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Gary Sinise

Born 1955-03-17
📍 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.

Filmography 93

LIFT - Connecting Humanity
as Himself
2024
D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy - 75 Years Later
as Self
2023
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
as Self
2022
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
as Self
2021
Saving Wrigley Field
as Narrator
2021
Joe Bell
as Sheriff Westin
2020
I Still Believe
as Tom Camp
2020
The Movies That Made Us
as Self
2019
SGT. Will Gardner
as Larry
2019
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
as Self
2018
Steve McQueen: American Icon
as Narrator (voice)
2017
13 Reasons Why
as Robert Ellman
2017
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
as Jack Garrett
2016
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
2016
Finding Noah
as narrator
2015
Beyond Glory
2015
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
as The Smithsonian Narrator (voice)
2014
A Game of Honor
as Narrator
2011
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago
as Narrator (voice)
2011
WWII in HD
as Narrator
2009
Beyond All Boundaries
as Ernie Pyle
2009
We Believe
as Narrator
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2009
When We Left Earth
as Narrator
2008
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
as Self - Narrator
2008
Chasing October
as Self
2007
Open Season
as Shaw (voice)
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
2006
The Colbert Report
as Self
2005
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Gene Cernan
2005
Criminal Minds
as Jack Garrett
2005
The Forgotten
as Dr. Munce
2004
CSI: NY
as Mac Taylor
2004
This Old Cub
as Himself
2004
The Big Bounce
as Ray Ritchie
2004
Dennis Miller
2004
The Human Stain
as Nathan Zuckerman
2003
Path to War
as George Wallace
2003
Fallen Angel
as Terry McQuinn
2003
CSI: Miami
as Mac Taylor
2002
A Gentleman's Game
as Foster Pearse
2002
Made-Up
as Duncan Tivey
2002
Impostor
as Spencer Olham
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mac Taylor
2000
Bruno
as Dino Battaglia
2000
Mission to Mars
as Jim McConnell
2000
Reindeer Games
as Gabriel Mercer
2000
The Green Mile
as Burt Hammersmith
1999
The Early Show
as Self
1999
All the Rage
as Morgan
1999
That Championship Season
as Tom Daley
1999
Snake Eyes
as Kevin Dunne
1998
Inside the Space Shuttle
as Gary Sinise (Voice)
1998
George Wallace
as George C. Wallace
1997
George Wallace
as George C. Wallace
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Albino Alligator
as Milo
1997
Ransom
as Det. Jimmy Shaker
1996
The West
as T. P. Eagan
1996
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
as Self
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
Truman
as Harry S Truman
1995
Apollo 13
as Ken Mattingly
1995
The Quick and the Dead
as Marshall
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
as Self
1994
Forrest Gump
as Lieutenant Dan Taylor
1994
The Stand
as Stu Redman
1994
Frasier
as Sid (voice)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1993
Jack the Bear
as Norman Strick
1993
Of Mice and Men
as George Milton
1992
A Midnight Clear
as Vance 'Mother' Wilkins
1992
The Grapes of Wrath
as Tom Joad
1991
The Final Days
as Richard Ben-Veniste
1989
National Memorial Day Concert
as Self - Co-Host
1989
My Name Is Bill W.
as Ebby
1989
Crime Story
as Howie Dressler
1986
Hunter
as Lord Tony Rutherford
1984
Family Secrets
as Motorcyclist
1984
True West
as Austin
1984
American Playhouse
as Austin
1982
Knots Landing
as Lee Maddox
1979
A Wedding
as Extra (uncredited)
1978
Great Performances
as Self
1971
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter / Performer
1956
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ebb, Bill's best friend
1951
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944