Clint Eastwood, Who Just Turned 96, Has Retired
One of Hollywood's greatest careers is officially over.
Clint Eastwood, who just turned 96 on Sunday, May 31, has retired after more than seven decades in film.
According to a newly surfaced interview with France Info, his son Kyle Eastwood, confirmed that his father has stepped away from filmmaking.
"I have many fond memories of working with him. Now he's retired, he's 95 years old. But I was very lucky to be able to work with him on quite a few films," Kyle said in November 2025. "It was a great experience for me."
The four-time Oscar winner got his start as an uncredited lab technician in the 1955 sci-fihorror filmRevenge of the Creature. He became a TV star on Rawhide in 1959, and Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, turned him into a household name.
Over his decades in the industry, he appeared in more than 70 screen roles and directed 40 films.
Clint regularly starred in his own films, with his final on-screen appearance coming in Cry Macho in 2021. He stayed behind the camera for his last project, the 2024 legal thriller Juror No. 2, starring Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette.
Earlier this year, Laura Linney opened up about what it's like to work with the director - and explained why he never raises his voice on set.
"I learnt an invaluable lesson on how to relax on set," she told The Independent. "He only does one take, he works with same crew, you come on set, it's pre-lit – it's done – and he goes ‘OK, are you ready to go? OK, go ahead.'"
"He talks in that level voice. He stands next to the camera, watches the scene, goes, ‘OK you can stop,'" Laura added. "‘Did you feel good about that? I felt good about that. Were we in focus? OK, we can move on.'"
The habit, she said, comes from his western days, when any sudden noise would send the horses into a panic.
"That's how he rolls. The reason he doesn't yell ‘action' or ‘cut' is because of the westerns he made. Because if someone yelled, the horse would jump and get scared, so everybody's quiet on set."
As a director, Clint had a knack for getting the best from his cast. Gene Hackman, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman all won Oscars for his films - in Unforgiven, Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby respectively.
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This story was originally published June 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM.