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.
Gran TorinoCurmudgeonly Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood, who also directs) must confront his Hmong immigrant neighbors -- and his own long-held prejudices -- when the family's teenage son, Thao (Bee Vang), tries to steal Walt's beloved 1972 Gran Torino. Walt soon assumes the unlikely role of... Read More
Million 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
UnforgivenRetired gunslinger William Munny (Clint Eastwood) reluctantly takes one last job -- and even more reluctantly accepts a boastful youth (Jaimz Woolvett) as a partner. Together, they learn how easily complicated truths are distorted into simplistic myths about the Old West. Gene Hackman (who won an... Read More
The Good, the Bad and the UglyWhile the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men -- a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit -- comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold. Read More
The Bridges of Madison CountyWhen vaguely discontented Iowa housewife Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep) meets National Geographic shutterbug Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood), what begins as a guarded friendship soon erupts into an intense affair that rekindles Francesca's forgotten passions. But Francesca finds her... Read More
