Clint Eastwood Net Worth (2024) Lifestyle | Bio | Facts [UPDATED]

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The legendary Clint Eastwood that we know today actually started out by working several odd jobs before deciding to pursue an acting career.

Clint was once a logger, hay baler, truck driver, and steel furnace stoker before being drafted into the U.S. Army and being stationed at Fort Ord on Monterey Peninsula.

Then the American actor started auditioning and pursuing acting in the 1950s.

Here’s the kicker.

He soon got small parts in B-films but as it’s still not enough, Clint was also working as a garbage truck driver and swimming pool digger to add to his small income.

His situation improved when Eastwood starred in the long-running western TV series “Rawhide.”

Turned out…

…the Hollywood people were very impressed with Eastwood’s cowboy looks and movie star appearance and stature.

Clint rose to international fame when he starred as The Man With No Name Sergio Leone’s trilogy of excellent spaghetti westerns namely A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.

The 1970s proved to be one of- if not the busiest- decade in Clint Eastwood’s career.

He made his directorial debut on the film Play Misty For Me, an erotic thriller classic.

But what cemented Clint Eastwood’s status as a cultural icon was the Dirty Harry series with his role as the antihero cop Harry Callahan.

The Dirty Harry films also helped popularize the loose-cannon cop genre on the silver screen.

The film reconfirmed Eastwood as the most popular western hero of his time, despite receiving criticism for how it portrayed the African American community.

In addition to that, Eastwood was also gradually sharpening his directorial skills.

As a matter of fact…

…when Don Siegel was unable to come to the production when he fell ill, Eastwood gladly stepped in as the director for the suicide jumper sequence.

In addition to that, the American actor and director also learned mountain climbing for the film The Eiger Sanction because he believed that the scenes were too dangerous for a stuntman to do.

Awww.

Some of his most popular movies from the 70s’ are High Plains Drifter which is his first film where he’s the director as well as the star, Breezy, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Gauntlet, Escape from Alcatraz, and the comedy Every Which Way but Loose.

Continuing his dual role as an actor and director…

…Clinton Eastwood kicked off the 80s’ with Bronco Billy and Any Which Way You Can.

In 1983, Clint starred in Sudden Impact, a film with a disturbing story about rape and murder.

It’s where Clint uttered the words “Go ahead, make my day.” which is now immortalized as one of the most famous lines in American cinema.

Spaghetti westerns were done and Clint became more interested in unconventional themes for his films as well as western comedy.

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Throughout the 1980s, Clint started and directed films with unconventional storylines that involve sexual assaults, murders, and psychological issues such as Tightrope with its theme of sadomasochism, Pale Rider, Shane, and Unforgiven.

Unforgiven garnered Eastwood his very first Academy Awards nominations, the first being for Best Actor. He was 62 then.

Clint also won an Oscar for Best Director.

Some of his most-loved films were also produced in the 1990s such as the love story The Bridges of Madison County,  A Perfect World, In the Line of Fire, and Absolute Power.

But it doesn’t end there.

Clint Eastwood impressed once again with Million Dollar Baby, with the film receiving four Academy Awards and his second Best Actor nomination.

His stream of critically acclaimed films continued throughout the 2000s’ such as Gran Torino, Trouble With the Curve, Letter From Iwo Jima, Mystic River, American Sniper, and Changeling.

As a director…

…Clint is known for his fast-paced style of directing.

You’d be lucky if you get two takes, but it’s usually finished with one take!

Clint reportedly started no later than 9 in the morning and by noon or even earlier than that, they’d already been wrapping up.

As if that’s not enough…

…Clint is also very well-known for being a cost- and time-efficient director and producer as he hates long and slow production.

Ever the legend and icon, Clint has appeared in 3 films that were later on have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant.

As a politician…

Clint Eastwood served as the nonpartisan mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea in California for one term in 1989.

The kicker is he’s earning just $200 monthly,

In 2009, Clint was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by Emperor Akihito of Japan and in 2007, he’s presented the  Légion d’honneur, the highest civilian distinction in France by no less than French president Jacques Chirac.

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