Capital:	€ 337 million
Age:	89
Born:	May 31, 1930
Country of origin:	United States of America
Source of wealth:	actor
Last updated:	2022

Brief introduction

Clint Eastwood, best known as an actor, is not only involved in this main activity but also as a producer and film director, but also as a musician and politician. He became famous in the 1960s because of his role in the dollar trilogy Sergio Leone and his role as Dirty Harry in the 1970s and 1980s. In total, he was involved in the creation of more than 50 films, both in front of or behind the camera.

Youth

Clint Eastwood, born in San Francisco in May 1930, was a direct descendant of Mayflower passengers. Because his father had changed jobs on the west coast during his childhood, the family often moved. However, from 1940 to 1949, they lived exclusively in Piedmont in California. There they live a pretty good life, are members of the Country Club and even then the family has two cars. It is unclear whether Clint Eastwood even finished high school. However, he began to make money as a caddy golf, firefighter or swimming instructor. Instead of being accepted at the University of Seattle, he was recruited as a soldier in 1951 since the Korean War began. However, he was never used there, but spent all time in the military as a swimming instructor in the US.

From the early 1950s, he looked for a role in the film in the nearest film business. First, after many rejections during the audition, he accepted several small roles that were not even mentioned in credit. His lack of acting talent was criticized repeatedly, even though he brought impressive stature to the set with a height of 1.93M. When he still did not get a small role for a long time, he finally got the main role in 1959. This was done in the western series of Rawhide, which made him get a certain fame. Clint Eastwood manifested this role in 217 episodes until 1965. However, his career was truly just going on with the role of “manless man” in the film “For a Fistful of Dolars” by Sergio Leone.

Career

Although only the price for this role, the success of this film, which is not expected by critics, means that the exact beginning of his career as a film actor by Clint Eastwood. The film “For a Fistful of Dollars” started a great hype around what italo-western called Clint Eastwood became an icon of pop culture. With his cool and quiet attitude, but also the improvement of his character, he became a model for several imitators in hundreds of Italo-Western which will be followed in the next few years.

With Clint Eastwood, director Sergio Leone followed “for several more dollars” and in 1966 “Two Glorious Scoundrel”. The latter is considered a best Western film in history by various specialist magazines and is also one of the top 20 films by many critics.

However, it still takes time for Hollywood Clint Eastwood to take a greater role. However, in the late 1960s, he made several films there screened in World War II, which further promoted his image as a hero of action. In 1971, a breakthrough for Hollywood was made. The “Dirty Harry” series features Clint Eastwood as a police officer chasing a serial killer using the questionable method. Eastwood had established its own production company in 1967. Finally, in the early 1990s, after celebrating many other success as an actor in the box office, he also began his very successful career as a director.

Career spotlight

After a breakthrough with Western films by Sergio Leone, above all the series “Dirty Harry” which on the one hand forms its image very intensively, but on the other hand it also ensures extraordinary commercial success. This in turn allows him to be a big success as a director, which includes films such as American Sniper, Baby without mercy or million dollars.

Famous quote

• “I think a man wants the same from a woman as a woman from a man: respect.”
• “I am a rebel deep in my soul.”
• “They say marriage was created in heaven. But that also applies to lightning and thunder. ”
• “There are many great actors in the world who are better trained and trained than me, but playing Dirty Harry would not suit them.”
• “I don’t sprinkle ashes on the head now for all the characters I’ve shown in action films so far. But I have reached a stage in my life – we have reached a stage in our history where I tell myself that violence shouldn’t be funny or attractive. ” Here count next to

Amazing facts

In 1986 he was chosen as Mayor of his hometown Carmel in California. However, he only served this function until 1988, when he did not run again after a term of office.

Politically, Clint Eastwood mostly worked to promote Republicans, as the most recently happened in the 2012 and 2016 elections. However, he described himself as a “non-conservative” and was also very committed to protecting the environment and marriage between people with others type.