Clint Eastwood filmography

Clint Eastwood is an American film actor, film director, film producer, singer, composer and lyricist. He has appeared in over 60 films. His career has spanned 65 years and began with small uncredited film roles and television appearances.^[1] Eastwood has acted in multiple television series, including the eight-season series Rawhide (1959–1965). Although he appeared in several earlier films, mostly uncredited, his breakout film role was as the Man with No Name in the Sergio Leone–directed Dollars Trilogy: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), which weren't released in the United States until 1967/68.^[2] In 1971, Eastwood made his directorial debut with Play Misty for Me.^[3] Also that year, he starred as San Francisco police inspector Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry. The film received critical acclaim, and spawned four more films: Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983), and The Dead Pool (1988).^[4]

Clint Eastwood
Eastwood in 1976
Born	Clinton Elias Eastwood Jr. (1930-05-31) May 31, 1930 (age 94) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor Film director Film producer
Years active	1954–present

In 1973, Eastwood starred in another western, High Plains Drifter. Three years later, he starred as Confederate guerrilla and outlaw Josey Wales in The Outlaw Josey Wales. In 1978, Eastwood starred opposite an orangutan in the action-comedy Every Which Way but Loose. Although it received largely negative reviews,^[5] the film was a financial success, his highest-grossing film at that time, and generated a sequel.^[6] In 1979, Eastwood portrayed prisoner Frank Morris in the Don Siegel–directed Escape from Alcatraz.

Eastwood's debut as a producer began in 1982 with two films, Firefox and Honkytonk Man.^[7] In 1985, Eastwood directed Pale Rider, which was the highest-grossing western of the 1980s.^[8] Eastwood also has contributed music to his films, either through performing or composing. He received the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his 1992 western Unforgiven.^[9] In 2003, Eastwood directed an ensemble cast, including Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney, in Mystic River.^[10] For their performances, Penn and Robbins respectively won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, making Mystic River the first film to win both categories since Ben Hur in 1959.^[11] In 2004, Eastwood once again won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Director, this time for Million Dollar Baby starring Hilary Swank.^[12] In 2006, he directed the companion war films Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, which depict the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspectives of the U.S. and Japan, respectively.^[13] In 2008, Eastwood directed and starred as protagonist Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino. His most recent acting role was for the film Cry Macho (2021), which he also directed and produced for Warner Bros. Pictures, a studio he worked with from 1971 up until 2024 for Juror No. 2.

Throughout his career, Eastwood has received numerous accolades. In 1996, Eastwood was a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award.^[14] In 2006, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the BAFTA.^[15] A 2009 recipient, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2010, the highest such honor given by the United States government.^[16]

Film

Clint Eastwood

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  Eastwood with Nina Foch on the set of Rawhide (1959)
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  Eastwood as the Man with No Name in A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
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  Eastwood with Sondra Locke on the set of The Outlaw Josey Wales (1975)
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  Eastwood near the Space Shuttle Columbia shortly after it had completed its first orbital flight (1981)
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  Eastwood at the 46th Cannes Film Festival (1993)
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  Eastwood at the premiere for J. Edgar in Washington, D.C. (2011)

