Dirty Harry (character)

Harry Callahan
Dirty Harry character
Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry
First appearance	Dirty Harry (1971)
Last appearance	The Dead Pool (1988)
Created by	Harry Julian Fink R. M. Fink
Portrayed by	Clint Eastwood
In-universe information
Full name	Harold Francis Callahan
Nickname	Dirty Harry
Title	Inspector
Occupation	Police officer
Spouse	Unnamed woman (deceased)
Nationality	Irish-American
Born	October 3, 1930

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Inspector Harold Francis Callahan (born October 3, 1930), nicknamed Dirty Harry, is a fictional character and protagonist of the Dirty Harry film series, which consists of Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983), and The Dead Pool (1988). Callahan is portrayed by Clint Eastwood in each film.

From his debut, Callahan became the template for a new kind of film cop: an antihero who does not hesitate to cross professional boundaries in pursuit of his own vision of justice, especially when the law is poorly served by an inept, incompetent bureaucracy.

All of the Dirty Harry films feature Callahan killing criminals, mostly in gunfights. Phrases he utters in armed stand-offs, "Go ahead, make my day" and "[...] you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" have become iconic. As the 1971 film was criticized for carrying "authoritarian" undertones, the sequels attempted to be more balanced by pitting Harry against villains from a broader ideological spectrum, notably in 1973's Magnum Force, in which Harry is shown fighting vigilantism after it goes too far.^[1]