Clint Eastwood in the 1990s Clint Eastwood in the 1990s Clint Eastwood directed the film "White Hunter Black Heart", an adaptation of Peter Viertel's "roman à clef" about John Huston and the making of the classic film "The African Queen". The film received some critical attention but only had a limited release and earned just $8.4 million. In 1993, Eastwood played Frank Horrigan, a guilt-ridden Secret Service agent in the CIA thriller "In the Line of Fire", co-starring John Malkovich and Rene Russo and directed by Wolfgang Petersen. Eastwood's character, Horrigan, is haunted by his failure to react in time to save John F. Kennedy's
Clint Eastwood in the 2000s boxing drama won four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Hilary Swank), and Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman). Eastwood received a nomination for Best Actor, and the trio was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Eastwood also received a Grammy nomination for composing the film's score. After four years away from acting, Eastwood ended his "self-imposed acting hiatus" with "Gran Torino". Eastwood directed, starred, held a producer role, and co-wrote the theme song for the film. The film grossed close to $30 million during its wide release