Kimber was born on June 17, , to Clint and his ex Roxanne Tunis. Like her dad, Kimber is an actress and producer. As far as her personal life, Kimber has been married three times. She tied the knot with her first husband, Anthony Gaddie , in , but they split in after welcoming her only child, Clinton, six years earlier. She later walked down the aisle with Douglas McCartney in , but they also called it quits in Edgar and others. Alison — who was born to Clint and Maggie on May 22, — is very successful as she acts, produces, directs, models and even dabbles in fashion designing.
Alison has been married twice before — once with her first husband, Kirk Fox , from to , and her second spouse, Stacy Poitras , whom she married in After Clint and Maggie divorced in , he started dating flight attendant Jacelyn Reeves. The former couple welcomed their son Scott on March 21, Scott is an extremely famous actor like his father, having starred in several hit films like Flags of our Father in , Invictus in , The Longest Ride in , Overdrive in , Pacific Rim Uprising in and more.
Though Scott is not married, he was in a serious relationship with a woman in the early s. No father is listed on either of their birth certificates.
He has always disliked the reading of political and social agendas in his films, which has occurred from Dirty Harry to Million Dollar Baby He has always maintained that all of his films are apolitical and what he has in mind when making a film is whether it's going to be entertaining and compelling. Has been named to Quigley Publications' annual Top 10 Poll of Money-Making Stars 21 times, making him 2 all-time for appearances in the top 10 list.
Only John Wayne, with 25 appearances in the Top 10, has more. Eastwood, who first appeared in the Top Ten at 5 in , finished 2 to Wayne at the box office in after finishing 2 to Paul Newman in After his first two consecutive 1 appearances in and , he dropped back to 2 in , trailing Robert Redford at the box office.
Clint was again 2 in , and topped by Burt Reynolds all three years , before leading the charts in and ' He last topped the poll in Was named the top box-office star of and again in by the Motion Picture Herald, based on an annual poll of exhibitors as to the drawing power of movie stars at the box-office, conducted by Quigley Publications.
All four other nominees portrayed real people in their respective films. Ruddy, the producer of The Godfather Was named the 1 top money-making star at the box office in Quigley Publications' annual poll of movie exhibitors five times between and Bing Crosby, Burt Reynolds and Tom Hanks also have been named 1 five times, while Tom Cruise holds the record for being named 1 six times.
She sought the additional money as punitive damages, claiming malice on Eastwood's part. The case went to court in July , but a judge refused to grant the damages. Received an honorary Doctorate from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Wesleyan is also home to his personal archives.
Clint participated in this every year from and is the longest running participant. He now serves as Host. In early he announced that he would supply the voice for a "Dirty Harry" video game.
However, the game ended up getting canceled in Lippman and Walter Becker in According to Lippman, "I had to terminate three pretty good waitresses in the first few months of operation; not because they went to bed with Clint Eastwood, but because they either talked about it all over the premises, or came in the next day acting like they owned the place.
He stood at 6'4" at his peak, but due to recent back problems, he can only stretch up to 6'2". The boots that he wore in Unforgiven are the same ones he wore in the TV series Rawhide In essence these boots have book-ended his career in the Western genre. He objected to the end of Dirty Harry when Harry throws his badge away after killing the Scorpio Killer, arguing with director Don Siegel that Harry knew that being a policeman was the only work for which he was suited.
Siegel eventually convinced Eastwood that Harry threw his badge away as a symbol that he had lost faith in the justice system. He was a contract player at Universal International in the mids.
He and a younger actor named Burt Reynolds were released from their contracts and left the studio on the same day. They were both fired by the same director. Eastwood was fired when the director didn't want to use him in a movie because of the wart above his top lip. Reynolds, who was serving as a stunt man, was fired after he shoved the director into a water tank during an argument over how to do a stunt fall. After the crowd laughed, Eastwood said, "I mean it.