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1955	Revenge of the Creature	Lab technician Jennings	Uncredited	[17]
	Francis in the Navy	Jonesy		[18]
	Lady Godiva of Coventry	First Saxon	Uncredited	[19]
	Tarantula	Jet squadron leader		[20]
1956	Never Say Goodbye	Will		[21]
	Star in the Dust	Tom		[22]
	Away All Boats	Navy medic		[23]
	The First Traveling Saleslady	Lieutenant Jack Rice		[24]
1957	Escapade in Japan	Dumbo pilot	Uncredited	[25]
1958	Lafayette Escadrille	George Moseley		[26]
	Ambush at Cimarron Pass	Keith Williams		[27]
1964	A Fistful of Dollars	Joe	See also: Man with No Name	[28]
1965	For a Few Dollars More	Manco		[29]
1966	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	Blondie		[30]
1967	The Witches	Carlo / Charlie[a]		[31]
1968	Hang 'Em High	Jed Cooper		[32]
	Coogan's Bluff	Walt Coogan		[33]
	Where Eagles Dare	Lieutenant Schaffer		[34]
1969	Paint Your Wagon	Pardner		[35]
1970	Two Mules for Sister Sara	Hogan		[36]
	Kelly's Heroes	Private Kelly		[37]
1971	The Beguiled	John McBurney		[38]
	Play Misty for Me	David Garver		[3][39]
	Dirty Harry	Harry Callahan		[40]
1972	Joe Kidd	Joe Kidd		[41]
1973	High Plains Drifter	The Stranger		[42][43]
	Breezy	Man in crowd on pier	Uncredited cameo	[44][45]
	Magnum Force	Harry Callahan		[46]
1974	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	John 'Thunderbolt' Doherty		[47]
1975	The Eiger Sanction	Jonathan Hemlock		[48][49]
1976	The Outlaw Josey Wales	Josey Wales		[50][51]
	The Enforcer	Harry Callahan		[52]
1977	The Gauntlet	Ben Shockley		[53][54]
1978	Every Which Way but Loose	Philo Beddoe		[55]
1979	Escape from Alcatraz	Frank Morris		[56]
1980	Bronco Billy	Bronco Billy McCoy		[57][58]
	Any Which Way You Can	Philo Beddoe		[59]
1982	Firefox	Mitchell Gant		[60][7]
	Honkytonk Man	Red Stovall		[61]
1983	Sudden Impact	Harry Callahan		[62][63]
1984	Tightrope	Wes Block		[53][64]
	City Heat	Lieutenant Speer		[65]
1985	Pale Rider	Preacher		[66][67]
1986	Heartbreak Ridge	Gunnery Sergeant Thomas 'Gunny' Highway		[68][69]
1988	The Dead Pool	Harry Callahan		[70]
1989	Pink Cadillac	Tommy Nowak		[71]
	Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend	Host	Documentary film	[72]
1990	White Hunter Black Heart	John Wilson		[73][74]
	The Rookie	Detective Nick Pulovski		[75][76]
1992	Unforgiven	William 'Will' Munny		[77][78]
1993	In the Line of Fire	Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan		[79]
	A Perfect World	Texas Ranger Red Garnett		[80][81]
1995	Casper	Himself	Uncredited cameo	[82]
	The Bridges of Madison County	Robert Kincaid		[83][84]
1997	Absolute Power	Luther Whitney		[85][86]
1999	True Crime	Steve Everett		[87][88]
2000	Space Cowboys	Frank Corvin		[89][90]
2002	Blood Work	Terry McCaleb		[91][92]
2004	Million Dollar Baby	Frankie Dunn		[93][94]
2008	Gran Torino	Walt Kowalski		[95][96]
2011	Kurosawa's Way	Himself	Documentary film	[97]
2012	Trouble with the Curve	Gus Lobel		[98][99]
2014	American Sniper	Church goer	Uncredited cameo	[100][101]
2017	Sad Hill Unearthed	Himself	Documentary film	[102]
2018	The Mule	Earl Stone		[103][104]
2021	Cry Macho	Mike Milo		[105]

Directing and/or producing credits

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Ref(s)
1971	Play Misty for Me	Yes	No	[3][39]
	Dirty Harry	No	Yes	[44][45]
1973	High Plains Drifter	Yes	No	[42][43]
	Breezy	Yes	Yes	[44][45]
1975	The Eiger Sanction	Yes	No	[48][49]
1976	The Outlaw Josey Wales	Yes	No	[50][51]
1977	The Gauntlet	Yes	No	[53][54]
1980	Bronco Billy	Yes	No	[57][58]
1982	Firefox	Yes	Yes	[60][7]
	Honkytonk Man	Yes	Yes	[61]
1983	Sudden Impact	Yes	Yes	[62][63]
1984	Tightrope	No	Yes	[53][64]
1985	Pale Rider	Yes	Yes	[66][67]
1986	Heartbreak Ridge	Yes	Yes	[68][69]
1988	Bird	Yes	Yes	[106]
1990	White Hunter Black Heart	Yes	Yes	[73][74]
	The Rookie	Yes	No	[75][76]
1992	Unforgiven	Yes	Yes	[77][78]
1993	A Perfect World	Yes	No	[80][81]
1995	The Bridges of Madison County	Yes	Yes	[83][84]
	The Stars Fell on Henrietta	No	Yes	[107]
1997	Absolute Power	Yes	Yes	[85][86]
	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Yes	Yes	[108]
1999	True Crime	Yes	Yes	[87][88]
2000	Space Cowboys	Yes	Yes	[89][90]
2002	Blood Work	Yes	Yes	[91][92]
2003	Mystic River	Yes	Yes	[109]
2004	Million Dollar Baby	Yes	Yes	[93][94]
2006	Flags of Our Fathers	Yes	Yes	[13]
	Letters from Iwo Jima	Yes	Yes	[110]
2008	Changeling	Yes	Yes	[111]
	Gran Torino	Yes	Yes	[95][96]
2009	Invictus	Yes	Yes	[112]
2010	Hereafter	Yes	Yes	[113]
2011	J. Edgar	Yes	Yes	[114]
2012	Trouble with the Curve	No	Yes
2014	Jersey Boys	Yes	Yes	[115]
	American Sniper	Yes	Yes	[100][101]
2016	Sully	Yes	Yes	[116]
2018	The 15:17 to Paris	Yes	Yes	[117]
	The Mule	Yes	Yes	[103][104]
2019	Richard Jewell	Yes	Yes	[118]
2021	Cry Macho	Yes	Yes	[105]
2024	Juror No. 2	Yes	Yes	[119]

