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Clint Eastwood
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<p>Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the <a href="/facts/Western_(genre)/KvoYduYT">Western</a> TV series <i><a href="/facts/Rawhide_(TV_series)/ryqWDWWb">Rawhide</a></i>, Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "<a href="/facts/Man_with_No_Name/UG8SdVzS">Man with No Name</a>" in <a href="/facts/Sergio_Leone/DmMhXU9X">Sergio Leone</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Dollars_Trilogy/eePjWenp">Dollars Trilogy</a></i> of <a href="/facts/Spaghetti_Western/VxusSjDK">spaghetti Westerns</a> during the mid-1960s and as <a href="/facts/Antihero/GMgF4uRa">antihero</a> cop <a href="/facts/Dirty_Harry_(character)/vq1haNGk">Harry Callahan</a> in the five <i><a href="/facts/Dirty_Harry_(film_series)/mCV21yEl">Dirty Harry</a></i> films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring <a href="/facts/Cultural_icon/r61E5wrT">cultural icon</a> of <a href="/facts/Masculinity/lp3LFyK4">masculinity</a>. Elected in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as the mayor of <a href="/facts/Carmel-by-the-Sea%2c_California/jq5AtbRg">Carmel-by-the-Sea, California</a>. </p><p>Eastwood's greatest commercial successes are the adventure comedy <i><a href="/facts/Every_Which_Way_but_Loose/2yzXNoNx">Every Which Way but Loose</a></i> (1978) and its action comedy sequel <i><a href="/facts/Any_Which_Way_You_Can/4VPpvnIa">Any Which Way You Can</a></i> (1980). Other popular Eastwood films include the Westerns <i><a href="/facts/Hang_%2527Em_High/sakAkVJh">Hang 'Em High</a></i> (1968), <i><a href="/facts/The_Outlaw_Josey_Wales/1jdGpF9T">The Outlaw Josey Wales</a></i> (1976) and <i><a href="/facts/Pale_Rider/5JN8Ih7F">Pale Rider</a></i> (1985), the action-war film <i><a href="/facts/Where_Eagles_Dare/X1sU0Wbh">Where Eagles Dare</a></i> (1968), the prison film <i><a href="/facts/Escape_from_Alcatraz_(film)/M9QNy2bU">Escape from Alcatraz</a></i> (1979), the war film <i><a href="/facts/Heartbreak_Ridge/kNRJ5Rc3">Heartbreak Ridge</a></i> (1986), the action film <i><a href="/facts/In_the_Line_of_Fire/R42cG4y0">In the Line of Fire</a></i> (1993), and the romantic drama <i><a href="/facts/The_Bridges_of_Madison_County_(film)/3ShXQoE5">The Bridges of Madison County</a></i> (1995). More recent works include <i><a href="/facts/Gran_Torino/eTBeQt67">Gran Torino</a></i> (2008), <i><a href="/facts/The_Mule_(2018_film)/avevYjuK">The Mule</a></i> (2018), and <i><a href="/facts/Cry_Macho_(film)/Fslhkx7I">Cry Macho</a></i> (2021). Since 1967, Eastwood's company <a href="/facts/Malpaso_Productions/He5XE8Pg">Malpaso Productions</a> has produced all but four of his American films. </p><p>An <a href="/facts/Academy_Award/CwTxYuNQ">Academy Award</a> nominee for <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor/ESeGU7vo">Best Actor</a>, Eastwood won <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director/3TuCQ2Sd">Best Director</a> and <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture/C6komTsX">Best Picture</a> for his Western film <i><a href="/facts/Unforgiven/bC1tabG8">Unforgiven</a></i> (1992) and his sports drama <i><a href="/facts/Million_Dollar_Baby/gnFfwSub">Million Dollar Baby</a></i> (2004). In addition to directing many of his own <a href="/facts/Star_vehicle/rf5wp919">star vehicles</a>, Eastwood has directed films in which he did not appear, such as the mystery drama <i><a href="/facts/Mystic_River_(film)/nd1WIVa8">Mystic River</a></i> (2003) and the war film <i><a href="/facts/Letters_from_Iwo_Jima/oDRysu8c">Letters from Iwo Jima</a></i> (2006), for which he received Academy Award nominations, as well as the legal thriller <i><a href="/facts/Juror_No._2/eoFNnp7p">Juror #2</a></i> (2024). He also directed the biographical films <i><a href="/facts/Changeling_(film)/gBrsG3rE">Changeling</a></i> (2008), <i><a href="/facts/Invictus_(film)/Ql2wd10p">Invictus</a></i> (2009), <i><a href="/facts/American_Sniper/XEtYmdPe">American Sniper</a></i> (2014), <i><a href="/facts/Sully_(2016_film)/p3DYJTly">Sully</a></i> (2016), and <i><a href="/facts/Richard_Jewell_(film)/4uA8s6rJ">Richard Jewell</a></i> (2019). </p><p><a href="/facts/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Clint_Eastwood/ufJ0oFRr">Eastwood's accolades</a> include four Academy Awards, four <a href="/facts/Golden_Globe_Awards/1v50C2Tb">Golden Globe Awards</a>, three <a href="/facts/C%25C3%25A9sar_Awards/88m9d71E">César Awards</a>, and an <a href="/facts/AFI_Life_Achievement_Award/Qr9f9SXU">AFI Life Achievement Award</a>. In 2000, he received the Italian <a href="/facts/Venice_Film_Festival/ItsBLlQQ">Venice Film Festival</a>'s <a href="/facts/Golden_Lion/PeFfpXGU">Golden Lion</a> award, honoring his lifetime achievements. Bestowed two of France's highest civilian honors, he received the <a href="/facts/Commander/0AASADmo">Commander</a> of the <a href="/facts/Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres/DSP5bE6f">Ordre des Arts et des Lettres</a> in 1994, and the <a href="/facts/Legion_of_Honour/XmLQTz71">Legion of Honour</a> in 2007. </p>