Clint Eastwood

ABOUT CLINT EASTWOOD

First gained fame as an iconic actor in such classic Western films as A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and as Detective Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry franchise. He later became a renowned director, receiving the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his films Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby .

He worked as a lifeguard, a caddy, and a grocery clerk while growing up. He became a household name after playing Rowdy Yates on the long-running CBS Western series Rawhide.

In 2006, he released a pair of films about the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima: Flags of Our Fathers , which told a story of American soldiers, and Letters from Iwo Jima , which focused on Japanese soldiers.

He married familymember.html">Maggie Johnson on December 19, 1953. He was later married to Dina Eastwood from 1996 to 2013. He has eight children: Morgan, Laurie, Scott , Francesca , Kyle , Alison , Kimber Lynn and Kathryn . Francesca's mother is actress Frances Fisher .

His film career began to take off with the Sergio Leone Western films of the 1960s, in which he played the mysterious gunslinger known as The Man With No Name.