Clint Eastwood
Awards & Honours
115
Awards Won
9
Honours
3
Rankings
6
Covers
3
Records
Clint Eastwood is one of the most decorated figures in American cinema. He is one of only three people to have won Best Director Oscars for two different films (Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby). His four competitive Academy Awards place him among the most honored producers and directors in history. He received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1995, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1996, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009. In 2010, President Barack Obama awarded him the National Medal of Arts, and in 2011 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The British Academy recognized him with a BAFTA Fellowship in 2007, and the Directors Guild of America gave him a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. These honors reflect a career that spans both popular and critical success across acting, directing, and producing.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Awarded for contributions to American culture and film.
Kennedy Center Honors
Lifetime achievement award for contributions to the performing arts.
AFI Life Achievement Award
Lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute.
National Medal of Arts
Awarded by President Barack Obama for outstanding contributions to the arts.
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Star at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard for motion pictures.
California Hall of Fame
Inducted for contributions to California culture.
Order of the Rising Sun
Awarded for contributions to film and U.S.-Japan cultural relations.
Honorary Doctorate
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.
Honorary Doctorate
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts.
Rankings & Lists
AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
AFI's 100 Greatest American Films of All Time
Greatest Movie Stars of All Time
Magazine Covers
TIME
1970-03-16
Clint Eastwood: The Strong Silent Type
TIME
2005-01-24
Clint Eastwood: The Last Outlaw
Rolling Stone
1993-04-01
Clint Eastwood: The Rolling Stone Interview
Vanity Fair
2005-02-01
The Hollywood Issue: Clint Eastwood
People
1985-03-25
Clint Eastwood: America's Favorite Movie Star
GQ
2009-01-01
Clint Eastwood: The Icon
Records & Feats
Oldest Best Director Oscar winner
At age 74, Eastwood became the oldest person to win the Academy Award for Best Director, for Million Dollar Baby in 2005.
Only person to direct two Best Picture winners with himself as lead actor
Eastwood both directed and starred in two Best Picture winners: Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).
Longest gap between Best Director wins
12 years between his Oscars for Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).