Clint Eastwood films: Go ahead, ace this quiz!

Eastwood embodied the All-American cowboy stereotype in American western films since the 1960s.

Of course, he played a cowboy in this TV series.

This 1978 and 1980 film duo is actually an offbeat comedy.

In Japan, this subgenre is actually called “macaroni western."

It is said that Eastwood’s stern personality is a match to the eccentric and gruff nature of the Callahan character.

This character was actually an adaptation of the ronin character (a samurai with no name and master) from Akira Kurosawa’s film Yojimbo.

Sergio Leone made this subgenre with a multicultural cast and crew popular during the 1960s.

It was Spanish journalist Alfonso Sanchez who actually coined the term “spaghetti western."

Don Siegel directed this film, who eventually directed other successful Eastwood films. The two eventually became very good friends.

He also produced some of the films he starred in and directed.

This 1969 film was actually nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) despite being a critical and commercial failure.

The 2014 film is about a real-life American war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Harry Callahan is a Homicide Division Inspector of the San Francisco Police Department known for his ruthless and violent methods of law enforcement, hence becoming unpredictable even to his partners and peers.

He actually had uncredited executive producer roles in earlier films, though, including Dirty Harry.

It’s ironic but people remember this quote as “Do ya feel lucky, punk?” instead of its original version.

Sudden Impact and The Deadpool complete the Dirty Harry film series.

This quote is included in the Top 10 of the American Film Institute’s list of 100 Movie Quotes.

The film was about that iconic photo of soldiers trying to raise the American flag.

In Eastwood’s filmography, one would note the actor-filmmaker’s penchant for directing and/or playing roles about musically-inclined characters, either directly involved (e.g. singer, musician) or indirectly (like this disc jockey role).

This film was Eastwood’s last collaboration with director Don Siegel, director of his earlier films like Two Mules for Sister Sara.

This 1982 film was not only produced by Eastwood; he also starred in it and directed it.

Unforgiven is the third western film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. The first two were Cimarron and Dances With Wolves.

Of course, being able to direct himself, Eastwood played the boxing coach.

Eastwood first collaborated with Spielberg when the former tried his hand in TV directing.

Forest Whitaker played the title role.

The film was directed by Wolfgang Petersen.

The comedy revolved around a bunch of analog astronauts trying to help now-digital NASA maneuver a Cold War era relic stuck in space.

His character is a photographer for the National Geographic.

The film is entitled Changeling.

This film exemplifies Eastwood's penchant for making films that have musically-inclined themes, subject matter, and characters.

The Dirty Harry films actually spawned Dirty Harry novels penned by a writer using the pseudonym Dane Hartman, also featuring the detective Harry Callahan character and his law enforcement actions.

The film also starred other stellar performers like Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, Laura Linney, and Marcia Gay Harden.

He actually started directing TV trailers as a way to enter directing TV, then eventually film.

Morgan Freeman did justice to the role of the great Nelson Mandela.

In total, Eastwood directed 11 actors (including himself) in Academy Award-nominated roles.