The famous American actor and director Clint Eastwood has been pursuing his dream all his life. He received his first Oscar statuette at the age of 62, and this event only pushed him to continue filming quality work. At 88 years old, Eastwood continues a successful career in the film industry.
Biography
Clinton Eastwood Jr. was born in 1930 in the famous American city of San Francisco. Both of the boy's parents, Clint Eastwood Sr. and Margaret, were ordinary workers at the plant. During Clinton's childhood, an economic crisis reigned throughout the world, so it was difficult even for workers to find a place for themselves. The Eastwood family had been looking for a city in which they could provide for themselves for a long time, and, in the end, settled in the very small Californian town of Piedmont. There, Clint Jr. grew up and graduated from high school.
He went to high school in the neighboring, larger city of Auckland. In this place, he was first offered to work in the cinema, but the young man refused, because he needed to somehow earn his living and help his parents. After receiving his education, Eastwood was drafted into the army. A year later, he still decided to try himself in the cinema.
Film career
Clint Eastwood's unusual appearance and deep look quickly helped him to achieve the roles of positive characters in action films and westerns. The first wave of fame was brought to him by the series about the wild west "Rawhide". After this work, he became one of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood.
Since the beginning of the 60s, the young man begins his productive work with the director Sergio Leone. "For a Fistful of Dollars", "A Few Dollars More", "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly" - they all tell about the confrontation between a cowboy and criminal gangs. These films have earned him good royalties and many job offers.
In 1968, the Hollywood actor founded his own film studio, the Malpaso Company, and began directing, starring in his own films. His debut work was the painting "Play me before I die." Since then, many of his works have become known all over the world and occupy places in the world tops of the best films of our time. His most successful works, according to such lists, are Gran Torino (2008), Substitution (2008), Million Dollar Baby (2004).
In 1993, the director received two Oscar statuettes for the Western Unforgiven. Two years later, he won the Irving Thalberg Award, and in 2005 again won the Oscar for Million Dollar Baby. Eastwood did not win three nominations for this prestigious award.
Other activities and personal life
For 4 years, Clint Eastwood Jr. held the mayor's chair in the small Californian town of Carmel. He owns a golf club and plays sports and meditation. Since 2003, Clint began writing music for films, mainly for his own.
The director has seven children. The dancer Roxana Tunis gave birth to his first child out of wedlock. In 1953, he legalized a relationship with actress Maggie Johnson, and two more children appeared in this union. The couple broke up after the birth of the second of them (in 1972), but the official divorce took place only in 1984.
A year after the divorce, the actor began to live with a girlfriend, Jacqueline Reeves, who gave birth to two children. In 1993, actress Frances Fisher became pregnant with him, and her sixth child was born.
In 1996, Clint Eastwood married Dina Maria Ruiz, a young woman 35 years younger than the director. She gave birth to his seventh child. In 2014, the couple divorced due to Eastwood's infidelity with the English writer Erica Fisher.
