Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Stars with Jeff Bridges and George Kennedy in the action caper Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.
Role range: 1974-1974
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Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Clinton "Clint" Eastwood through 111 dated historical records for United States of America.
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
111Distinct records
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1974
1975
The Eiger Sanction
Directs and stars in The Eiger Sanction, an action thriller set partly on mountain climbs.
Role range: 1975-1975
1976
The Enforcer
Returns as Harry Callahan in The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry film.
Role range: 1976-1976
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Directs and stars in The Outlaw Josey Wales, one of his major westerns.
Role range: 1976-1976
1977
The Gauntlet
Directs and stars in The Gauntlet with Sondra Locke.
Role range: 1977-1977
1978
Every Which Way But Loose
Stars in Every Which Way But Loose, one of his biggest commercial successes.
Role range: 1978-1978
1979
Escape from Alcatraz
Stars in Escape from Alcatraz, directed by Don Siegel.
Role range: 1979-1979
1980
Any Which Way You Can
Stars in Any Which Way You Can and directs Bronco Billy alongside Sondra Locke.
Role range: 1980-1980
1982
Firefox
Directs and stars in Firefox, a Cold War aviation thriller.
Role range: 1982-1982
Honkytonk Man
Directs and stars in Honkytonk Man, a Depression-era musical road drama.
Role range: 1982-1982
1983
Sudden Impact
Directs and stars in Sudden Impact, the fourth Dirty Harry film and his final screen collaboration with Sondra Locke.
Role range: 1983-1983
1984
Graumans Chinese Theatre
Places his handprints and footprints in cement at Graumans Chinese Theatre.
Role range: 1984-1984
City Heat
Stars with Burt Reynolds in the period crime comedy City Heat.
Role range: 1984-1984
Tightrope
Stars in Tightrope, a crime thriller set in New Orleans.
Role range: 1984-1984
1985
Pale Rider
Directs and stars in Pale Rider, reviving the western at the mid-1980s box office.
Role range: 1985-1985
1986
Mayor Election
Wins election as mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
Role range: 1986-1988
Heartbreak Ridge
Directs and stars in Heartbreak Ridge as a veteran Marine sergeant.
Role range: 1986-1986
1988
Mayor Term Ends
Ends his two-year term as mayor and does not seek another term.
Role range: 1986-1988
The Dead Pool
Makes his final appearance as Harry Callahan in The Dead Pool.
Role range: 1988-1988
Cecil B DeMille Award
Receives the Golden Globe Cecil B DeMille Award for career contribution to entertainment.
Role range: 1988-1988
Bird
Directs Bird, a biographical film about jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker.
Role range: 1988-1988
1989
Pink Cadillac
Stars in Pink Cadillac, an action comedy released near the end of the 1980s.
Role range: 1989-1989
1990
The Rookie
Directs and stars in The Rookie with Charlie Sheen.
Role range: 1990-1990
White Hunter Black Heart
Directs and stars in White Hunter Black Heart, a film inspired by the making of The African Queen.
Role range: 1990-1990
1992
Unforgiven
Directs and stars in Unforgiven, a revisionist western examining violence and reputation.
Role range: 1992-1992
1993
Academy Award
Wins Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards for Unforgiven.
Role range: 1992-1993
In the Line of Fire
Stars as a Secret Service agent in the political thriller In the Line of Fire.
Role range: 1993-1993
A Perfect World
Directs A Perfect World, a crime drama starring Kevin Costner.
Role range: 1993-1993
1995
Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award
Receives the Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement as a film producer.
Role range: 1995-1995
The Bridges of Madison County
Directs and stars in The Bridges of Madison County opposite Meryl Streep.
Role range: 1995-1995
Doe Eyes
Composes the theme Doe Eyes for The Bridges of Madison County.
Role range: 1995-1995
1996
AFI Life Achievement Award
Receives the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award.
Role range: 1996-1996
1997
Absolute Power
Directs and stars in Absolute Power, a political thriller about presidential corruption.
Role range: 1997-1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Directs Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, adapted from the nonfiction bestseller.
Role range: 1997-1997
1998
Honorary Cesar
Receives an Honorary Cesar recognizing his contribution to cinema.
Role range: 1998-1998
Producers Guild Lifetime Achievement
Receives a Producers Guild lifetime achievement honor for work in motion pictures.
Role range: 1998-1998
1999
National Board of Review Career Award
Receives a National Board of Review career achievement award.
Role range: 1999-1999
True Crime
Directs and stars in True Crime, a journalism and death-row thriller.
Role range: 1999-1999
2000
Space Cowboys
Directs and stars in Space Cowboys with Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner.
Role range: 2000-2000
Career Golden Lion
Receives the Venice Film Festival Career Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.
Role range: 2000-2000
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.