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Eastwood in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Scott Clinton Reeves
Place of Birth: Monterey, California, United States
Date of Birth: March 21, 1986
Ethnicity: English, some German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant Dutch and Welsh
Scott Eastwood is an American actor and model. His roles include the films Flags of Our Fathers , An American Crime , Pride (2007), Player 5150 , Gran Torino , Shannon’s Rainbow , Invictus , Enter Nowhere , The Lion of Judah , The Forger , Trouble with the Curve , Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013), The Perfect Wave , Fury , Dawn Patrol , The Longest Ride , Diablo , Mercury Plains , Snowden , Suicide Squad (2016), The Fate of the Furious , and its sequel, Fast X ; Overdrive , Pacific Rim Uprising , The Outpost (2019), Wrath of Man , Dangerous (2021), I Want You Back , 1992 (2024), Alarum , Tin Soldier , Stolen Girl , Regretting You , and Lucky Strike (2026); the show Chicago Fire ; and the music video for “Wildest Dreams.” He has also been billed as Scott Reeves.
He is the son of actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood (Clinton Eastwood) and Jacelyn Ann Reeves, a flight attendant. He was raised in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, where his father was mayor, and in Hawaii. The press was initially not aware that he and his sister were Clint’s children; they were deliberately given their mother’s surname at birth. Among his half-siblings are actress and makeup artist Kimber Eastwood ; actress and filmmaker Alison Eastwood , jazz musician Kyle Eastwood ; actress, model, and television personality Francesca Eastwood ; and actress Morgan Eastwood .
Scott’s Eastwood line apppears to trace to Richard Eastwood, who was born, c. 1620, in England. Richard moved to Virginia, U.S.
Scott’s paternal grandfather was Clinton Eastwood (the son of Burr Eastwood and Jesse Mabel Anderson). Clinton was born in San Francisco, California. Burr was born in Seneca Falls, Seneca, New York, the son of Asa Bedesco/Bodisco Eastwood, whose maternal grandparents were Irish, from Limerick and Thomastown, respectively; and of Emma “Mabel” Young. Scott’s great-grandmother Jesse was born in San Francisco, the daughter of Matthew Anderson, who was born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland; and of Lois/Louise Sabra/Helen A. Gaskill, who was from Vermont.
Scott’s paternal grandmother was Margaret Ruth “Betty” Runner (the daughter of Waldo Errol Runner and Virginia May McClanahan). Margaret was born in Alameda County, California. Waldo was born in Buena Vista, Chaffee, Colorado, the son of Charles Claude “C.C.” Runner and Sophia Aurelia Bartholomew, who was of Colonial American ancestry, with deep roots in Connecticut. Scott’s great-grandmother Virginia was born in Missouri, the daughter of James William McClanahan and Matilda Belle “Mattie Bell” Boyle.
Scott’s maternal grandfather was Maxwell Scott Reeves (the son of Joseph Austin Reeves and Elizabeth Scott). Maxwell was born in Washington. Joseph was the son of William Edward Reeves and Margaret Elizabeth “Maggie” Dry. Scott’s great-grandmother Elizabeth Scott was the daughter of Canadian parents, James Clifford Scott and Amelia Jane Driffel, who was born in Hepworth, Ontario.
Scott’s maternal grandmother was Bertha Miriam Wordsworth (the daughter of Ephraim Edward Wordsworth and Bertha May Curry). Scott’s grandmother Bertha was born in Ohio. Ephraim was born in Yorkshire, England, the son of William Wordsworth and Sarah J. Knox. Scott’s great-grandmother Bertha was the daughter of Emmett Schaeffer Curry and Alberta Bertha Jamieson.
Sources: Genealogies of Scott Eastwood (focusing on his father’s side) – http://gw.geneanet.org https://www.geni.com
Genealogies of Scott’s father – http://www.wikitree.com http://famouskin.com http://sethwarddescendants.org http://freepages.rootsweb.com
Genealogy of Scott’s paternal grandmother, Margaret Ruth Runner – https://www.findagrave.com
Scott’s maternal grandfather, Maxwell Scott Reeves, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Scott’s maternal grandmother, Bertha Miriam Wordsworth (“Marion Wordsworth”), on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org