Clint Eastwood Biography
 
Buy at Art.comBest known as "The Man With No Name", but no one can forget the infamous characters he creatively brought to life in the sixties "spaghetti westerns" wearing a weathered Stenson pulled down over his menacing squint as he clenches a cigar stub between his clenched teeth.
 
Standing 6' 4" he faces off against his enemies wearing that worn out and dirty old poncho that he methodically flips back to reveal his double six shooters fastened to his right and left hip holster. He was the Man with No Name, but the actor that we would never forget. Clinton Eastwood Jr of Dutch, Scottish, Irish and English heritage, was born on May 31, 1930 to parents Clinton Eastwood Sr. (steelworker, migratory worker) and Francesca Ruth Eastwood (born in 1909). He also has one older sister, Jean Eastwood.
 
A hay bailer, logger, truck driver, steel-furnace stoker and Veteran of the US Army, Clint Eastwood moved to L.A in 1954 with the encouragement of friends David Janssen and Martin Milner. He landed a weekly $75 contract with Universal International and got his first acting work in the B-grade sci-fi movies Revenge of the Creature (1955), Francis in the Navy (1955) and Tarantula (1955). After being dropped by Universal, Eastwood did some odd jobs until a network executive accidentally discovered him while meeting a friend at CBS. Considering Clint's face to have the 'look like a cowboy', the executive handed Eastwood the starring role of Rowdy Yates (1959-1966) in Jus Addiss' western, the CBS' series Rawhide and he became famous nation wide.
 
Eastwood was launched to the international spotlight when he transferred to Spain. He nabbed lead roles in such Sergio Leone's runaway success films as A Fistful of Dollars (1964, the reproduction of Yojimbo), For a Few Dollars More (1965, Eastwood was most recognized as The Man With No Name), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).
 
In 1971, after years of averagely-faring Westerns, he encountered a stroke of luck, Frank Sinatra turned down the part of detective Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry and the role was offered to Clint. In 1973 he reprised Harry Callahan in Magnum Force and, in the same year, signed a contract with Warner Bros. At this point Clint was romantically involved with Sondra Locke and he began a series of many collaborations with her, the first of which was The Outlaw Josey Wales. In 1976 Clint reprised Callahan yet again in The Enforcer, and the following year he teamed with an orangutan in the comedy Every Which Way But Loose, and in 1980 he showed off his singing talents with a performance on the Bronco Billy soundtrack.

In 1992 Clint re-established his superstar status and won widespread acclaim with Unforgiven, which won the Best Picture and Best Director Oscar. He directed and starred in A Perfect World (1993); The Bridges of Madison County (1994) with Meryl Streep; and Absolute Power (1997). He directed Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997); and produced, directed and starred in the thriller, True Crime (1999). August of 2000 saw the release of his latest directorial and acting project, Space Cowboys, costarring James Garner, Donald Sutherland, and Tommy Lee Jones. In 2003, Eastwood nabbed the feature film rights to the biography First Man: A Life of Neil A. Armstrong. He is set to direct and produce the project but does not intend to star. The same year, he released the haunting and award-winning directorial effort Mystic River starring Sean Penn and Tim Robbins. In 2005, Eastwood won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Director for Million Dollar Baby starring Hilary Swank. The film also won the Best Picture Oscar. He then went on to direct DreamWorks' Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima, earning him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. He is currently directing Angelina Jolie in the film set for release this year entitled, "Changeling".
 
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Awards:
  • Academy Award: Best Director, Million Dollar Baby, 2005
  • Golden Globe: Best Director, Million Dollar Baby, 2005
  • National Board of Review: Special Filmmaking Achievement, Million Dollar Baby, 2005
  • Honorary César: Directorial Achievement, 1998
  • Producers Guild of America: David O. Selznick Theatrical Lifetime Achievement Award, 1998
  • American Film Institute: Life Achievement Award, 1996
  • Academy: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, 1994
  • British Film Institute Fellowship: Unique Contribution As An Actor And Director To The World Of Film, 1993
  • American Cinema Editors Golden Eddie: Distinguished Contribution To The Art And Craft Of Film, 1993
  • 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, 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, 1992
  • Hollywood Foreign Press Association: Cecil B. DeMille Award, 1988
  • Cannes Film Festival: Technique Award: Bird, 1988
  • Golden Globe: Best Director, Bird, 1988
  • Golden Globe: World Film Favorite (Male), 1970