Clint Eastwood Lifestyle, Biography, Age, Movies, Marriage, Contact & Information

Clint Eastwood Lifestyle, Biography, Age, Movies, Marriage, Contact & Information

Clint Eastwood made a name for himself as a popular television and film actor and became the Academy Award-winning director of such films as ‘Unforgiven’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby’.

Who is Clint Eastwood?

Clint Eastwood got his big break with a starring role on the TV show Rawhide. He then became hugely popular playing tough characters in a series of westerns from the Sergio Leone movie and the Dirty Harry franchise. Eastwood has since won accolades for directing Oscar-winning films such as Unforgiven, Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby.

Youth and career

Eastwood was born Clinton Eastwood Jr. on May 31, 1930, to Clinton Sr. and Ruth Eastwood, in San Francisco, California. He has a younger sister, Jeanne. After traveling and looking for work throughout California during the Depression, the family settled in the Bay Area town of Piedmont. Eastwood attended Piedmont High School and then Oakland Technical High School, graduating in 1949.

Eastwood worked odd jobs during and after high school, with stints as a hay press, lumberjack, truck driver, and steel furnace driver. In 1950 he was drafted into the US Army and stationed at Fort Ord on the Monterey Peninsula, where he served as a swimming instructor.

After his release in 1953, Eastwood traveled to Los Angeles, where he took classes at Los Angeles City College and worked at a gas station. Tall and handsome, he landed a screen test with Universal and signed a contract despite having minimal acting experience. Her early roles were small roles in films like Revenge of the Creature and Francis in the Navy, both released in 1955.

In 1958, Eastwood scored his big break with a major role on TV Western Rawhide. Playing Rowdy Yates, second-in-command to Eric Fleming’s ringmaster, Eastwood slipped seamlessly into the role of a horny young cowboy. His character matured over the show’s eight seasons, with Yates taking over as lead lead near the end.

Movies

“A Fistful of Dollars”, “For a Few Dollars More”, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”

In the 1960s, Eastwood traveled to Italy to star in a trio of westerns led by Sergio Leone. The role played by Eastwood – the cool and laconic “Man with No Name” – had been turned down by James Coburn and Charles Bronson. The film trio included 1964’s A Fistful of Dollars (a remake of Akira Kurosawa Yojimbo’s classic), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Nicknamed “spaghetti westerns” because of their Italian production, these films gained worldwide popularity and Eastwood became internationally known.

“Hang ‘Em High”

Returning to the United States, Eastwood set up his own production company, Malpaso, and once again took on the role of a tough cowboy with Hang ‘Em High (1968). Although he quickly branched out into other genres and directorial roles, Eastwood would be involved in many popular westerns, including High Plains Drifter (1973), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), and Pale Rider (1985).

“Play Misty for Me”, “Dirty Harry”

In 1971, Eastwood starred in his directorial debut, Play Misty for Me, which generated favorable reviews. Also that year, he took on the character of Harry Callahan, a controversial San Francisco cop, for Dirty Harry. The harsh and violent film proved extremely popular with audiences, eventually spawning the sequels Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983), and The Dead Pool (1988).

‘Thunderbolt and Lightfoot’

During this period, Eastwood also took detours in comedic roles, headlining Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), alongside Jeff Bridges, and Every Which Way but Loose (1978), alongside an orang- utan. In a more serious and notable guise, he also portrayed convict Frank Lee Morris in Escape from Alcatraz (1979).

“Bird”, “unforgiven”

Eastwood indulged his love of jazz music when he made the critically acclaimed Charlie Parker biopic Bird (1988). He was also awarded for directing and starring in Western Unforgiven 1992, which won Best Picture and Best Director Oscars. Later directing projects included A Perfect World (1993), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), Absolute Power (1997), and True Crime (1999).

‘Space Cowboys’, ‘Mystic River’

August 2000 saw the release of another director and actor project for Eastwood, Space Cowboys, with co-stars James Garner, Donald Sutherland and Tommy Lee Jones. In 2003, he focused his energy behind the camera to direct and score Mystic River. This haunting film, about former childhood friends embroiled in a murder investigation, won Oscars for stars Sean Penn and Tim Robbins. That same year, Eastwood received the Life Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild.

