Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director whose career has spanned over fifty years.

Eastwood may be nominated for an Oscar for the 2009 Academy Awards for two different roles. Gran Torino for his role as the Korean war veteran, Walt Kowalski and for directing the film Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich.The New York Times: The Films Are for Him. Got That? (December 10, 2008)

Eastwood announced to Entertainment Weekly in September 2007 that he was taking a break from acting. He appeared in the film Gran Torino just a year later. In November 2008, Eastwood told The Telegraph that he would be retiring from acting following his role in Gran Torino.Cinema Blend: Eastwood Hangs It Up Again (November 23, 2008)The Telegraph: Clint Eastwood to retire from acting (November 23, 2008)

• 1966: Blondie in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
• 1970: Inspector Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry
• 1971: Dave in Play Misty for Me
• 1976: Josey Wales in The Outlaw Josey Wales
• 1979: Frank Morris in Escape from Alcatraz
• 1986: Sergeant Thomas Highway in Heartbreak Ridge
• 1992: William 'Bill' Munny in Unforgiven
• 2004: Frankie Dunn in Million Dollar Baby
• 2008: Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino

"You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best."—Clint Eastwood, on retiring from actingThe Telegraph: Clint Eastwood to retire from acting (November 23, 2008)

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• May 31, 1930: Born

• 1966: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

• 1971: Dirty Harry - IMDb Listing

• 1985: Pale Rider - IMDb Listing

• 1992: Unforgiven - IMDb Listing | Academy Award

• 2003: Mystic River - IMDb Listing

• 2004: Million Dollar Baby - IMDb Listing | Academy Award

• 2006: Flags of Our Fathers - IMDb Listing

• 2006: Letters from Iwo Jima - IMDb Listing

• 2008: The Changeling - IMDb Listing

• 2008: Gran Torino - IMDb Listing

• 2009: The Human Factor - IMDb Listing