Clint Eastwood
Birth Name:
Clinton Eastwood
Birth Place:
San Francisco, California, United States
Profession
Actor, Producer, Director, Composer, Music department, Stunts, Camera department
Fast Facts
- An advocate for various charities, he has supported the American Stroke Association, Best Friends Animal Society and Make-A-Wish Foundation
- Was honored with a Kennedy Center Honor in 2000
- Was made a commander of the Legion of Honor in France in 2009
- While serving in the U․S․ Army at Fort Ord, he was discovered by a Universal Studios crew shooting on the base
- Quote: "I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life․"
- Quote: "My father used to say to me, 'Show'em what you can do, and don't worry about what your gonna get․ Say you'll work for free and make yourself invaluable․'"
- Well known for his role in Western films
- Was elected mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif․, in 1986
Awards
- 1961Bronze Wrangler - Fictional Television Drama:Winner
- 1962Bronze Wrangler - Fictional Television Drama:Winner
- 1964Bronze Wrangler - Fictional Television Drama:Winner
- 1968Golden Laurel - Action Performance:Nominated
- 1970Golden Laurel - Action Performance:Nominated
- 1971Golden Laurel - Best Action Performance:Nominated
- 1978Stinker Award - Worst On-Screen Couple:Nominated
- 1981Jupiter Award - Best International Actor:Nominated
- 1985Palme d'OrNominated
- 1985Jupiter Award - Best International Actor:Nominated
- 1985Jupiter Award - Best International Film:Nominated
- 1986Jupiter Award - Best International Actor:Nominated
- 1988Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Winner
- 1988Palme d'OrNominated
- 1988NYFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1989César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Nominated
- 1989Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Winner
- 1989Sant Jordi - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera):Winner
- 1990Palme d'OrNominated
- 1991CFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1992ACCA - Best Actor in a Leading Role:Nominated
- 1992ACCA - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1992ACCA - Best Director:Winner
- 1992Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Winner
- 1992Guinness World Record - Only actors to win Best Director Oscar:Winner
- 1992KCFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1992LAFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1992LAFCA Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 1992NYFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1993ASECAN Award - Best Foreign Film:Winner
- 1993Oscar - Best Actor in a Leading Role:Nominated
- 1993Oscar - Best Picture:Winner
- 1993Oscar - Best Director:Winner
- 1993BAFTA Film Award - Best Direction:Nominated
- 1993BAFTA Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1993Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Winner
- 1993CFCA Award - Best Picture:Nominated
- 1993CFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1993CFCA Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 1993DFWFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1993DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Winner
- 1993Empire Award - Best Film:Winner
- 1993Fotogramas de Plata - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera):Winner
- 1993Girona Film Critics Award - Best Picture:Winner
- 1993Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Winner
- 1993Hochi Film Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1993NSFC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 1993NSFC Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 1993PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 1993Sant Jordi - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera):Winner
- 1993Bronze Wrangler - Theatrical Motion Picture:Winner
- 1994Girona Film Critics Award - Best Picture:Winner
- 1994Silver Ribbon - Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 1994Jupiter Award - Best International Actor:Winner
- 1994Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1994Mainichi Film Concours - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1995Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1996ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 1996Blue Ribbon Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1996CFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 1996César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Nominated
- 1996Fotogramas de Plata - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera):Winner
- 1996Girona Film Critics Award - Best Picture:Winner
- 1996Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film Director:Winner
- 1996Readers' Choice Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 1996PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 1998Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1999Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2000Best Film of the 1990s - Best Film:Nominated
- 2000Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2000Best Film of the 1990s - Best Film:Winner
- 2001Saturn Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2001Saturn Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2001Blockbuster Entertainment Award - Favorite Action Team (Internet Only):Nominated
- 2001Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2001Mainichi Film Concours - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2002Future Film Festival Digital AwardWinner
- 2003ACCA - Best Director:Nominated
- 2003ACCA - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2003Golden CoachWinner
- 2003Palme d'OrNominated
- 2003Screen International AwardNominated
- 2003Golden Schmoes - Best Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2003LAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2003VVFP Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2003WAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004Movies for Grownups Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004Oscar - Best Picture:Nominated
- 2004Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004Silver Condor - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera):Nominated
- 2004AFI Award - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
- 2004ACCA - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2004ACCA - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004ACCA - Best Cast Ensemble:Nominated
- 2004Bodil - Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film):Nominated
- 2004COFCA Award - Best Score:Nominated
- 2004COFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004CFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004CFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2004Critics Choice Award - Best Composer:Nominated
- 2004Critics Choice Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Winner
- 2004Robert - Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film):Nominated
- 2004David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 2004DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 2004Fotogramas de Plata - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera):Winner
- 2004Girona Film Critics Award - Best Picture:Winner
- 2004Gold Derby Film Award - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2004Gold Derby Film Award - Director:Nominated
- 2004Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2004Guinness World Record - Only actors to win Best Director Oscar:Winner
- 2004INOCA - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004IOMA - Best Director (Miglior regia):Nominated
- 2004Sierra Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Winner
- 2004Special Achievement AwardWinner
- 2004NSFC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2004NYFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2004OFTA Film Award - Best Picture:Nominated
- 2004OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004OFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 2004SDFCS Award - Best Score:Winner
- 2004SDFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2004Sant Jordi - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera):Winner
- 2004Golden Satellite Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004Seattle Film Critics Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 2004Seattle Film Critics Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2004SEFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004UFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2004VFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2005Movies for Grownups Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2005Oscar - Best Motion Picture of the Year:Winner
- 2005Oscar - Best Achievement in Directing:Winner
- 2005Oscar - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:Nominated
- 2005Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2005Amanda - Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm):Nominated
- 2005Blue Ribbon Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2005COFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2005Critics Choice Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2005DFWFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2005David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Winner
- 2005DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures:Winner
- 2005DGGB Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in International Film:Nominated
- 2005FCCA Award - Best Foreign Film - English Language:Winner
- 2005Gold Derby Film Award - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2005Gold Derby Film Award - Ensemble Cast:Nominated
- 2005Gold Derby Film Award - Director:Nominated
