1955-03-17 ( 70 years old ) in 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
LIFT - Connecting Humanity
2024-03-22
Saving Wrigley Field
2021-08-19
Joe Bell
2020-09-14
I Still Believe
2020-03-12
SGT. Will Gardner
2019-01-11
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018-10-05
Steve McQueen: American Icon
2017-09-29
Finding Noah
2015-10-25
Beyond Glory
2015-10-14
Climb: The Rob Jones Journey Story
2014-06-12
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014-03-20
A Game of Honor
2011-12-22
Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good
2011-07-29
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago
2011-05-17
Beyond All Boundaries
2009-11-09
We Believe
2009-06-12
When We Left Earth
2008-06-08
Chasing October
2007-03-23
Into The Fire
2006-10-13
Open Season
2006-09-27
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006-05-02
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005-09-23
The Forgotten
2004-09-24
This Old Cub
2004-08-25
The Big Bounce
2004-01-30
The Human Stain
2003-10-29
Path to War
2003-10-28
Fallen Angel
2003-03-23
A Gentleman's Game
2002-08-20
Made-Up
2002-03-01
Impostor
2001-12-03
Bruno
2000-04-16
Mission to Mars
2000-03-10
Reindeer Games
2000-02-25
The Green Mile
1999-12-10
It's the Rage
1999-09-11
That Championship Season
1999-06-06
Snake Eyes
1998-08-07
George Wallace
1997-08-24
Albino Alligator
1997-01-17
Ransom
1996-11-08
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
1996-07-16
Truman
1995-09-09
Apollo 13
1995-06-30
The Quick and the Dead
1995-02-09
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994-10-01
Forrest Gump
1994-06-23
The Stand
1994-05-08
Jack the Bear
1993-04-02
Of Mice and Men
1992-09-16
A Midnight Clear
1992-04-24
The Witness
1992-01-01
The Grapes of Wrath
1991-03-22
The Final Days
1989-10-29
My Name Is Bill W.
1989-04-30
Family Secrets
1984-05-13
True West
1984-02-01
A Wedding
1978-08-29
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