Clint Eastwood

Birth of Clinton "Clint" Eastwood.

Signs with Universal-International and begins small film and television roles.

Appears in Francis in the Navy during his early period of small studio roles.

Appears in Lady Godiva of Coventry while working under his early studio contract.

Makes an uncredited acting debut as a laboratory assistant in the film Revenge of the Creature.

Appears in the science-fiction film Tarantula during his early Hollywood career.

Appears in Away All Boats as part of his run of minor film roles.

Takes a supporting role in Never Say Goodbye during his early screen career.

Appears in the western Star in the Dust before his later breakthrough in television westerns.

Appears in The First Traveling Saleslady, another early studio-era film role.

Appears in Ambush at Cimarron Pass, one of his final films before Rawhide made him prominent.

Appears in Lafayette Escadrille, a war film released before his Rawhide breakthrough.

Stars as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars.

Stars in For a Few Dollars More, the second film in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy.

Stars in The Good the Bad and the Ugly, completing the Dollars trilogy.

Meets Dino De Laurentiis and agrees to appear in the anthology film The Witches opposite Silvana Mangano.

The Dollars trilogy reaches American cinemas and makes Eastwood a major star in the United States.

Stars as an Arizona deputy in Coogans Bluff, directed by Don Siegel.

Stars in the revisionist western Hang Em High with Inger Stevens, Pat Hingle and Dennis Hopper.

Establishes Malpaso Productions to gain greater control over his American film projects.

Stars with Richard Burton in the Second World War action film Where Eagles Dare.

Stars in the musical western Paint Your Wagon with Lee Marvin and Jean Seberg.

Stars in Kellys Heroes, a Second World War caper film with an ensemble cast.

Stars with Shirley MacLaine in Don Siegel's western Two Mules for Sister Sara.

Stars as Inspector Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry, creating one of his best-known screen characters.

Makes his directorial debut with Play Misty for Me and also stars in the thriller.

Stars in The Beguiled, a dark Civil War drama directed by Don Siegel.

Stars in Joe Kidd, a western directed by John Sturges.

Directs Breezy, a romantic drama that does not feature him in the leading role.

Directs and stars in High Plains Drifter, then directs Breezy and returns as Harry Callahan in Magnum Force.

Returns as Harry Callahan in Magnum Force, the second Dirty Harry film.

Stars with Jeff Bridges and George Kennedy in the action caper Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.

Directs and stars in The Eiger Sanction, an action thriller set partly on mountain climbs.

Returns as Harry Callahan in The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry film.

Directs and stars in The Outlaw Josey Wales, one of his major westerns.

Directs and stars in The Gauntlet with Sondra Locke.

Stars in Every Which Way But Loose, one of his biggest commercial successes.

Stars in Escape from Alcatraz, directed by Don Siegel.

Stars in Any Which Way You Can and directs Bronco Billy alongside Sondra Locke.

Directs and stars in Firefox, a Cold War aviation thriller.

Directs and stars in Honkytonk Man, a Depression-era musical road drama.

Directs and stars in Sudden Impact, the fourth Dirty Harry film and his final screen collaboration with Sondra Locke.

Places his handprints and footprints in cement at Graumans Chinese Theatre.

Stars with Burt Reynolds in the period crime comedy City Heat.

Stars in Tightrope, a crime thriller set in New Orleans.

Directs and stars in Pale Rider, reviving the western at the mid-1980s box office.

Directs and stars in Heartbreak Ridge as a veteran Marine sergeant.

Directs Bird, a biographical film about jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker.

Receives the Golden Globe Cecil B DeMille Award for career contribution to entertainment.

Makes his final appearance as Harry Callahan in The Dead Pool.

Stars in Pink Cadillac, an action comedy released near the end of the 1980s.

Directs and stars in The Rookie with Charlie Sheen.

Directs and stars in White Hunter Black Heart, a film inspired by the making of The African Queen.

Directs and stars in Unforgiven, a revisionist western examining violence and reputation.

Wins Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards for Unforgiven.

Directs A Perfect World, a crime drama starring Kevin Costner.

Stars as a Secret Service agent in the political thriller In the Line of Fire.

Receives the Irving G Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement as a film producer.

Directs and stars in The Bridges of Madison County opposite Meryl Streep.

Receives the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award.

Directs and stars in Absolute Power, a political thriller about presidential corruption.

Directs Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, adapted from the nonfiction bestseller.

Receives an Honorary Cesar recognizing his contribution to cinema.

Receives a Producers Guild lifetime achievement honor for work in motion pictures.

Receives a National Board of Review career achievement award.

Directs and stars in True Crime, a journalism and death-row thriller.

Receives the Venice Film Festival Career Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.

Directs and stars in Space Cowboys with Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner.

Directs and stars in Blood Work, a crime thriller based on Michael Connelly's novel.

Directs Mystic River, a crime drama starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon.

Receives Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Director for Mystic River.

Directs and stars in Million Dollar Baby, a boxing drama with Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman.

Wins Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards for Million Dollar Baby.

Directs Flags of Our Fathers, one of two companion films about the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Directs Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima as companion war films.

Directs Letters from Iwo Jima, presenting the battle from the Japanese perspective.

Receives Academy Award nominations connected with Letters from Iwo Jima.

Composes the music for Grace Is Gone, a film written and directed by James C Strouse.

Receives Golden Globe nominations for the Grace Is Gone score and song.

Receives Frances Legion of Honour for his contribution to cinema.

Directs Changeling, a period drama starring Angelina Jolie.

Directs and stars in Gran Torino, playing Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski.

Directs Gran Torino and Changeling, two major late-career films released in 2008.

Directs Invictus, a film about Nelson Mandela and the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

Directs Hereafter, a supernatural drama starring Matt Damon.

Directs J Edgar, a biographical drama about FBI director J Edgar Hoover.

Acts in Trouble with the Curve, one of his rare starring roles for another director in later career.

Directs American Sniper, a war drama based on the memoir of Chris Kyle.

Directs Jersey Boys, adapted from the stage musical about the Four Seasons.

Receives a Best Picture nomination as producer of American Sniper.

Directs Sully, starring Tom Hanks as airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger.

Directs The 15:17 to Paris, casting the real-life men involved in the train incident.

Directs and stars in The Mule, a crime drama about an elderly drug courier.

Directs Richard Jewell, a drama about the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing investigation.

Directs and stars in Cry Macho, a late-career western road drama.

Directs Juror Number Two, a courtroom drama released in the 2020s.:wq