Executive producer

Year	Title	Ref(s)
1988	Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser	[120]
2005	Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do[b]	[122]
2010	Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way	[123]
2017	Indian Horse	[124]

Score credits

Year	Title	Notes	Ref(s)
2003	Mystic River		[125]
2004	Million Dollar Baby		[126]
2006	Flags of Our Fathers	Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens also composed alongside Eastwood, but were not credited	[127]
2007	Grace Is Gone		[128]
2008	Changeling		[129]
2010	Hereafter		[130]
2011	J. Edgar		[131]

Song credits

Year	Title	Singer	Composer	Lyricist	Song title(s)	Ref(s)
1969	Paint Your Wagon	Yes	No	No	"I Still See Elisa", "I Talk to the Trees", "Gold Fever" and "Best Things"[c]	[132]
1980	Bronco Billy	Yes	No	No	"Bar Room Buddies"[d]	[133]
	Any Which Way You Can	Yes	No	No	"Beers to You"[e]	[134]
1982	Honkytonk Man	Yes	No	No	"When I Sing About You", "No Sweeter Cheater Than You" and "In the Jailhouse Now"[f]	[135]
1984	City Heat	Yes	No	No	"Montage Blues"[g]	[136]
1986	Heartbreak Ridge	No	No	Yes	"How Much I Care"[h]	[137]
1992	Unforgiven	No	Yes	No	"Claudia's Theme"	[138]
1993	A Perfect World	No	Yes	No	"Big Fran's Baby"	[139]
1995	The Bridges of Madison County	No	Yes	No	"Doe Eyes"	[140]
1997	Absolute Power	No	Yes	No	"Power Waltz" and "Kate's Theme"	[141]
1999	True Crime	No	No	Yes	"Why Should I Care"[i]	[142]
2006	Flags of Our Fathers	No	No	Yes	"The Photograph", "Wounded Marines", "Armada Arrives", "Goodbye Ira", "Inland Battle", "Flag Raising", "The Medals", "Platoon Swims", "Flags Theme", "End Titles Guitar" and "End Titles"	[143]
2007	Grace Is Gone	No	No	Yes	"Grace Is Gone"	[144]
2008	Gran Torino	Uncredited	No	Yes	"Gran Torino"[j]	[145]

Television

Actor

In the early stages of his acting career, Eastwood played several small roles in episodes for several television shows. This list includes appearances in various episodes of fictional shows, and excludes appearances as himself on talk shows, interview shows, ceremonies, and other related media.

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1955	Allen in Movieland	Orderly	Television film	[146]
	Highway Patrol	Joe Keeley	Episode "Motorcycle A"	[147]
1956	Death Valley Days	John Lucas	2 episodes	[148]
	TV Reader's Digest	Lieutenant Wilson	Episode "Cochise, Greatest of the Apaches"	[149]
1957	The West Point Story	Cadet Bob Salter	Episode "White Fury"	[150]
1958	Navy Log	Burns	Episode "The Lonely Watch"	[151]
1959	Maverick	Red Hardigan	Episode "Duel at Sundown"	[152]
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Newsman	Uncredited; episode "Human Interest Story"	[153]
1959–1965	Rawhide	Rowdy Yates	Main role 217 episodes	[154]
1962	Mister Ed	Himself	Episode "Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed"	[155]
1991	Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros.	Host / Narrator	Documentary film	[156]

Director

Year	Title	Notes	Ref(s)
1985	Amazing Stories	Episode "Vanessa in the Garden"	[157]
2003	The Blues	Episode "Piano Blues"	[158]

Executive producer

• Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me^[159] (2009)

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Clint Eastwood
• Clint Eastwood bibliography
• Clint Eastwood discography

Notes

1. The character was renamed Charlie in the film's English re-release.
2. An alternate and shorter version of the film was released under the title Budd Boetticher: An American Original.^[121]
3. Eastwood sang "Best Things" with Lee Marvin and Ray Walston.
4. With Merle Haggard.
5. With Ray Charles.
6. Eastwood sang "In the Jailhouse Now" with John Anderson, David Frizzell, and Marty Robbins.
7. With Michael Lang and Pete Jolly.
8. Co-written with Sammy Cahn.
9. Co-written with Carole Bayer Sager and Linda Thompson.
10. Credited for writing but uncredited for singing.