
Gary Sinise
Born March 17, 1955 · Blue Island, Illinois, USA
Gary Alan Sinise (born March 17, 1955) is an American actor, film director, humanitarian, and musician. Among other awards, he has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was nominated for an Academy Award. He has also received numerous awards and honors for his extensive humanitarian work and involvement with charitable organizations. He is a supporter of various veterans' organizations and founded the Lt. Dan Band (named after his character in Forrest Gump), which plays at military bases around the world. His acting career started on stage with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1983 when he directed and starred in a production of Sam Shepard's True West for which he earned a Obie Award. He would later earn four Tony Award nominations including for his performances in The Grapes of Wrath and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He earned the Tony Award's Regional Theatre Award alongside the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He first starred in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's classic novel Of Mice and Men which he also directed and produced. Sinise played George Milton alongside John Malkovich who played Lennie. One of his most well-known roles is as Lieutenant Dan Taylor in Forrest Gump (1994) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also appeared in other feature films including Ron Howard's Apollo 13 (1995), Ransom (1996), Frank Darabont's The Green Mile (1999) and Impostor (2002). His television performances include Harry S. Truman in Truman (1995), for which he won a Golden Globe, and the title role in the television film George Wallace, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award. He had a leading role as Detective Mac Taylor in the CBS drama series CSI: NY (2004–13). From 2016 to 2017, he starred as Special Agent Jack Garrett in Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. In 2017, he had a role on the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. He has also been a narrator on multiple docuseries and documentaries.
Movies

The Green Mile

Forrest Gump

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Apollo 13

The Quick and the Dead

Open Season

I Still Believe

The Forgotten

Reindeer Games

Mission to Mars

The Human Stain

Ransom

Snake Eyes

Impostor

Of Mice and Men

The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World

The Big Bounce

Joe Bell

Path to War

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

Albino Alligator

A Gentleman's Game

Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago

A Midnight Clear

It's the Rage

The Grapes of Wrath

My Name Is Bill W.
TV Shows

CSI: Miami

The Colbert Report

Frasier

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Great Performances

Knots Landing

American Playhouse

Golden Globe Awards

CSI: NY

Tony Awards

Hunter

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

13 Reasons Why

The Oscars

Crime Story

The Movies That Made Us

The Stand

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

The Early Show

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Hallmark Hall of Fame

WWII in HD

The West

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

Dennis Miller

National Memorial Day Concert

Inside the Actors Studio

George Wallace
More Movies

CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

A Wedding

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

George Wallace

Beyond All Boundaries

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13

SGT. Will Gardner

Jack the Bear

Steve McQueen: American Icon

The Final Days

Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and WWII

Chasing October

This Old Cub

Bruno

That Championship Season

Truman

When We Left Earth

Hideous Man

Fallen Angel

Family Secrets

Star Spangled Adventures - The Movie!

True West

Beyond Glory

D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy - 75 Years Later

Made-Up

A Game of Honor

LIFT - Connecting Humanity

Saving Wrigley Field

Inside the Space Shuttle

We Believe

Finding Noah




