‘I’ve been very lucky ... everybody feels that way when you’re able to make a living in a profession that you really enjoy. That’s an opportunity I think a lot of people don’t have’ — List of Clint Eastwood Oscar nominations, wins
Updated: February 2026
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Clint Eastwood. Clint Eastwood has been nominated for 11 Academy Awards, over multiple categories, and won 4. Year indicates year/period for which films were judged, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia
2014: American Sniper (Best Picture) (shared with Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper, Peter Morgan) — lost to Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole). Other nominees: Whiplash (Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, David Lancaster), Selma (Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner), Boyhood (Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland), The Theory of Everything (Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten), The Imitation Game (Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman), The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson)
2006: Letters from Iwo Jima (Best Picture) (shared with Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz) — lost to The Departed (Graham King). Other nominees: The Queen (Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward), Babel (Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Steve Golin), Little Miss Sunshine (David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub)
2006: Letters from Iwo Jima (Best Director) — lost to Martin Scorsese (The Departed). Other nominees: Paul Greengrass (United 93), Stephen Frears (The Queen), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Babel)
WON: 2004: Million Dollar Baby (Best Picture) (shared with Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg) — Other nominees: Ray (Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin), The Aviator (Michael Mann, Graham King), Finding Neverland (Richard N. Gladstein, Nellie Bellflower), Sideways (Michael London)
WON: 2004: Million Dollar Baby (Best Director) — Other nominees: Martin Scorsese (The Aviator), Mike Leigh (Vera Drake), Taylor Hackford (Ray), Alexander Payne (Sideways)
2004: Million Dollar Baby (Best Actor) — lost to Jamie Foxx (Ray). Other nominees: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator), Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda), Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland)
2003: Mystic River (Best Director) — lost to Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King). Other nominees: Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation), Fernando Meirelles (City of God), Peter Weir (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
2003: Mystic River (Best Picture) (shared with Robert Lorenz, Judie Hoyt) — lost to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh). Other nominees: Seabiscuit (Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson),
Lost in Translation (Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola)
WON: 1992: Unforgiven (Best Picture) — Other nominees: A Few Good Men (David Brown, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman), Howards End (Ismail Merchant), The Crying Game (Stephen Woolley), Scent of a Woman (Martin Brest)
WON: 1992: Unforgiven (Best Director) — Other nominees: Robert Altman (The Player), Martin Brest (Scent of a Woman), James Ivory (Howards End), Neil Jordan (The Crying Game)
1992: Unforgiven (Best Actor) — lost to Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman). Other nominees: Robert Downey Jr. (Chaplin), Stephen Rea (The Crying Game), Denzel Washington (Malcolm X)