Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 17, 1955
Place of Birth
Blue Island, Illinois, USA
Credits
105 titles
Gary Sinise
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Gary
Gary
Star Spangled Adventures - The Movie!
Robert E. Lee (voice)
Brothers After War
Executive Producer
LIFT - Connecting Humanity
Himself
D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy - 75 Years Later
Self
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Self
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
Self
Saving Wrigley Field
Narrator
Joe Bell
Sheriff Westin
I Still Believe
Tom Camp
The Movies That Made Us
Self
SGT. Will Gardner
Larry
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Self
Steve McQueen: American Icon
Narrator (voice)
13 Reasons Why
Robert Ellman
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
Self
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
Jack Garrett
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
Finding Noah
narrator
Beyond Glory
Climb: The Rob Jones Journey Story
Narrator (voice)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The Smithsonian Narrator (voice)
A Game of Honor
Narrator
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago
Narrator (voice)
WWII in HD
Narrator
Beyond All Boundaries
Ernie Pyle
We Believe
Narrator
Brothers at War
Executive Producer
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
Self - Narrator
When We Left Earth
Narrator
Chasing October
Self
Into The Fire
Self
Open Season
Shaw (voice)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
The Colbert Report
Self
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Gene Cernan
Criminal Minds
Jack Garrett
The Forgotten
Dr. Munce
CSI: NY
Mac Taylor
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
This Old Cub
Himself
The Big Bounce
Ray Ritchie
Dennis Miller
The Human Stain
Nathan Zuckerman
Path to War
George Wallace
Fallen Angel
Terry McQuinn
CSI: Miami
Mac Taylor
A Gentleman's Game
Foster Pearse
Hideous Man
Hideous Man