Legendary American actor and director Clint Eastwood turned 96 last week (May 31), and we may have received confirmation that the Hollywood star has finally retired.
In a recently uncovered interview with a French television channel, France 3 Eastwood's son, musician and composer Kyle Eastwood, said his father had officially and quietly retired.
«"I have a lot of good memories of working with him. He's retired now, 95 years old," Kyle Eastwood said before his father's birthday. "But I was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with him on many films. It was a wonderful experience.".
Clint Eastwood began his film career in the mid-1950s and rose to fame in the 1960s in the Western genre, starring in a trilogy of films by Sergio Leone – «For a Fistful of Dollars» (1964), «"For a few dollars more"» (1965) and «The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly» (1966) – also known as the Dollars Trilogy.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — PEA
Throughout a career spanning seven decades, Eastwood continued to impress in classic films such as «Dirty Harry» (1971), «Magnum Force» (1973), «"Defender"» (1976), «"Sudden Strike"» (1983) and «Death Pool» (1988) - in all of these films he played outcast cop Harry Callahan.
Dirty Harry - Warner Bros.
Other memorable film roles include: «Deceived» , «Thunderbolt and Lightfoot» , «Escape from Alcatraz» , «The Pale Rider» , «Unforgiven» , «Million Dollar Baby» и «Gran Torino» .
Clint Eastwood's directing career began in 1971 with film "Play Me a Misty Tune"« . He continued to make films throughout his career, including «"Bird"» , «Novichok» , «Unforgiven» , «Bridges of Madison County» , «Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil» , «Mystic River» , « Million Dollar Baby» , diptych «"Flags of our fathers / Letters from Iwo Jima» , «"Invincible"» , «American Sniper» , «"Sally"» и «Richard Jewell» .
Unforgiven - Warner Bros.
Eastwood's impressive filmography—more than 70 film roles and 40 directing credits—has earned him four Academy Awards (including Best Director for his films «Unforgiven» и «Million Dollar Baby» ), four Golden Globe Awards, and two Directors Guild of America Awards. He has also received numerous awards, including an honorary César Award in 1998, an honorary Golden Lion Award in 2000, and an honorary Palme d'Or Award in 2008.
It is worth noting that Eastwood helped five actors win Oscars: Gene Hackman ( «"Unforgiven »"), Sean Penn, Tim Robbins ( «Mystic River» ), Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman ("« Million Dollar Baby »).
«Million Dollar Baby - Warner Bros. Pictures - Lakeshore International
If Clint really has retired, then the 2024 courtroom drama «Juror No. 2» became his last directorial work. As for his acting career, his last work in front of the camera was the film «"Cry, macho »" 2021, which he also directed.