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Gary Sinise

Gary Sinise

Birthday: 1955-03-17 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
LIFT - Connecting Humanity

as    Himself

2021
Saving Wrigley Field

as    Narrator

2021
Joe Bell

as    Sheriff Westin

2020
I Still Believe

as    Tom Camp

2019
SGT. Will Gardner

as    Larry

2017
Steve McQueen: American Icon

as    Narrator (voice)

2016
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

as    Jack Garrett

2016
2015
Finding Noah

as    narrator

2014
Forrest Gump

as    Lieutenant Dan Taylor

2014
Climb: The Rob Jones Journey Story

as    Narrator (voice)

2011
A Game of Honor

as    Narrator

2011
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago

as    Narrator (voice)

2009
WWII in HD

as    Narrator

2009
We Believe

as    Narrator

2008
When We Left Earth

as    Narrator

2008
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

as    Self - Narrator

2006
Into The Fire

as    Self

2006
Open Season

as    Shaw (voice)

2004
The Forgotten

as    Dr. Munce

2004
This Old Cub

as    Himself

2004
CSI: NY

as    Mac Taylor

2004
The Big Bounce

as    Ray Ritchie

2003
The Human Stain

as    Nathan Zuckerman