In 1992, he played the sadistic sheriff " Little " Bill Daggett in the western Unforgiven directed by Clint Eastwood and written by David Webb Peoples which earned him a second Oscar, this time for Best Supporting Actor.

The story was eventually adapted and directed by Clint Eastwood as the Oscar-winning film, Million Dollar Baby ( 2004 ).

When Leone directed Once Upon a Time in America, he commented that Robert De Niro was a real actor, unlike Eastwood.

In 1992, Eastwood directed Unforgiven, a revisionist western drama for which he won an Oscar for best director, as well as Best Picture.

Leone was one of the two directors whom Eastwood dedicated his award to, the other was Don Siegel who directed Eastwood in a string of movies in the 1970s, including Dirty Harry.

The film was directed by Clint Eastwood, since originally slated director Ron Howard declined due to scheduling conflicts.

In addition to directing many of his own star vehicles, Eastwood has also directed films in which he did not appear, such as Mystic River ( 2003 ) and Letters from Iwo Jima ( 2006 ), for which he received Academy Award nominations, and Changeling ( 2008 ).

In 1970, Eastwood starred in the western Two Mules for Sister Sara, with Shirley MacLaine and directed by Don Siegel.

In 1973, Eastwood directed his first western, High Plains Drifter, in which he starred alongside Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill,

Eastwood starred in the thriller Escape from Alcatraz in 1979, the last of his films to be directed by Don Siegel.

Eastwood directed and played the lead role in the 1980 comedy Bronco Billy alongside Locke, Scatman Crothers, and Sam Bottoms.

In 1982, Eastwood directed and starred alongside his son Kyle in Honkytonk Man, based on the eponymous Clancy Carlile's depression-era novel.

In the same year Eastwood directed, produced, and starred in the Cold War-themed Firefox alongside Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke and Ronald Lacey.

Eastwood directed and starred in the fourth Dirty Harry film, Sudden Impact, which was shot in the spring and summer of 1983 and is considered the darkest and most violent of the series.

By this time Eastwood received 60 percent of all profits from films he starred in and directed, with the rest going to the studio.

Eastwood revisited the western genre when he directed and starred in Pale Rider ( 1985 ) opposite Michael Moriarty and Carrie Snodgress.

Eastwood directed and starred in White Hunter Black Heart ( 1990 ), an adaptation of Peter Viertel's roman à clef, about John Huston and the making of the classic film The African Queen.

Later in 1990, Eastwood directed and co-starred with Charlie Sheen in The Rookie, a buddy cop action film.

Eastwood played Frank Horrigan in the Secret Service thriller In the Line of Fire ( 1993 ) directed by Wolfgang Petersen and co-starring John Malkovich and Rene Russo.

Later in 1993, Eastwood directed and co-starred with Kevin Costner in A Perfect World.

In 1997, Eastwood directed and starred in the political thriller Absolute Power, alongside Gene Hackman ( with whom he had appeared in Unforgiven ).

Later in 1997, Eastwood directed Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, based on the novel by John Berendt and starring John Cusack, Kevin Spacey, and Jude Law.

Eastwood directed and starred in True Crime ( 1999 ), which also featured his young daughter Francesca Fisher-Eastwood.

In 2000, Eastwood directed and starred in Space Cowboys alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner.

The following year Eastwood found further critical and commercial success when he directed, produced, scored, and starred in the boxing drama Million Dollar Baby, playing a cantankerous trainer who forms a bond with female boxer ( Hilary Swank ), who he is persuaded to train by his lifelong friend ( Morgan Freeman ).

Eastwood ended a four-year " self-imposed acting hiatus " by appearing in Gran Torino, which he also directed, produced, and partly scored with his son Kyle and Jamie Cullum.

The winner was 28-year-old Scott Eastwood of the Channel Islands who scored a perfect 10 in the final.

Jones scored on his debut for The Bloods, netting the opening goal in the 2 – 2 draw against Eastwood Town on 13 August.

Eastwood has claimed that he took the role of Harry Callahan because of the character's obsessive concern with the victims of violent crime.

The street is included in a car chase sequence in Clint Eastwood's crime drama Magnum Force ( 1973 ) starring Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, and David Soul.

Inspector Harry Callahan ( Clint Eastwood ) and his partner Earlington " Early " Smith ( Felton Perry ) visit the crime scene despite them being loaned to stakeout by their Lieutenant.

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is a 1974 American crime film written and directed by Michael Cimino and starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, and Geoffrey Lewis.

Eastwood plays a veteran police officer teamed up with a younger detective played by Sheen ( the rookie of the title ), whose intent is to take down a German crime lord in downtown Los Angeles following months of investigation into his illegal activities.

Lubin suggested Eastwood attend drama classes, and arranged for his initial contract in April 1954 at $ 100 ( US $ in dollars ) per week.

In 1986, Eastwood co-starred with Marsha Mason in the military drama Heartbreak Ridge, about the 1983 United States invasion of Grenada.

In 2010, Eastwood directed the drama Hereafter, again working with Matt Damon, who portrayed a psychic.

Eastwood starred in the baseball drama Trouble with the Curve ( 2012 ), as a veteran baseball scout who travels with his daughter for a final scouting trip.

* Gran Torino ( film ), a 2008 drama starring Clint Eastwood

* The 2008 American drama film Gran Torino, directed by, produced by and starring Clint Eastwood, features Clint Eastwood drinking Tsingtao beer at a party thrown by Hmong neighbors.

This series features a World War II drama such as Kelly's Heroes, with Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland and Telly Savalas.

The Beguiled is a 1971 drama film directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood and Geraldine Page.