“Million Dollar Baby”

In 2004, Eastwood delivered another signature achievement with Million Dollar Baby, featuring an aging boxing trainer. The powerful film cleaned up the awards circuit, winning Best Picture and Best Director Oscars for Eastwood, as well as Oscars for actors Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman.

‘Flags of Our Fathers’, ‘Letters from Iwo Jima’

In 2006, Eastwood directed two World War II dramas, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. These companion films viewed the conflict from two distinct perspectives: Flags of Our Fathers explores the American side, telling the story of one man’s efforts to learn more about his father’s involvement in raising the American flag in Iwo Jima – a moment captured in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph. The film featured a number of young Hollywood actors, including Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford and Paul Walker.

Drawing on correspondence found on the battlefield of this island, Letters from Iwo Jima examines the experiences of Japanese soldiers during World War II. While both films received high acclaim, Letters from Iwo Jima earned four Oscar nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Director.

‘Changeling’, J. Edgar’

Next for Eastwood was the 2008 family drama thriller Changeling, which starred Angelina Jolie as the mother of a kidnapped child. Jolie’s character in the film – which is based on a true story – suspects that the child returned to her is not, in fact, her son. Several widely acclaimed directorial projects followed, including 2008’s Gran Torino (which Eastwood also starred in) 2009’s Invictus (starring Matt Damon and Freeman as Nelson Mandela) and 2011’s J. Edgar, which featured Leonardo DiCaprio as the role of controversial former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

‘Jersey Boys’, ‘American Sniper’

Eastwood directed two films released in 2014: He adapted Jersey Boys from the Broadway musical about the rise to fame of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. He followed that biopic with the box office hit American Sniper, which chronicled the career and family life of Navy SEAL agent Chris Kyle and garnered a slew of Oscar nominations.

‘Defile’

Eastwood then moved behind the camera for another biopic, Sully. Released in 2016, the film follows the heroic actions of pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who landed a troubled plane safely on the Hudson River in 2009. Sully won praise for both Eastwood and its star, Tom Hanks.

‘Le 3h17 à Paris’, ‘La Mule’, ‘Richard Jewell’

Eastwood’s next biographical efforts, The 15:17 to Paris and The Mule, both hit theaters in 2018 to mixed reviews, though the latter enjoyed a strong box office performance. Next up is Richard Jewell (2019), based on the story of the security guard who discovered a bomb at the 1996 Summer Olympics, only to find himself at the center of an FBI investigation.

Political career and activism

Along with his highly successful Hollywood career, Eastwood dabbled in politics. In 1986 he was elected mayor of Carmel, California, and served two years.

Eastwood is also known for being outspoken about his political views. Although he registered as a Republican early in his career, he embraced Democratic support for gun control laws and same-sex marriage, and has presented himself in recent years as a libertarian.

The actor made headlines when he spoke at the 2012 Republican National Convention in support of his nominee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. During his story, Eastwood addressed an empty chair next to him, where an imaginary President Barack Obama sat, and said it was time for him to stand down. At one point during the unusual speech, Eastwood claimed Obama was talking to him, “What do you want me to say to Romney? he asked the president. “I can’t tell him to do that. I can’t tell him to do this to himself. »

Eastwood’s private life

Married twice, Eastwood has also been involved in several high-profile affairs. He was married to Maggie Johnson from 1953 to 1984, with whom he had two children, Kyle (b. 1968) and Alison (b. 1972). During this time he also had daughter Kimber (b. 1964) with Rawhide stuntwoman Roxanne Tunis.

From 1975, Eastwood became romantically involved with co-star Sondra Locke, a relationship that ended bitterly in a palimonia suit in 1989. While still living with Locke, he had two children with Jacelyn Reeves , Scott (born in 1986) and Kathryn (born in 1988). He and actress Frances Fisher had a daughter, Francesca Ruth, in 1993. Around this time, reports surfaced of another Eastwood daughter, born just before her Hollywood career began.

In 1996, Eastwood married 30-year-old TV presenter Dina Ruiz, who gave birth to daughter Morgan in December. The couple separated in 2013 and their divorce was finalized in late 2014. A few months later, Eastwood went public with his new girlfriend, restaurant hostess Christina Sandera.