Where does Clint Eastwood live? Just like the characters he first became famous for, the 95-year-old actor and director resides out west—primarily in Carmel, California, the ritzy coastal town where he once served as mayor. A San Francisco native, Eastwood became a star in the mid-’60s for his portrayal of the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone’s trilogy of spaghetti Westerns, A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. At that time, Eastwood resided in a midcentury ranch-style home in Sherman Oaks. He would go on to invest in properties in Idaho and Hawaii in addition to his numerous Californian holdings.
Read on to learn more about the film legend’s real estate journey.
Beverly Hills apartment
In 1953—the year before he started his acting career—Eastwood married his first wife, Maggie Johnson. At the time, the future Hollywood star was living in an apartment building that he also managed; at night, he worked at a gas station, according to Clint: The Life and Legend by biographer Patrick McGilligan. Following their marriage that December, Maggie moved into Eastwood’s home at 427 South Oakhurst Drive. The roughly 6,000-square-foot structure was built in 1930 and still hosts units for rent.
Studio City apartment
About a year later, the Eastwoods moved so that the newly signed actor would be closer to Universal’s studio lot. Per McGilligan, the couple paid $125 a month for an apartment at Valli Sands, a complex at 4040 Arch Drive in Studio City.
Sherman Oaks home
In 1959, the couple upgraded to a house in Sherman Oaks. The residence, at 3512 Beverly Glen Boulevard, was built in 1956. According to McGillian, the pad was a “modest hillside ranch house, albeit with an extra room, a small swimming pool, and a scenic outlook.” Eastwood sold the home to his friend and frequent film producer Fritz Manes in 1983 for $250,000. Manes remained at the property until his 2011 death, keeping it intact—furnishings, movie memorabilia, and all—from Eastwood’s tenure there.
Rising River Ranch
In 1978, Eastwood paid $1.9 million for Rising River Ranch, a 1,067-acre property in Northern California formerly owned by singer and actor Bing Crosby. Reportedly, part of the 1982 film Firefox was shot there. It seems Eastwood still maintains the ranch.
1920s Carmel-by-the-Sea Spanish Revival
In 1981, the Dirty Harry star paid $525,000 for a Spanish Revival–style home in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The home was originally built in 1924 and sat a block away from the water. As of its most recent listing in 2024, the home spanned about 4,500 square feet, with four bedrooms and four and a half baths. Eastwood sold the 0.25-acre property in 1996 for about $2.25 million.
Sun Valley, Idaho
At some point before filming 1985’s Pale Rider, Eastwood bought a home in Sun Valley, Idaho, where the film was shot. “My parents had a place here and, later on, I just started migrating back. And pretty soon I got to know people up there and I bought a house,” the filmmaker told Sun Valley Magazine in 2013. “I liked it because it was never commercial in the sense that it was just a madhouse with people tripping over one another.” It appears that Eastwood still maintains his mountain home.
Mission Ranch
In 1986, the Unforgiven director paid $5 million for Mission Ranch, a 22-acre property in Carmel, California—the same year that he was elected mayor of the coastal town (he served one two-year term). Eastwood, who bought the ranch to prevent it from being developed into condominiums, restored it with care and opened it as a hotel. “I had always loved the place and they were just going to flatten it. They said it was obsolete. I thought it should be preserved as what it was,” he told Architectural Digest in a 1993 tour of the property. The four-time Oscar winner later opened a nearby golf course, Tehàma, which featured a clubhouse modeled after the design of Eastwood’s nearby hacienda-style Pebble Beach home. “A lot of people buy stuff for investments. I only buy something I really love. I figure if I love it, I’ll always take care of it,” the actor explained during a 2005 Architectural Digest tour of Tehàma.
Pebble Beach hacienda
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly star added his Pebble Beach, California, house to his real estate portfolio in 1994. Eastwood paid $3.925 million for the hacienda-style abode, which was built by local architect Clarence Tantau in 1928. Lined with loggias that wrapped around a central courtyard with a fountain, the adobe-walled main house hosted six bedrooms. Interior design details included Spanish tiles, vaulted and beamed ceilings, fireplaces, and intricately carved millwork. The Hollywood icon listed the 6,900-square-foot home in 2017 with a $9.75 million asking price, but records show that it didn’t sell until the following year for just under $6.975 million.
Hawaii home
In 2001, Eastwood completed construction on a Hawaiian beach house; records indicate that the actor had paid about $5.1 million for the property in 1992. The home, located on Maui’s Wailea Beach, made an appearance on the short-lived E! reality series, Mrs. Eastwood & Company (starring Eastwood’s then wife, Dina) in 2012. According to The Honolulu Advertiser, Eastwood bought the 1.5-acre property as a birthday gift to Dina. The couple divorced in 2014, so it’s unclear if she or Eastwood maintains the property.
Bel Air home
According to Clint: The Life and Legend, the Gran Torino star bought a home on Stradella Road in Bel Air around 1980. Per the biography, Eastwood and his then girlfriend, Sondra Locke, thoroughly remodeled the property and added a tennis court and swimming pool. As of 2013, Eastwood still owned the property; however, further publicly known details about the residence are scant.