Eastwood's comments in the lighthearted spirit in which they were given. Has ruled out the possibility of playing Dirty Harry again, saying he has "outgrown him age-wise. At a press conference for his movie Mystic River , Eastwood condemned the Iraq war as a "big mistake" and defended Sean Penn's visit to Baghdad, saying he might have done the same thing but for his age. Eastwood declined an offer from President George Bush to campaign for him in the Presidential election.
He told an interviewer the next year, "I think what the ultra-right wing conservatives did to the Republicans is really self-destructive, absolutely stupid. Was neighbors and best friends with William R.
Thompkins for roughly a decade, but in he banished Thompkins from his life, offering no explanation. Thompkins died in a car crash in His "Fistful" mannerisms was imitated in Canada, by the Tim Horton's restaurant chain, to promote the Southwest chicken sub.
Whenever asked if he would do a Dirty Harry 6, he often joked that he can imagine Dirty Harry now long retired, and fly-fishing with his. The producers of Dirty Harry originally didn't want Eastwood, since they felt he was too young at He last played Harry Callahan aged 58 in The Dead Pool , which was only a year older than the character was supposed to be in the first film according to the original screenplay.
William Friedkin offered him the lead in Sorcerer , but Eastwood didn't want to travel anywhere at that time. Jack Nicholson turned the film down for the same reason.
Learned mountain climbing for The Eiger Sanction because he felt the scenes were too dangerous for him to pay a stuntman to do for him. He was the last climber up The Totem Pole in Monument Valley, and as part of the contract, the movie crew removed the pitons left by decades of other climbers. The scene where he was hanging off the mountain by a single rope was actually Eastwood, and not a stuntman. An accomplished jazz pianist, he performs much of the music for his movies, including the scene in the bar in In the Line of Fire California Gov.
He was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film culture. William Goldman said of Eastwood that he was the only person to be a star in the '70s, '80s and '90s. By "star" Goldman means Variety's list of top ten actors of the decade. Sondra Locke wrote an autobiography titled "The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly", chronicling her troubled relationship with him.
Former longtime companion Sondra Locke filed a palimony suit when the couple split. The settlement included a West Hollywood home, financial payments and a contract with Warner Bros.
Although he can handle pistols with either hand equally well, he is left-eye dominant, evident when he shoots a rifle as in Joe Kidd or Unforgiven , but is right handed, as seen when he wears or handles one pistol. He and Burt Reynolds had major influences on each other's careers.
It was he who sent a copy of "Sharky's Machine" to Reynolds, which gave Reynolds the idea to turn the novel into a movie, Sharky's Machine , which went on to garner excellent reviews. Although press coverage was generally favorable, a small contingent insisted that Eastwood was a spoiled brat mayor and the town acted just like an indulgent parent.
He brought a lot of notoriety that we didn't need," said Jane Mayer, president of the Carmel Residents Association.
He didn't know anything about the issues. People are giving him credit for things that were on the table for years. He also hired a public relations woman and kept an unlisted phone number - he was totally inaccessible. I don't think that's being a good mayor. Sondra Locke, Eastwood's cohabiting partner at the time, later said that she "knew he wasn't the dedicated mayor he pretended to be.
Turned down the role of Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now because he found the storyline "too dark. He was flattered, but declined, saying that Bond should be played by an English actor.
Has a younger sister named Jeanne Bernhardt b. Generally, however, Eastwood preferred unknown women he would not later accidentally meet. In his early 40s, he developed a habit of picking up young ladies from the Carmel tourist shops for encounters in his truck, usually parking it on Dolores Street. Practices transcendental meditation twice a day, and said in that he has been meditating for the past 40 years. Father was Clinton Eastwood Sr. Stepfather, after his widowed mother remarried in , was John Belden Wood , a lumber executive.
He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts on February 25, for his services and contributions to the arts. Declined to have a party for his 80th birthday, explaining that at his age he doesn't like birthday parties for himself.
