Biography
Date of Birth
21 December 1986, Carmel, California, USA
Birth Name
Scott Clinton Reeves
Height
5' 11" (1.8 m)
Mini Biography
Scott Eastwood is an American actor and model. He was born Scott Clinton Reeves in Carmel, Monterey County, California, to Jacelyn Ann Reeves, a flight attendant, and Clint Eastwood, an actor and director. He grew up in Hawaii. Scott has a younger sister, Kathryn Eastwood, and several half-siblings.
Scott made his film debut in Flags of Our Fathers (2006), directed by his father, and has also appeared in the film Gran Torino (2008). He has since co-starred in the sports drama Invictus (2009), as union rugby player Joel Stransky. Eastwood played the lead role in Enter Nowhere (2011), appeared in the dramas The Forger (2012) and Trouble with the Curve (2012), and the horror sequel Texas Chainsaw (2013), as Deputy Hartman. He had a supporting role in David Ayer's war action film Fury (2014), as Sergeant Miles, and in the drama The Perfect Wave (2014), appeared in the 2015 music video for Taylor Swift's "Wildest Dreams," and starred alongside Britt Robertson in the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel The Longest Ride (2015).
Eastwood appeared in the drama Mercury Plains (2016), and played Lieutenant GQ Edwards in the film Suicide Squad (2016), an adaptation of the DC Comics series. The same year, he starred alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley in the biographical drama film Snowden (2016), directed by Oliver Stone. He appeared in the comedy Walk of Fame (2017), played a special agent in the action film The Fate of the Furious (2017), and starred in Overdrive (2017), a thriller film which was shot in Paris and Marseille. He starred as Nate Lambert in the science fiction follow-up Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018).
Trivia
Son of Clint Eastwood and flight attendant Jacelyn Reeves.
Elder brother of Kathryn Eastwood.
Paternal half-brother of Laurie Murray, Kimber Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, Alison Eastwood, Francesca Eastwood, Morgan Eastwood, et al.
His birth certificate says "father declined" and his existence was not officially publicized until 2006.
Supporter of deceased friend Paul Walker's charity Reach Out World Wide. Friend of Paul's younger brother Cody Walker, who now runs the organization.
On his father's side, Scott is the grandson of Clinton Eastwood and Ruth Wood. On his mother's side, Scott is the grandson of Maxwell Scott Reeves and Bertha Miriam Wordsworth.
He is of English, and smaller amounts of German, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch, ancestry. Some of his mother's ancestors had lived in Canada.
Considered becoming a firefighter if acting didn't work out.
Worked as a bartender, construction worker and car park valet before his acting career took off.
Widely known for his almost identical appearance to his father Clint Eastwood's earlier day.
Scott dressed up as his father Clint Eastwood's character from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) for a Halloween 2016 charity event.
Learned and trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu after Paul Walker got him into martial arts.
Quotes
I'm single... if girls like me, hey, that's great. I think that's awesome.
My old man is a man of few words.
I like working with my hands. It feels good to build something yourself.
My mom is my best friend and my biggest cheerleader.
I never understood actors who could just wait around.
I am not the greatest actor in the world, but the reason I keep working is that I work hard and show up every day and be easy to work with.
My father taught me not to overthink things, that nothing will ever be perfect, so just keep moving and do your best.
David Ayer is one of the best directors I've ever worked with. He's a true man's man.
I got into this business because I like acting and I want to make movies. I would be happy living the rest of my life never famous.
Regardless if what you do in the world, you do it good. You do your best, and you show up on time, and you leave and you do a good job, and you treat people the way you want to be treated.
I'll probably not be the best actor in Hollywood, and I am okay with that. But I will be the hardest working one, and I'll be the one that people like to work with because I show up on time, and I don't complain.
I'm a third generation Californian, and there's a lot of talented, good-looking guys in California, so I'm just happy to be working and lucky to be working.
Really I'm a fan of any movie, whether it's suspense, action, or comedy - anything that has a good story.
My dad never took himself too seriously. He always treated everyone with respect, and he made sure I was like that, too. I show up, I hit my mark, and I say my lines.
I grew up on movie sets and traveling the world with my pops.
You can only do what you can do in this world. If you start thinking of all the white noise out there, I think you'll go crazy.
My life doesn't change. I still have to go out and work hard every day and do the best that I can do.
I grew up on movie sets, getting to see storytelling happen up close.
My mother taught me to be honest, to be selfless, and to touch people in a positive way.
To be honest, my dad didn't care if I was a plumber or an actor. He just said, 'Whatever you do, do it well. be humble, work hard and be a man.'
