Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood
Eastwood in 2010
Born	Clinton Eastwood Jr. (1930-05-31) May 31, 1930 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor movie director producer
Years active	1954–present
Organization	Malpaso Productions
Political party	Libertarian (2008–present)
Other political affiliations	Republican (1951–2008)
Spouses	Maggie Johnson ​ ​ (m. 1953; div. 1984)​ Dina Ruiz ​ ​ (m. 1996; div. 2014)​
Partners	Sondra Locke (1975–1989) Frances Fisher (1990–1995) Christina Sandera (2014–2024; her death)
Children	At least 8, including Kyle, Alison, Scott and Francesca
Musical career
Genres	Western country pop jazz western swing film score
Instruments	Vocals piano
Years active	1963–present
Labels	Warner Bros.
30th Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea
In office April 8, 1986 – April 12, 1988
Preceded by	Charlotte Townsend
Succeeded by	Jean Grace
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Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, director, producer, and composer. He won two Academy Awards for Best Director for his movies Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). He was also nominated for his movies Mystic River (2003), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) and American Sniper (2014).

Early life

Eastwood was born in San Francisco, California on May 31, 1930. He was nicknamed "Samson" by the hospital nurses as he weighed 11 pounds 6 ounces (5.2 kg) at birth. Eastwood is of English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch ancestry. He was raised in Piedmont, California. He studied at Piedmont Junior High School and at Oakland Technical High School.

Career

He has appeared in many movies since the 1950s. The most famous are the Dollars trilogy of Spaghetti Westerns (1964–1966), Dirty Harry movie series as Harry Callahan (1971–1988), Any Which Way You Can (1979) and similar movies. Eastwood also won critical acclaim as a director with the movies Unforgiven (1992), Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1996), Space Cowboys (2000), Mystic River (2003), and Million Dollar Baby (2005). In recent years, Eastwood directed biopic movies such as American Sniper, Sully, and Richard Jewell.

He won election as mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in April 1986. He earned $200 per month in that position which he donated to The Carmel Youth Centre. While in office, he helped to make ice cream legal to eat on city streets, added public restrooms to the public beach, and a city library annex building was built. He served for two years and did not wish to run for a second term. In 2001, Governor Gray Davis appointed him to the California State Park and Recreation Commission.

Personal life

Eastwood was married to Maggie Johnson from 1953 until they divorced in 1984. They had two children. Then he was married to Dina Ruiz since 1996. They have one child. He now lives with his family in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. He was the mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea for two years, starting in 1986.

Awards

Academy Awards

Year	Award	Film	Result
1992	Best Director	Unforgiven	Won
	Best Picture	Unforgiven	Won
	Best Actor	Unforgiven	Nominated
1994	Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award		Won
2003	Best Director	Mystic River	Nominated
	Best Picture	Mystic River	Nominated
2004	Best Director	Million Dollar Baby	Won
	Best Picture	Million Dollar Baby	Won
	Best Actor	Million Dollar Baby	Nominated
2006	Best Director	Letters from Iwo Jima	Nominated
	Best Picture	Letters from Iwo Jima	Nominated

Other websites

• Clint Eastwood on IMDb