" terrorizes San Francisco, hard-boiled cop Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) -- famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement -- is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in the process of rescuing a kidnap... Read More
