Although he has been associated with it throughout his career, he personally detests violence and has carefully shown the horrific consquences of violence in his more recent films such as Unforgiven (1992), A Perfect World (1993), Absolute Power (1997), Mystic River (2003), and Million Dollar Baby (2004).
He refused to have children with his wife at first (although he did have a daughter in 1964 from an affair), but then she became very ill. Once she recovered, he changed his mind, and almost 15 years after they married, their first child together was born.
Is owner of the exclusive golf club "Tehama" in Carmel Valley, California.
Father of Heather Eastwood (born July 19, 1988).
Has 7 children: Kimber Eastwood (born 17 June 1964), Kyle Eastwood (born 19 May 1968), Alison Eastwood (born 22 May 1972), Scott Eastwood (born 21 March 1986), Kathryn Eastwood (2 February 1988), Francesca Ruth Eastwood (born 7 August 1993) and Morgan Eastwood (born 12 December 1996).
Granddaughter, Graylen (Kyle's daughter) born 1994.
He was voted the 16th "Greatest Movie Star of All Time" by Entertainment Weekly. Eastwood was only two rankings behind his own all-time favorite film actor, James Cagney.
He was going to play the villain Two-Face on the "Batman" (1966/II) TV series, but the show was canceled before the project began.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 294-302. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
Appeared on TG Sheppard's hit "Make My Day," which made #62 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1984.
