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Background[]
Clint Eastwood ( b. 31 May 1930 ) is an American actor, composer, director, and producer. He has appeared in live action television and cinematic roles and has also directed and produced them as well. Eastwood is widely considered to be a legendary Hollywood actor and director with a film career spanning 70 years.
He is famous for his towering height, strong scowling features, and his raspy voice which made him a distinctive star in Western films in the early part of his career. He became a pop culture icon of imposing masculinity thanks to starring in Sergio Leone's seminal Western series as "The Man With No Name" in A Fistful of Dollars; For a Few Dollars More; and The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. He also starred in a number of other famous Westerns including Hang 'Em High; The Outlaw Josey Wales; and Pale Rider.
Unlike other typecasted actors, Eastwood shifted into a variety of other genres including action, comedy, romance, and drama films over the ensuing decades of his career―starring in a number of top grossing films including Where Eagles Dare; Every Which Way but Loose; Escape from Alcatraz; and In the Line of Fire.
He is also been immortalized for his role as the brutal anti-hero Inspector Harry Callahan aka Dirty Harry of the Dirty Harry Franchise. Dirty Harry's infamous line of "Go ahead, make my day." is considered to be one of the most recognizable movie quote in history.
In addition, he has also directed (and co-starred) a number of highly acclaimed and critically received films including The Bridges of Madison County; Million Dollar Baby; Gran Torino; and Unforgiven which he also won an Academy Award for Best Director and for Best Picture.
Biography[]
Personal Life[]
Filmography[]
- Revenge of the Creature (1955)
- Allen in Movieland (1955)
- Francis in the Navy (1955)
- Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)
- Tarantula (1955)
- Never Say Goodbye (1956)
- Highway Patrol (1956) 1 episode
- Star in the Dust (1956)
- The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)
- Away All Boats (1956)
- Death Valley Days (1956) 1 episode
- West Point (1957) 1 episode
- Escapade in Japan (1957)
- Navy Log (1958) 1 episode
- Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
- Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)
- Maverick (1959) 1 episode
- Rawhide (1959-65) series regular
- A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
- For a Few Dollars More (1965)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- The Witches (1967)
- Hang 'Em High (1968)
- Coogan's Bluff (1968)
- Where Eagles Dare (1968)
- Paint Your Wagon (1969)
- Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
- Kelly's Heroes (1970)
- The Beguiled (1971)
- Play Misty for Me (1971)
- Dirty Harry (1971)
- Joe Kidd (1972)
- High Plains Drifter (1973)
- Breezy (1973)
- Magnum Force (1973)
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
- The Eiger Sanction (1975)
- The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
- The Enforcer (1976)
- The Gauntlet (1977)
- Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
- Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
- Bronco Billy (1980)
- Any Which Way You Can (1980)
- Firefox (1982)
- Honkytonk Man (1982)
- Sudden Impact (1983)
- Tightrope (1984)
- City Heat (1984)
- Pale Rider (1985)
- Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
- The Dead Pool (1988)
- Pink Cadillac (1989)
- White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
- The Rookie (1990)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- In the Line of Fire (1993)
- A Perfect World (1993)
- Casper (1995)
- The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
- Absolute Power (1997)
- True Crime (1999)
- Space Cowboys (2000)
- Blood Work (2002)
- Million Dollar Baby (2004)
- Gran Torino (2008)
- Trouble with the Curve (2012)
- The Mule (2018)
Trivia[]
- When trapped in the Old West in the Back to the Future Part III film, Marty McFly refers to himself as "Clint Eastwood" as a manly alias. Unfortunately, it failed to impress or intimidate his opponents.
Quotes[]
- "I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it."
- "They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning."
- "I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."