Scott Eastwood Reveals If Dad Clint Eastwood Has Really Retired at 96

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Clint Eastwood has seen the good, the bad and the ugly in his seven-decade career in Hollywood. But is he done with filmmaking forever?

Despite Kyle Eastwood suggesting his dad had already made his last movie, brother Scott Eastwood isn’t entirely sure the 96-year-old is putting down the camera, admitting that “we’ll see” whether the legendary filmmaker’s alleged retirement will stick.

Scott said in a recent ScreenRant interview that he hadn’t heard this directly from the person in question, and therefore didn’t know how it felt.

But even if The Good, the Bad and the Ugly star is done in Hollywood, he’s left quite a legacy for his kids, including the 40-year-old, to look up to.

“His career in general has been something to admire, something to be inspired by, and continues to inspire me,” Scott continued to ScreenRant. “The work, the artistry that he’s done on and off screen. Producing, writing, composing, directing, acting. The body of work is incredible.” 

Rumors about Clint Eastwood retiring began after Kyle made comments late last year implying the actor had stopped working.

Speaking to France Info in November 2025, the 58-year-old fondly remembered working with the now-retired 95-year-old. They collaborated on several films, which he described as a wonderful experience.

Clint Eastwood’s most recent film is the 2024 legal thriller, Juror #2, which stars Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, and Zoey Deutch. The movie centers around a juror in a famous murder case who begins to suspect he himself might be the one who committed the crime.

Clint is known for being private, but he once explained his approach to selecting projects.

 “It’s not an intellectual sport, it’s an emotional craft,” the dad of eight said in the first issue of The Metrograph in December 2024. “Sometimes you like a script and want to do it as an actor; sometimes you like a script because you think you’d also want to direct. You get a feeling about certain projects and you want to make sure you get your stamp on them, because if you turn them over to somebody else, they might start seeing things differently.”

Want to learn more about the filmmaker and his large family, especially his children who have become actors? Continue reading to find out!

Clint Eastwood‘s bond with his eldest child Laurie is one that developed later in life. 

“I was adopted as a baby, and dad didn’t know about me, and I didn’t know about him,” the former teacher, born in 1954, shared with Carmel Magazine in March 2024—noting the two first met in her 30s. “When I met my dad, it was love at first sight. He is a wonderful man, and we have unconditional parent/child love for each other. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed becoming part of a much larger family.”

In fact, Laurie joined her dad and siblings on the red carpet for the premiere of Clint’s movie The Mule in 2018 and accompanied her father to the 2004 Oscars.

Laurie is married to Lowell Thomas Murray III, and they share two children: daughter Kelsey and son L.T., who appeared on Michelle Young‘s season of The Bachelorette.

Just like her dad, Kimber has built a career in the entertainment industry. As an actress, she’s appeared in several films, including Passion Crimes, Crossed and her father’s 1997 film Absolute Power.

Kimber—whom Clint welcomed with Roxanne Tunis in 1964—has also worked behind the camera. In addition to serving as a producer on films like Dominion and Rapture, she’s a makeup artist who’s lent her talents to shows like Wheel of Fortune and Dog the Bounty Hunter as well as movies like Clint’s 2018 Netflix release The Mule.

Mom to son Clinton from a previous relationship, Kimber has been married to Shawn Midkiff since 2014.

Kyle has written and arranged music for several films—including Clint’s movies Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima, Changeling, and Invictus. In fact, the composer, whom Clint welcomed with his first wife Maggie Johnson in 1968, earned a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Original Song category for his father’s 2009 picture Gran Torino.

Kyle has even collaborated with his dad on a number of songs. Still, the jazz musician—who is married to wife Cynthia and welcomed daughter Graylen with ex Laura—insists on carving his own path that’s separate from his father’s.

“I can understand that people are interested when you’re related to someone who’s that famous,” he told Belfast Telegraph that same year. “That’s probably never going to go away. The name gets attention, but it can also give people preconceived ideas of you and what you’re about. I just try to stay focused on making music and working hard at what I do. But I’m very proud of my dad and what he’s accomplished, and I’m very happy to be able to work with him here and there, so I don’t mind talking about him a little bit.”

Another Eastwood following in dad’s famous footsteps? Clint and Maggie’s daughter Alison, who was born in 1972.

And she’s not just his daughter IRL—she also played his offspring in The Mule and Tightrope. Alison’s other credits include Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Shadow People, Once Fallen and I’ll Be Seeing You. She’s also directed—including for the TV series Boned and the films Battlecreek and Rails & Ties. 

Of course, Alison’s passion for the film industry may not come as a huge surprise given her upbringing. 

“We were on set all the time spending time with him,” she told Fox News in 2022. “My dad has a very tight-knit group of people he frequently works with, so it felt like family. I grew up with them and saw them all the time. They were always very welcoming and looked out for us kids. And my dad made it even more fun for us. He would put us in a scene, even if it was in the background or whatever. We got to be involved in his work, too.” 

Alison—who added she retired from acting in 2018—is also a founder of the animal welfare and rescue organization Eastwood Ranch Foundation and is married to Stacy Poitras.

You can certainly see the family resemblance between Clint and Scott. But their relationship wasn’t always where it is today.

According to Esquire, Scott spent most of his childhood living in Hawaii with his mom Jacelyn Reeves. As for Cllint, “He was gone; he was doing his thing,” his youngest son, born in 1986, told the magazine. “But he was there, too, you know.” 

It wasn’t until Scott was in high school that he decided to move to California to live with Dad. Since then, they’ve worked on several movies together, including Flags of Our Father, Gran Torino, Invictus and Trouble With the Curve.

“I’ve tried to take every opportunity I can to learn from him,” Scott added. “I flew to Georgia to see him work on Sully. Every chance I get, I’m trying to be on set with him.”

Though, he’s done separate projects, too—including The Longest Ride, Diablo, Fast X, I Want You Back and Taylor Swift’s “Wildest Dreams” music video.

Born in 1988 to Clint and Jacelyn, Kathryn Eastwood generally prefers a private life, though she’s occasionally joined her family at red carpet events. She’s also appeared in several films, including Virus of the Dead, American Virus (which she co-wrote), and Jersey Boys.

You may recognize Francesca Eastwood, born in 1993, from the reality show Mrs. Eastwood & Company, where she appeared with her sister Morgan and Clint Eastwood’s wife, Dina. Beyond reality TV, she’s built a solid acting career.

Francesca, whose mother is Frances Fisher, starred in Oh, You Pretty Things! and has been in popular series like Fargo, Twin Peaks, and Heroes Reborn. She’s also appeared in films including Outlaws and Angels, Old, M.F.A., and Queen of the Ring.

In 2018, Francesca became a mother to son Titan with partner Alexander Wraith. She often shares her affection for Clint Eastwood on social media, calling him a “Best dad. Best grandfather.”

Morgan Eastwood, born in 1996 to Clint Eastwood and Dina, is the youngest of the Eastwood children. While she’s appeared in a few of her father’s films, like Million Dollar Baby and Changeling, she didn’t develop a passion for acting. She told Carmel Magazine that being on set with stars like Angelina Jolie was exciting, but she realized acting wasn’t for everyone.

Morgan earned a B.A. in screenwriting with a minor in Film, TV, and Media Studies from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and later pursued an M.F.A. in creative writing at The New School in New York. She became engaged to Tanner Koopmans in June 2023, and announced in May 2024 that they are expecting a child.

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2026-06-11 19:54