Gary Sinise

Known for ActingBorn 1955-03-17 (age 71)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago

The Grapes of Wrath

This Old Cub

The Green Mile

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

Forrest Gump

Criminal Minds

The West

Hallmark Hall of Fame

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

Tom Hanks: A League of His Own

True West

George Wallace

Crime Story

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

I Still Believe

CSI: Miami

13 Reasons Why

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Frasier

Truman

WWII in HD

Inside the Actors Studio

The Movies That Made Us

Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump

Apollo 13

China Beach

CSI: NY

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Of Mice and Men

Steve McQueen: American Icon

A Game of Honor

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

The Colbert Report

We Believe

Hunter

Beyond All Boundaries

That Championship Season

George Wallace

Path to War

The Final Days

The Stand

Joe Bell

Ransom

Knots Landing

Golden Globe Awards

The Witness

The Oscars