Clint Eastwood filmography
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Clint Eastwood is an American film actor, director, producer, and composer. After beginning his acting career exclusively with small uncredited film roles and television appearances, his career has spanned more than 50 years. Eastwood has acted in several television series, most notably Rawhide. His role in the eight-season series led to his leading roles in A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.[1] Eastwood has appeared in over 50 films and has starred in 42 films, including Hang 'Em High, Play Misty for Me, Dirty Harry, Escape from Alcatraz, Tightrope, The Bridges of Madison County, and Gran Torino. Eastwood started directing in 1971, and in 1982, his debut as a producer began with two films, Firefox and Honkytonk Man. Eastwood also has contributed music to his films, either through performing or composing. He has starred in western, action, comedy, and drama films.[2][3]
Eastwood has been a primary character in two film franchises: as the Man with No Name in the Dollars Trilogy and as Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry series. Other notable roles include Josey Wales in The Outlaw Josey Wales, the Stranger in High Plains Drifter, Philo Beddoe in Every Which Way but Loose and its sequel Any Which Way You Can, Preacher in Pale Rider, William Munny in Unforgiven, Frankie Dunn in Million Dollar Baby and Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino.
Eastwood has received multiple awards and nominations for his work in the films Unforgiven, Mystic River, and Million Dollar Baby, among others. These awards include Academy Awards, Directors Guild of America Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and People's Choice Awards. According to Box Office Mojo, a box office-revenue tracking website, films that Eastwood has acted in or directed have grossed a total of more than $2.7 billion.[4] Eastwood's latest project American Sniper was released on January 16, 2015. The film had the biggest opening weekend ever for a film released in the month of January and was also the biggest opening ever for an Eastwood film.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Functioned as | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Music | Actor | Role | |||
| 1955 | Revenge of the Creature | Yes | Lab Technician Jennings | Uncredited; Minor role | |||
| 1955 | Francis in the Navy | Yes | Jonesy | Minor role | |||
| 1955 | Lady Godiva of Coventry | Yes | First Saxon | Uncredited; Minor role | |||
| 1955 | Tarantula | Yes | Jet Squadron Leader | Uncredited; Minor role | |||
| 1956 | Never Say Goodbye | Yes | Will | Uncredited; Minor role | |||
| 1956 | Star in the Dust | Yes | Tom | Uncredited; Minor role | |||
| 1956 | Away All Boats | Yes | Marine | Uncredited; Minor role | |||
| 1956 | The First Traveling Saleslady | Yes | Lt. Jack Rice | Minor role | |||
| 1957 | Escapade in Japan | Yes | Dumbo Pilot | Uncredited; Minor role | |||
| 1958 | Lafayette Escadrille | Yes | George Moseley | Minor role | |||
| 1958 | Ambush at Cimarron Pass | Yes | Keith Williams | Supporting role | |||
| 1964 | A Fistful of Dollars | Yes | Joe | Lead role | |||
| 1965 | For a Few Dollars More | Yes | Manco | Lead role | |||
| 1966 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Yes | Blondie | Lead role | |||
| 1967 | Le streghe | Yes | Charlie | Cameo role | |||
| 1968 | Hang 'Em High | Yes | Jed Cooper | Lead role | |||
| 1968 | Coogan's Bluff | Yes | Walt Coogan | Lead role | |||
| 1968 | Where Eagles Dare | Yes | Lt. Schaffer | Secondary role | |||
| 1969 | Paint Your Wagon | Yes[I] | Yes | Pardner | Secondary role | ||
| 1970 | Two Mules for Sister Sara | Yes | Hogan | Lead role | |||
| 1970 | Kelly's Heroes | Yes | Pvt. Kelly | Lead role | |||
| 1971 | The Beguiled | Yes | John McBurney | Lead role | |||
| 1971 | Dirty Harry | Yes | Harry Callahan | Lead role | |||
| 1971 | Play Misty for Me | Yes | Yes | David Garver | Lead role | ||
| 1972 | Joe Kidd | Yes | Joe Kidd | Lead role | |||
| 1973 | High Plains Drifter | Yes | Yes | The Stranger | Lead role | ||
| 1973 | Breezy | Yes | Yes | Man in Crowd on Pier | Uncredited; Cameo role | ||
| 1973 | Magnum Force | Yes | Harry Callahan | Lead role | |||
| 1974 | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Yes | John 'Thunderbolt' Doherty | Lead role | |||
| 1975 | The Eiger Sanction | Yes | Yes | Jonathan Hemlock | Lead role | ||
| 1976 | The Outlaw Josey Wales | Yes | Yes | Josey Wales | Lead role | ||
| 1976 | The Enforcer | Yes | Harry Callahan | Lead role | |||
| 1977 | The Gauntlet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ben Shockley | Lead role | |
| 1978 | Every Which Way but Loose | Yes | Yes | Philo Beddoe | Lead role | ||
| 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz | Yes | Frank Morris | Lead role | |||
| 1980 | Bronco Billy | Yes | Yes[I] | Yes | Bronco Billy McCoy | Lead role | |
| 1980 | Any Which Way You Can | Yes[I] | Yes | Philo Beddoe | Lead role | ||
| 1982 | Firefox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mitchell Gant | Lead role | |
| 1982 | Honkytonk Man | Yes | Yes | Yes[I] | Yes | Red Stovall | Lead role |
| 1983 | Sudden Impact | Yes | Yes | Yes | Harry Callahan | Lead role | |
| 1984 | Tightrope | Yes | Yes | Wes Block | Lead role | ||
| 1984 | City Heat | Yes[I] | Yes | Lt. Speer | Lead role | ||
| 1985 | Pale Rider | Yes | Yes | Yes | Preacher | Lead role | |
| 1986 | Heartbreak Ridge | Yes | Yes | Yes[II] | Yes | Gunnery Sgt. Thomas 'Gunny' Highway | Lead role |
