AGE: 76
OCCUPATION: Actor, film director, producer
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 1
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1
PRO: Nominated eight times for an Academy Award, he's the oldest person to win the Best Director Oscar, for his 2004 film Million Dollar Baby. His latest film, Letters From Iwo Jima, received Best Picture and Best Director nominations.
CON: Jokingly threatened to kill Michael Moore in response to Moore's controversial Bowling for Columbine interview with then-NRA head honcho Charlton Heston.