Clint Eastwood
The iconic actor and filmmaker who defined masculinity on screen.
He is a retired actor and filmmaker who became a cultural icon through roles in spaghetti Westerns and the Dirty Harry series.[1]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Clinton Eastwood Jr.
- Born
- 31 May 1930
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- director
- producer
- Years active
- 1954–2026
- Organization
- Malpaso Productions
- Political party
- Libertarian (2008–present)
- Other party
- Republican (1951–2008)
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Eastwood rose to international fame playing the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy in the mid-1960s.[1][2] He founded his own production company, Malpaso Productions, using money from the Dollars trilogy.[3] Eastwood made his directorial debut with Play Misty for Me in 1971.[4] He was elected mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1986 and served for two years.[1][5]
Eastwood has received 109 film awards including four Oscars and five Palme d'Ors.[5] Before being conscripted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War, Eastwood held various jobs such as lifeguard, forest firefighter, golf caddy, paper carrier, grocery clerk, gas station attendant, and bar room piano player.[6][5] Eastwood's major career advancement occurred when he was chosen to play Rowdy Yates on the CBS western series Rawhide; evidence shows this happened in 1958.[7]
What the cited sources add
An Independent profile notes that Eastwood was fifth choice for the Man with No Name role after actors including Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson.[5] The same source states that Eastwood married anchorwoman Dina Ruiz in 1996 after she interviewed him.[5] The Guardian interview notes that Eastwood often composes his own film soundtracks.[2] The Independent reports that Eastwood has been campaigning against hunting since 2002, and that in 2007 France honored him with the Légion d'Honneur.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Clint Eastwood" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kitses, p. 307. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Day, "Gentle Man Clint", The Guardian, November 2, 2008. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
- Wikipedia, "Clint Eastwood" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: McGilligan, p. 159; McGilligan, p. 160; McGilligan, p. 159 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Clint Eastwood" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: McGilligan, p. 196; McGilligan, p. 192 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Amara, "Eastwood at 80", The Independent, May 30, 2010. facts only, no text reused. independent.co.uk
- Wikipedia, "Clint Eastwood" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Eliot, p. 17; Eastwood, "Eastwood: In His Own Words", ClinteastWood.net; Eliot, pp. 18–19; McGilligan, p. 49; McGilligan, p. 49; Schickel, p. 53; McGilligan, p. 50; François Guérif, "Clint Eastwood", Houghton, 1986 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Clint Eastwood" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: McGilligan, p. 95; Eliot, p. 45; Miller, Kenneth, "RD Face to Face: Clint Eastwood", Reader's Digest Australia; O'Brien, p. 29; McGilligan, p. 110; McGilligan, p. 110; McGilligan, p. 111; McGilligan, p. 125 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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