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Clint Eastwood 101: The actor before The Speech Just who was that guy who spoke to the empty chair at the Republican National Convention? Here are the basics on the life and career of Clint Eastwood, American cinematic icon and practictioner of experimental, improvisational Republican political theater.
During his speech in support of Mitt Romney, Eastwood turned to the empty chair, and quizzed the absent President Obama about Afghanistan in tones that suggested he favors a quick exit. “You mentioned about having a target date for bringing everybody home — I think Mr. Romney said, why are you putting out the date now, why don’t you bring them home tomorrow morning.”
Lucian Perkins
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FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
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From left, Eastwood, Paul Brinegar and Eric Fleming in “Rawhide,” his long-running TV series of the ’50s and ’60s.
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1965
Eastwood relaxes at his Hollywood Hills home in Los Angeles.
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1966
Eastwood in his last film with director Sergio Leone, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.”
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1970
Eastwood cradles an armadillo in his arms during the filming of “Two Mules for Sister Sara.”
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1969
Eastwood, right, discusses a scene with director Brian Hutton during filming of “Kelly’s Heroes.”
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1971
Eastwood and Barbra Streisand won the Golden Globes’ honorary Henrietta Awards.
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1971
Eastwood and Jessica Walter star in “Play Misty for Me,” Eastwood’s directorial debut.
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1971
Eastwood stars as “Dirty” Harry Callahan, one of his signature characters, in “Dirty Harry.”
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Warner Bros.
1973
Eastwood starred in and directed the western “High Plains Drifter.”
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1973
Eastwood again plays Dirty Harry in “Magnum Force.”
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Warner Bros.
1975
Eastwood plays Jonathan Hemlock in “The Eiger Sanction,” which he also directed.
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Universal Pictures
1976
Eastwood, right, and Chief Dan George star in the Eastwood-helmed post-Civil War drama “The Outlaw Josey Wales.”
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Warner Bros.
1977
Eastwood and Sondra Locke in the Eastwood-directed “The Gauntlet.”
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1978
Eastwood, right, and his co-star, an orangutan named Clyde, star in the comedy “Every Which Way But Loose.
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1982
Eastwood stands with his then-14-year-old daughter Alison Eastwood.
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1984
Clint Eastwood signs his name in the wet concrete in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater.
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1986
Eastwood directed and starred in “Heartbreak Ridge.”
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1992
Eastwood won Academy Awards for best director and best picture for “Unforgiven,” for which he was also nominated for best actor.
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1993
Eastwood hangs onto the edge of a Washington apartment building during the filming of “In the Line of Fire.”
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1995
Meryl Streep and Eastwood star in the romantic drama “The Bridges of Madison County,” which he also directed.
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Warner Bros.
1997
John Cusack, left, and Kevin Spacey in the Eastwood-directed “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.”
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1999
Eastwood and Isaiah Washington star in the Eastwood-helmed “True Crime.”
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Warner Bros.
Eastwood starred in and directed “Space Cowboys,” about a band of older pilots sent into space to repair a satellite.
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2000
Eastwood was among the year’s Kennedy Center Honors recipients. The others included, from left, Placido Domingo, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Angela Lansbury and Chuck Berry.
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2002
Eastwood portrays a retired FBI director in "Blood Work,” which he also directed.
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Reuters
2003
Eastwood speaks with actor Sean Penn on the set of “Mystic River,“ for which he was nominated for best director and best picture Oscars.
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Warner Bros.
2004
Eastwood, Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank star in “Million Dollar Baby,” which won best picture and best director Oscars for Eastwood. Eastwood was also nominated for best acotr, and Freeman and Swank received awards for best supporting actor and best actress.
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2004
Eastwood accepts the Oscar for best director for his work on “Million Dollar Baby.”
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2006
Eastwood oversees the action on the set of “Flags of Our Fathers,” which he directed.
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Reuters
2006
Ken Kasai, Masashi Nagadoi, Hirsohi Watanabe and Ken Watanabe star in Eastwood’s “Letters from Iwo Jima,” which was nominated for best director and best picture.
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AP
2008
Eastwood’s drama “Changeling” featured Angelina Jolie as a woman trying to prove that the boy in front of her (Devon Conti) is not her son.
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2008
Eastwood stars with Bee Vang in his film “Gran Torino.”
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2009
Eastwood directed Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar in “Invictus,” for which both actors were nominated for Academy Awards.
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Warner Bros. Pictures
2010
Bryce Dallas Howard and Matt Damon star in Eastwood’s “Hereafter.”
Ken Regan
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2011
Leonardo DiCaprio and Eastwood speak during the filming of “J. Edgar.”
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2012
Clint Eastwood appeared in Chrysler's "It's Halftime in America" Super Bowl advertisement.
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2012
Eastwood addresses the crowd on the final day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
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2012
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