Gary Sinise

Gary Sinise

Birthdate
March 17, 1955 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Blue Island, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
March 17, 1955 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Blue Island, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting

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.

Gary Sinise's LGBTQ+ Titles

Joe Bell
Joe Bell
Sheriff Westin

Acting (89)

2023
D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy - 75 Years Later as Self
2021
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World as Self
2021
Saving Wrigley Field as Narrator
2020
Joe Bell as Sheriff Westin
2020
I Still Believe as Tom Camp
2019
The Movies That Made Us as Self (1 episode)
2019
SGT. Will Gardner as Larry
2018
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self
2017
Steve McQueen: American Icon as Narrator (voice)
2017
13 Reasons Why as Robert Ellman (10 episodes)
2016
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders as Jack Garrett (26 episodes)
2016
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
2015
Finding Noah as narrator
2015
Beyond Glory
2014
Climb: The Rob Jones Journey Story as Narrator (voice)
2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier as The Smithsonian Narrator (voice)
2011
A Game of Honor as Narrator
2011
Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good as Self
2011
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago as Narrator (voice)
2009
WWII in HD (10 episodes)
2009
Beyond All Boundaries as Ernie Pyle
2009
We Believe as Narrator
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self (1 episode)
2008
When We Left Earth : The NASA Missions (6 episodes)
2008
When We Left Earth : The NASA Missions as Narrador (1 episode)
2008
When We Left Earth as Narrator
2006
Into The Fire as Self
2006
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")
2005
The Colbert Report (1 episode)
2005
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Gene Cernan
2005
Criminal Minds as Jack Garrett (1 episode)
2004
The Forgotten as Dr. Munce
2004
CSI: NY as Mac Taylor (197 episodes)
2004
The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2004
This Old Cub as Himself
2004
The Big Bounce as Ray Ritchie
2004
Dennis Miller (1 episode)
2003
The Human Stain as Nathan Zuckerman
2003
Path to War as George Wallace
2003
Fallen Angel as Terry McQuinn
2002
CSI: Miami as Mac Taylor (2 episodes)
2002
A Gentleman's Game as Foster Pearse
2002
Made-Up as Duncan Tivey
2001
Impostor as Spencer Olham
2001
Good Day Live as Self (1 episode)
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Mac Taylor (1 episode)
2000
Bruno as Dino Battaglia
2000
Mission to Mars as Jim McConnell
2000
Reindeer Games as Gabriel Mercer
1999
The Green Mile as Lawyer Burt Hammersmith
1999
The Early Show as Self (1 episode)
1999
It's the Rage as Morgan
1999
That Championship Season as Tom Daley
1998
Snake Eyes as Kevin Dunne
1997
George Wallace as George C. Wallace
1997
The View as Self (2 episodes)
1996
Ransom as Det. Jimmy Shaker
1996
The West as T. P. Eagan (9 episodes)
1996
Albino Alligator as Milo
1996
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 as Himself
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1995
Truman as Harry S. Truman
1995
Apollo 13 as Ken Mattingly
1995
The Quick and the Dead as Marshall
1994
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump as Self
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1994
Forrest Gump as Lieutenant Dan Taylor
1994
The Stand as Stu Redman (4 episodes)
1994
The Stand as Stu Redman
1993
Frasier as Sid (voice) (1 episode)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1993
Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1993
Jack the Bear as Norman Strick
1992
Of Mice and Men as George Milton
1992
A Midnight Clear as Vance 'Mother' Wilkins
1992
The Witness as Young Soldier
1991
The Grapes of Wrath as Tom Joad
1989
The Final Days as Richard Ben-Veniste
1989
My Name Is Bill W. as Ebby
1986
Crime Story as Howie Dressler (1 episode)
1984
Hunter as Lord Tony Rutherford (1 episode)
1984
Family Secrets as Motorcyclist
1984
True West as Austin
1982
American Playhouse as Austin (1 episode)
1979
Knots Landing (1 episode)
1971
Great Performances as Self (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ebb, Bill's best friend (1 episode)

Directing (5)

1992
Of Mice and Men • Director
• Director
1988
Miles from Home • Director
• Director
1988
China Beach • Director (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
1987
thirtysomething • Director (2 episodes)
• Director (2 episodes)
1986
Crime Story • Director (2 episodes)
• Director (2 episodes)

Production (4)

2004
CSI: NY • Producer (1 episode)
• Producer (1 episode)
2001
Impostor • Producer
• Producer
1999
That Championship Season • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
1992
Of Mice and Men • Producer
• Producer