He said his only plans to celebrate the occasion would be to go out for a drink with his wife. The genesis of his production company, Malpaso Productions, had a curious origin.
When Italian director Sergio Leone approached Eastwood about appearing in what would become the "Spaghetti Western" trilogy--A Fistful of Dollars , For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly --Eastwood was eager to take it but was advised against it by his agent, suggesting it would be a "bad move" mal paso.
Against all advice, the actor went ahead and accepted the "man with no name" role and his decision turned out to be a "good move". Eastwood never forgot the irony of the situation and adopted "Malpaso" as his production company name.
The idea was reportedly scrapped due to scheduling conflicts with other films, although some rumors state they declined when they heard that their characters were going to be killed off by Charles Bronson's character in the first five minutes.
Havens Elementary School, all located within a short distance of each other in Oakland and Piedmont. He was held back due to poor academic scores, but in at least one case, delinquent behavior was the reason he left one school to enroll in another. Eastwood was asked to leave Piedmont High for writing an obscene suggestion to a school official on the athletic field scoreboard, and burying someone in effigy on the school lawn, on top of other school infractions.
He transferred to Oakland Technical High School, scheduled to graduate in January as a midyear graduate, although it is not clear if he ever did. Served as President of the Cannes Jury when Pulp Fiction won but the film was not his personal choice: "On the jury here when 'Pulp Fiction' won, somebody said, 'Oh, Clint Eastwood was on the jury, so he voted for the American film.
Five of his movies were nominated for AFI's Years Eastwood turned it down and recommended Tommy Lee Jones, who went on to receive a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his performance. He was going to play the villain Two-Face on the Batman TV series, but the show was canceled before the episode began shooting. Although he has been associated with violence throughout his career, he personally detests it and has carefully shown the horrific consequences of violence in films such as Unforgiven , A Perfect World , Absolute Power , Mystic River , Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino According to Robert Daley, the head of Warner Bros.
Attending Cannes premiere of latest film Changeling , a period thriller set in the s. The character Shane Gooseman "Goose" for short from the animated space opera The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers was based on him and his screen persona.
A guest speaker at the Republican National Convention, Eastwood spent much of his speech time on a largely improvised routine addressing an empty chair representing President Barack Obama.
Morgan Freeman also appeared in both films. Had planned to star in Die Hard and originally owned the rights to the novel "Nothing Lasts Forever" on which the film is based, but opted to make The Dead Pool instead.
Ex-significant other Sondra Locke was legally married to homosexual Gordon Anderson from until her death in , covering the whole time she and Eastwood were living together. While house hunting with Locke in the late seventies, Eastwood introduced himself as "Mr. Anderson," even when he happened to be wearing a Thunderbolt and Lightfoot T-shirt.
Locke recalled that the sales agents could barely keep a straight face and always looked at their feet when addressing him as such. Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. Pages New York: The H.
Wilson Company, Early in his career he appeared in a "B" western, Ambush at Cimarron Pass , in which he was billed third and leading lady Margia Dean was billed second. Years later, after Eastwood had become a superstar actor and director, Dean ran into him at a social function and teased him, "Just remember, I got top billing over you". Clint and former spouse Maggie Johnson were estranged for at least nine years and legally separated for six before she filed for divorce in May it was finalized that November.
Johnson had finally decided to make the split official so she could marry Henry Wynberg, a used car salesman slightly younger than herself. The Johnson-Wynberg union ended in after four years, and in Wynberg, then 58, married a year-old. Had a falling out with longtime associate Fritz Manes during the filming of Heartbreak Ridge Manes was fired over the telephone by Eastwood's secretary.
When Manes went over to Malpaso to collect his belongings, the locks on his office had been changed and his possessions were sitting outside next to a dumpster. Once said that his wide hips were his only physical flaw, except for the chipped tooth he eventually had fixed. Click here to see more celebrity couples with an age gap. Sign up for SheKnows' Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram.
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