Gary Sinise
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
Actor
as Narrator
as Sheriff Westin
as Tom Camp
as Larry
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Robert Ellman
as Jack Garrett
as narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as The Smithsonian Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Ernie Pyle
as Narrator
as Self
as Narrator
as Self - Narrator
as Self
as Shaw (voice)
as Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
as Gene Cernan
as Self
as Jack Garrett
as Dr. Munce
as Himself
as Ray Ritchie
as Mac Taylor
as Self - Guest
as Nathan Zuckerman
as George Wallace
as Terry McQuinn
as Foster Pearse
as Duncan Tivey
as Mac Taylor
as Spencer Olham
as Self
as Dino Battaglia
as Jim McConnell
as Gabriel Mercer
as Mac Taylor
as Burt Hammersmith
as Morgan
as Tom Daley
as Self
as Kevin Dunne
as George C. Wallace
as Milo
as Self
as Det. Jimmy Shaker
as T. P. Eagan
as Self - Guest
as Harry S Truman
as Ken Mattingly
as Marshall
as Self
as Lieutenant Dan Taylor
as Self
as Stu Redman
as Norman Strick
as Sid (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest
as George Milton
as Vance 'Mother' Wilkins
as Young Soldier
as Tom Joad
as Richard Ben-Veniste
as Ebby
as Self - Co-Host
as Howie Dressler
as Motorcyclist
as Austin
as Lord Tony Rutherford
as Austin
as Lee Maddox
as Extra (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Nominee/Presenter/Performer
as Self
as Ebb, Bill's best friend
as Self - Nominee
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer