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

Lieutenant Dan Taylor

Forrest Gump

Burt Hammersmith

The Green Mile

Ken Mattingly

Apollo 13

Gabriel Mercer

Reindeer Games

Det. Jimmy Shaker

Ransom

Nathan Zuckerman

The Human Stain

Spencer Olham

Impostor

Self

D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy - 75 Years Later

Self

The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World

George Wallace

Path to War

Vance 'Mother' Wilkins

A Midnight Clear

Shaw (voice)

Open Season

Morgan

It's the Rage

Kevin Dunne

Snake Eyes

Marshall

The Quick and the Dead

Milo

Albino Alligator

Ray Ritchie

The Big Bounce

George Milton

Of Mice and Men

Narrator

When We Left Earth

George C. Wallace

George Wallace

Ebby

My Name Is Bill W.

Norman Strick

Jack the Bear

Harry S Truman

Truman

Gene Cernan

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

Young Soldier

The Witness

Foster Pearse

A Gentleman's Game

Narrator (voice)

Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago

Narrator

We Believe

Narrator

A Game of Honor

Terry McQuinn

Fallen Angel

Dino Battaglia

Bruno

Tom Daley

That Championship Season

Self

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13

Self

Into The Fire

Austin

True West

Self

Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump

Dr. Munce

The Forgotten

Narrator (voice)

Climb: The Rob Jones Journey Story

narrator

Finding Noah

Self

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

Extra (uncredited)

A Wedding

The Smithsonian Narrator (voice)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Duncan Tivey

Made-Up

Ernie Pyle

Beyond All Boundaries

Larry

SGT. Will Gardner

Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Himself

This Old Cub

Narrator (voice)

Steve McQueen: American Icon

Tom Camp

I Still Believe

Beyond Glory

Self

CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

Motorcyclist

Family Secrets

Tom Joad

The Grapes of Wrath

Richard Ben-Veniste

The Final Days

Sheriff Westin

Joe Bell

Narrator

Saving Wrigley Field

Self

Chasing October

Himself

LIFT - Connecting Humanity

Gary Sinise (Voice)

Inside The Space Shuttle

Self

Tom Hanks: A League of His Own

Hideous Man

Hideous Man

Jim McConnell

Mission to Mars