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Also Known As
Clinton Eastwood, Jr.
Born
May 31, 1930 (age 95) • San Francisco • California
Awards And Honors
Academy Award (2005) • Kennedy Center Honors (2000) • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1995) • Academy Award (1993) • Academy Award (2005): Directing • Academy Award (2005): Best Picture • Academy Award (1993): Directing • Academy Award (1993): Best Picture • Cecil B. DeMille Award (1988) • Golden Globe Award (2007): Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language • Golden Globe Award (2005): Best Director - Motion Picture • Golden Globe Award (1993): Best Director - Motion Picture • Golden Globe Award (1989): Best Director - Motion Picture • Golden Globe Award (1971): World Film Favorites • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1995)
Notable Works
“American Sniper” • “Bird” • “Changeling” • “Cry Macho” • “Flags of Our Fathers” • “Hereafter” • “Invictus” • “J. Edgar” • “Jersey Boys” • Juror #2 • “Letters from Iwo Jima” • “Million Dollar Baby” • “Mystic River” • “Pale Rider” • “Play Misty for Me” • “Richard Jewell” • “Sully” • “The 15:17 to Paris” • “The Outlaw Josey Wales” • “Rookie, The” • “Unforgiven” • “White Hunter, Black Heart”
Married To
Dina Eastwood (1996–2014) • Margaret Neville Johnson (1953–1984)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)
"White Hunter Black Heart" (1990) • "The Gauntlet" (1977) • "Highway Patrol" (1956) • "Gran Torino" (2008) • "Per un pugno di dollari" (1964) • "City Heat" (1984) • "Kelly's Heroes" (1970) • "Dirty Harry" (1971) • "Death Valley Days" (1956) • "Absolute Power" (1997) • "Two Mules for Sister Sara" (1970) • "Escape from Alcatraz" (1979) • "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo" (1966) • "The Rookie" (1990) • "Navy Log" (1958) • "Francis in the Navy" (1955) • "Unforgiven" (1992) • "Firefox" (1982) • "Mister Ed" (1962) • "The Enforcer" (1976) • "A Perfect World" (1993) • "Bronco Billy" (1980) • "Every Which Way but Loose" (1978) • "Le streghe" (1967) • "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976) • "Heartbreak Ridge" (1986) • "Rawhide" (1959–1965) • "TV Reader's Digest" (1956) • "Space Cowboys" (2000) • "Honkytonk Man" (1982) • "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) • "Any Which Way You Can" (1980) • "Maverick" (1959) • "Coogan's Bluff" (1968) • "High Plains Drifter" (1973) • "West Point" (1957) • "The First Traveling Saleslady" (1956) • "Lafayette Escadrille" (1958) • "Pale Rider" (1985) • "The Mule" (2018) • "Magnum Force" (1973) • "True Crime" (1999) • "In the Line of Fire" (1993) • "Hang 'Em High" (1968) • "The Eiger Sanction" (1975) • "Tightrope" (1984) • "Joe Kidd" (1972) • "Sudden Impact" (1983) • "The Dead Pool" (1988) • "Per qualche dollaro in più" (1965) • "Trouble with the Curve" (2012) • "Blood Work" (2002) • "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995) • "The Beguiled" (1971) • "Play Misty for Me" (1971) • "Ambush at Cimarron Pass" (1958) • "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" (1974) • "Paint Your Wagon" (1969) • "Where Eagles Dare" (1968) • "Pink Cadillac" (1989)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)
"High Plains Drifter" (1973) • "True Crime" (1999) • "Changeling" (2008) • "Blood Work" (2002) • "Mystic River" (2003) • "Invictus" (2009) • "Firefox" (1982) • "The Mule" (2018) • "Breezy" (1973) • "White Hunter Black Heart" (1990) • "Unforgiven" (1992) • "Sudden Impact" (1983) • "American Sniper" (2014) • "Letters from Iwo Jima" (2006) • "The Blues" (2003) • "Amazing Stories" (1985) • "Hereafter" (2010) • "Space Cowboys" (2000) • "Richard Jewell" (2019) • "Play Misty for Me" (1971) • "The Gauntlet" (1977) • "Jersey Boys" (2014) • "The Eiger Sanction" (1975) • "A Perfect World" (1993) • "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976) • "Absolute Power" (1997) • "Honkytonk Man" (1982) • "Flags of Our Fathers" (2006) • "Bronco Billy" (1980) • "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) • "Sully" (2016) • "J. Edgar" (2011) • "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" (1997) • "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995) • "Gran Torino" (2008) • "Bird" (1988) • "The Rookie" (1990) • "Pale Rider" (1985) • "Heartbreak Ridge" (1986) • "The 15:17 to Paris" (2018)
Top Questions
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Clint Eastwood was born in San Francisco, California, United States.
When was Clint Eastwood born?
Clint Eastwood was born on May 31, 1930.
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Margaret Neville Johnson (1953–1984), Dina Eastwood (1996–2014)
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