| 1988 | The Dead Pool | Yes | Harry Callahan | Lead role | |||
| 1988 | Bird | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1989 | Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser | Yes | |||||
| 1989 | Pink Cadillac | Yes | Tommy Nowak | Lead role | |||
| 1990 | White Hunter Black Heart | Yes | Yes | Yes | John Wilson | Lead role | |
| 1990 | The Rookie | Yes | Yes | Nick Pulovski | Lead role | ||
| 1992 | Unforgiven | Yes | Yes | Yes | William 'Will' Munny | Lead role | |
| 1993 | In the Line of Fire | Yes | Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan | Lead role | |||
| 1993 | A Perfect World | Yes | Yes[III] | Yes | Texas Ranger Red Garnett | Secondary role | |
| 1995 | The Bridges of Madison County | Yes | Yes | Yes[III] | Yes | Robert Kincaid | Lead role |
| 1995 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta | Yes | |||||
| 1995 | Casper | Yes | Himself | Uncredited; Cameo role | |||
| 1997 | Absolute Power | Yes | Yes | Yes[III] | Yes | Luther Whitney | Lead role |
| 1997 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1999 | True Crime | Yes | Yes | Yes[II] | Yes | Steve Everett | Lead role |
| 2000 | Space Cowboys | Yes | Yes | Yes | Frank Corvin | Lead role | |
| 2002 | Blood Work | Yes | Yes | Yes | Terry McCaleb | Lead role | |
| 2003 | Mystic River | Yes | Yes | Yes[IV] | |||
| 2004 | Million Dollar Baby | Yes | Yes | Yes[IV] | Yes | Frankie Dunn | Lead role |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Yes | Yes | Yes[II][IV] | |||
| 2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2007 | Grace Is Gone | Yes[II][IV] | |||||
| 2008 | Changeling | Yes | Yes | Yes[IV] | Friday October 24, 2008 | ||
| 2008 | Gran Torino | Yes | Yes | Yes[II] | Yes | Walt Kowalski | Lead Role |
| 2009 | Invictus | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2010 | Hereafter | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2011 | J. Edgar | Yes | Yes | Yes[IV] | |||
| 2011 | Kurosawa's Way | Yes | Himself[5] | ||||
| 2012 | Trouble with the Curve | Yes | Yes | Gus Lobel | Lead role | ||
| 2014 | Jersey Boys | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2014 | American Sniper | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2016 | Sully | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
^ I Credited for performing a song in the film
^ II Credited for writing song(s) for the film
^ III Credited for composing song(s) for the film
^ IV Credited for original score
Television
At 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 | Credited as | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series | Notes | Director | Actor | Role | |
| 1955 | Allen in Movieland | TV film | Yes | Orderly | |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol | 1 episode: "Motorcycle A" | Yes | Joe Keeley | |
| 1956 | Death Valley Days | 6 episodes | Yes | John Lucas | |
| 1957 | The West Point Story | 1 episode: "White Fury" | Yes | ||
| 1958 | Navy Log | 1 episode: "The Lonely Watch" | Yes | Burns | |
| 1959 | Maverick | 1 episode: "Duel at Sundown" | Yes | Red Hardigan | |
| 1959 | Rawhide | 217 episodes[6] | Yes | Rowdy Yates | |
| 1962 | Mister Ed | 1 episode: "Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed" | Yes | Himself | |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | 1 episode: "Vanessa in the Garden"[7] | Yes | ||
| 2003 | The Blues | 1 episode: "Piano Blues"[8] | Yes | ||
| 2009 | Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me[9] | Yes | Himself, also executive producer | ||
See also
References
- General
- Eliot, Marc (2009). American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood. New York: Harmony Books. pp. 349–59. ISBN 978-0-307-33688-0.
- Gallafent, Edward (1994). Clint Eastwood. New York: Continuum. pp. 238–51. ISBN 0-8264-0665-3.
- Hughes, Howard (2009). Aim for the Heart. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 215–235. ISBN 978-1-84511-902-7.
- "Clint Eastwood > Filmography". Allmovie. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- "Clint Eastwood Filmography". The New York Times. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- "Clint Eastwood – Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- "Clint Eastwood Filmography". Tiscali. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- "Clint Eastwood > Filmography". Yahoo! Movies. Archived from the original on January 12, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- Specific
- ↑ "Success of movie cowboy Eastwood". BBC News. October 9, 2003. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
- ↑ Sterritt, David (October 10, 2003). "Play 'Mystic' for me". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- ↑ Leung, Rebecca (February 6, 2005). "Two Sides Of Clint Eastwood". CBS News. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- ↑ "Clint Eastwood". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ↑ Simon, Alissa (May 13, 2011). "Kurosawa's Way". Variety. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Move 'Em on head 'Em up." (Registration required). Bristol Evening Post. September 12, 2006. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
- ↑ "I Dream for a Living". Time. July 15, 1985. p. 4. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
- ↑ Dunkley, Cathy (April 15, 2002). "Eastwood gets the 'Blues'" (Registration required). Variety. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
- ↑ "Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me". Turner Classic Movies. 2009. Retrieved November 5, 2009.