(born 1930), US movie actor and director; full name Clinton Eastwood, Jr. He became known after he starred in A Fistful of Dollars (1964), the first cult “spaghetti western.” He portrayed detective Harry Callahan in five movies, beginning with Dirty Harry (1971). Movies that he directed as well as starred in include Bird (1988), Unforgiven (1992), The Bridges of Madison County (1994), and Mystic River (2003).