Scott Eastwood (born Scott Clinton Reeves; March 21, 1986) is an American actor and model. His notable films are Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Gran Torino (2008), Invictus (2009), The Forger (2012), Trouble with the Curve (2012), Texas Chainsaw (2013), Fury (2014), The Perfect Wave (2014), The Longest Ride (2015), Mercury Plains (2016), Suicide Squad (2016), Snowden (2016), Walk of Fame (2017), The Fate of the Furious (2017), Overdrive (2017), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), and The Outpost (2020). His father is actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood.
Early life
Eastwood was born Scott Clinton Reeves on March 21, 1986 at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey, California. He is the son of actor-director Clint Eastwood and flight attendant Jacelyn Reeves. He has a younger sister named Kathryn who was born two years after him in 1988, and seven known paternal half-siblings: Laurie (b. 1954), Kimber (b. 1964), Kyle (b. 1968), Alison (b. 1972), Francesca (b. 1993) and Morgan (b. 1996). Eastwood was raised in Carmel-by-the-Sea until age ten, after which he moved with his mother to Hawaii. He spent four years in Hawaii before returning to California, where he graduated from Carmel High School. He attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he graduated with a communications degree in 2008.
Career
Eastwood began his career by using his given last name to avoid nepotism, although there is another actor named Scott Reeves. “I’ve auditioned for pretty much every one of my father’s movies”, he said in 2015, stating that he was rejected for the Clint Eastwood-directed American Sniper. He briefly appeared in his father’s 2008 film Gran Torino, and played Joel Stransky in Invictus.
In April 2010, Eastwood played the lead role in Enter Nowhere, had a supporting role in David Ayer’s 2014 film Fury, appeared in the 2015 music video for Taylor Swift’s “Wildest Dreams”, and starred alongside Britt Robertson in the 2015 film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ novel The Longest Ride.
In 2016, Eastwood played Lieutenant GQ Edwards in the film Suicide Squad, an adaptation of the DC Comics series. Also that year, he starred alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley in the biographical drama film Snowden, directed by Oliver Stone, which was released in September.
In 2017, he played a special agent in the action film The Fate of the Furious, and starred in Overdrive, a thriller film which was shot in Paris and Marseille. In 2018, he starred as Nate Lambert in the science fiction follow-up Pacific Rim: Uprising.
Personal life
In August 2016, Scott opened up to the media about the death of his former girlfriend, Jewel Brangman, who was killed on September 24, 2014 by a faulty airbag during a minor car accident.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Roberto Lundsford | as Scott Reeves |
2007 | An American Crime | Eric Destroy | as Scott Reeves |
Pride | Jake Ballers | as Scott Reeves | |
2008 | Player 5150 | Brian Vicks | as Scott Reeves |
Gran Torino | Trey Harmful | as Scott Reeves | |
2009 | Shannon’s Rainbow | Joey Milton | |
Invictus | Joel Stransky | ||
2011 | Thule | Amn. D.W. Anderson | Short film |
Enter Nowhere | Tom Deep | ||
The Lion of Judah | Jack Leones | Voice role | |
2012 | The Forger | Ryan Felter | Also known as Carmel-by-the-Sea |
Trouble with the Curve | Billy Clark | ||
Chasing Mavericks | Gordy | Uncredited | |
2013 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | Deputy Carl Hartman | |
2014 | Fury | Sergeant Miles | |
The Perfect Wave | Ian McCormack | Also associate producer | |
Dawn Patrol | John Piper | Also producer | |
2015 | The Bachelor with Dogs and Scott Eastwood | Himself | Short film |
The Longest Ride | Luke Collins | ||
Diablo | Jackson | ||
Mercury Plains | Mitch Davis | ||
2016 | Snowden | Trevor James | |
Suicide Squad | Lieutenant GQ Edwards | ||
2017 | Walk of Fame | Drew | Also executive producer |
The Fate of the Furious | Eric Reisner / Little Nobody | Credited as Little Nobody | |
Live by Night | Aiden “Danny” Coughlin | Deleted scene | |
Overdrive | Andrew Foster | ||
2018 | Pacific Rim: Uprising | Nathan Lambert | |
2020 | The Outpost | Staff Sergeant Clint Romesha | |
2021 | Wrath of Man | Post-production | |
TBA | Dangerous | Post-production | |
TBA | I Want You Back | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Chicago Fire | Officer Jim Barnes | Guest role; 2 episodes |
2014 | Chicago PD | Episode: “Stepping Stone”; uncredited |
Music videos
Year | Title | Role | Artist |
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2015 | “Wildest Dreams” | Robert Kingsley (Swift’s love interest) | Taylor Swift |
Awards and nominations
Year | Ceremony | Award(s) | Nominated work | Result |
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2014 | National Board of Review Awards | Best Cast | Fury | Won |
2015 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: Drama | The Longest Ride | Won |
Choice Movie: Breakout Star | Nominated | |||
2016 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actor: AnTEENcipated | Suicide Squad | Nominated |