- 2005Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2005Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Winner
- 2005ICS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2005INOCA - Best Director:Nominated
- 2005IOMA - Best Picture (Miglior film):Nominated
- 2005Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2005Readers' Choice Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2005Mainichi Film Concours - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2005NSFC Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2005NSFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2005OFTA Film Award - Best Picture:Nominated
- 2005OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2005OFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2005PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 2005VFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2006Blue Ribbon Award - Best Foreign Langauge Film:Winner
- 2006Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2006CFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2006César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Winner
- 2006DFWFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2006Robert - Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film):Nominated
- 2006Fotogramas de Plata - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera):Winner
- 2006Grammy - Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:Nominated
- 2006Hochi Film Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2006Silver Ribbon - Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero):Winner
- 2006Jupiter Award - Best International Director:Winner
- 2006Jupiter Award - Best International Film:Winner
- 2006Readers' Choice Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2006Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film Director:Winner
- 2006Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2006LAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2006NYFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2006Premio Guarani - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
- 2006Critics Award - Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro):Winner
- 2006Critics Award - Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro):Winner
- 2006SDFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2006Satellite Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2006Satellite Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2006SLFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2006SLFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2007Movies for Grownups Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2007Oscar - Best Motion Picture of the Year:Nominated
- 2007Oscar - Best Achievement in Directing:Nominated
- 2007Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Award for The Most Valuable Film of the Year:Winner
- 2007Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Award for The Most Valuable Film of the Year:Winner
- 2007Critics Choice Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2007David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 2007Gold Derby Film Award - Director:Nominated
- 2007Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2007Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2007INOCA - Best Non-English Language Film:Nominated
- 2007Silver Ribbon - Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo):Winner
- 2007Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film Director:Winner
- 2007Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2007Readers' Choice Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2007NTFCA Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2007Satellite Award - Best Original Song:Winner
- 2007VFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2008Silver Condor - Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera):Nominated
- 2008Bodil - Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film):Winner
- 2008Palme d'OrNominated
- 2008CFCA Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2008Critics Choice Award - Best Composer:Nominated
- 2008Golden Globe - Best Original Song - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2008Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2008NBR Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2008NYFCC Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2009Movies for Grownups Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2009Award of the Argentinean Academy - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera):Nominated
- 2009Saturn Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2009Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 2009David Lean Award for Direction - Best Director:Nominated
- 2009Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2009Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year:Nominated
- 2009Critics Choice Award - Best Composer:Nominated
- 2009Critics Choice Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2009David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Winner
- 2009Audience Award - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Winner
- 2009Golden Globe - Best Original Song - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2009Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2009HFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2009Silver Ribbon - Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo):Winner
- 2009IOMA - Best Director (Miglior regia):Nominated
- 2009ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2009NBR Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2009NSFC Award - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2009Modern Master AwardWinner
- 2009WAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2009World Soundtrack Award - Best Original Song Written for a Film:Nominated
- 2010Movies for Grownups Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2010ASECAN Award - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
- 2010Black Reel - Best Film:Nominated
- 2010CinEuphoria - Top Ten of the Year - International Competition:Winner
- 2010Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro):Nominated
- 2010Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year:Nominated
- 2010Critics Choice Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2010César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Winner
- 2010David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 2010Fotogramas de Plata - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera):Winner
- 2010Girona Film Critics Award - Best Picture:Nominated
- 2010Gold Derby Film Award - Director of the Decade:Nominated
- 2010Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2010IOMA - Best Director (Miglior regia):Nominated
- 2010IOMA - Best Actor (Miglior attore protagonista):Nominated
- 2010Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Film Director:Winner
- 2010Readers' Choice Award - Best Foreign Film:Winner
- 2010PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 2011Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 2011Saturn Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2011César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Nominated
- 2011David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Winner
- 2011Silver Ribbon - Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo):Winner
- 2011Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Nominated
- 2013Felix - Best Actor:Nominated
- 2013Felix - Best Director:Nominated
- 2014Truly Moving Picture AwardWinner
- 2014NBR Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2015Oscar - Best Motion Picture of the Year:Nominated
- 2015David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 2015DFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2015DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film:Nominated
- 2015Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Film:Winner
- 2015Readers' Choice Award - Best Foreign Film:Winner
- 2015Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Film Director:Winner
- 2015PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
- 2017Movies for Grownups Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia CinemaNominated
- 2017Readers' Choice Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2017Kinema Junpo Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2018Red Nation Film Award of Excellence - Best Film:Nominated
- 2019Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2020Grand Prix (Laurier du Cinéma) - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur Film Étranger):Nominated
- 2020Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia CinemaNominated
- 2020Readers' Choice Award - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
- 2021Grand Prix (Laurier du Cinéma) - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur Film Étranger):Nominated
- 2021David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 2021NMFC Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2022C&I Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2022C&I Award - Best Actor:Winner
- 2024Abraccine Award - Best International Feature Film (Melhor Longa Estrangeiro):Nominated
- 2024ACCRJ Award - Best Films of the Year (Melhores Filmes do Ano):Nominated
- 2025C&I Movie Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2025CEC Award - Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera):Nominated
- 2025David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 2025Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia CinemaWinner
- 2025Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award - Best Foreign Film (Millor pel·lícula estrangera):Nominated