A success timeline featuring the most significant achievements of Clint Eastwood.
Clint Eastwood is an American actor and film director renowned for his roles in Westerns like the Dollars Trilogy and as Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry films, solidifying his status as a cultural icon of masculinity. He gained initial fame in the TV series Rawhide. Beyond acting, Eastwood also served as the mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, for two years after being elected in 1986.
In 1968, Eastwood became a major film star being ranked for the first time on Quigley's Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll in fifth place.
In 1972, Clint Eastwood was voted first in Quigley's Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll after having been second for the past two years.
In 1973, Clint Eastwood was voted first again in Quigley's Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll.
On August 22, 1984, Clint Eastwood was honored at a ceremony at Grauman's Chinese theater to record his hand and footprints in cement.
In 1992, Clint Eastwood won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his Western film Unforgiven.
In May 1994, at the Cannes Film Festival, Clint Eastwood received France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal.
On March 27, 1995, Clint Eastwood was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the 67th Academy Awards.
In 1996, Clint Eastwood received the AFI Life Achievement Award.
In 2000, Clint Eastwood received the Italian Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion award, honoring his lifetime achievements.
In 2004, Clint Eastwood won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his sports drama Million Dollar Baby.
On February 27, 2005, Clint Eastwood became one of only three living directors to have directed two Best Picture winners.
In 2005, Clint Eastwood won a Golden Globe for Best Director for Million Dollar Baby, which was presented to him by his daughter Kathryn.
On December 6, 2006, Clint Eastwood was inducted into the California Hall of Fame.
In 2006, Clint Eastwood received an honorary degree from the University of the Pacific.
In 2006, Eastwood directed the war film Letters from Iwo Jima, receiving an Academy Award nomination for his work.
On May 27, 2007, Clint Eastwood received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Southern California.
On September 22, 2007, Eastwood was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
In 2007, Clint Eastwood received the Legion of Honour, one of France's highest civilian honors.
In early 2007, Clint Eastwood was presented with the Légion d'honneur, the highest civilian distinction in France.
In June 2008, "Unforgiven" was ranked as the fourth-best American western by the American Film Institute in their "AFI's 10 Top 10" list, behind "Shane", "High Noon", and "The Searchers".
On February 26, 2009, Clint Eastwood received the Honorary Golden Palm Award from Cannes Film Festival at a ceremony in Paris.
In October 2009, Clint Eastwood was honored with the Lumière Award at the inaugural Lumière Festival in Lyon, France.
In 2009, Clint Eastwood received an honorary degree from AFI.
In February 2010, Clint Eastwood was recognized by President Barack Obama with an arts and humanities award.
In 2013, Clint Eastwood won the Golden Pine lifetime achievement award at the International Samobor Film Music Festival.
In November 2023, production resumed on the film "Juror #2" after a temporary suspension due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.
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