Clint Eastwood is a famous international personality who has worked in Hollywood movies as an actor, writer, composer, and director. He is a member of the Libertarian political party and was also selected to be the Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea from 1986 to 1988.
In the early years of his career, Eastwood struggled to impress the directors with his rigid personality. After many failures, he succeeded in getting a side role in ‘Revenge of the Creature’ in 1955. For many years he continued appearing in minor roles in the films like ‘Francis in the Navy,’ ‘Tarantula’ (both 1955), ‘Never Say Goodbye,’ and ‘Star in the Dust’ (both 1956).
Eastwood was offered a prominent role in the film ‘The First Traveling Saleslady’ (1956), which helped him develop as an actor. Popular Clint Eastwood movies include ‘A Fistful of Dollars,’ ‘For a Few Dollars More,’ ‘The Enforcer,’ ‘The Dead Pool,’ ‘Magnum Force,’ and ‘Sudden Impact.’ In 1982, Eastwood debuted as a producer in the movie ‘Firefox’ and also played the character of Mitchell Gant in it. Later, he produced and directed many famous movies like ‘Sudden Impact’ (1983), ‘Pale Rider’ (1985), ‘Bird’ (1988), ‘Unforgiven’ (1992), ‘True Crime’ (1999), ‘Sully’ (2016), ‘The Mule’ (2018), and ‘Cry Macho’ (2021).
He received his first Western Heritage Award in 1961 for the drama ‘Rawhide’ and later won many international awards including four Academy Awards, three Blue Ribbon Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and six People’s Choice Awards.