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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 17, 1955
Place of Birth
Blue Island, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Gary A. Sinise
- گری سینایس
Gary Sinise
2.0 Popularity
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
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Himself
LIFT - Connecting Humanity
2024
0.0
Self
D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy - 75 Years Later
2023
3.7
Self
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
2022
8.0
Self
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
2021
0.0
Narrator
Saving Wrigley Field
2021
6.5
Sheriff Westin
Joe Bell
2020
7.6
Tom Camp
I Still Believe
2020
7.2
Self
The Movies That Made Us
2019
4.7
Larry
SGT. Will Gardner
2019
5.2
Self
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018
Credits
LIFT - Connecting Humanity
as Himself
2024
0.0
D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy - 75 Years Later
as Self
2023
0.0
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
as Self
2022
3.7
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
as Self
2021
8.0
Saving Wrigley Field
as Narrator
2021
0.0
Joe Bell
as Sheriff Westin
2020
6.5
I Still Believe
as Tom Camp
2020
7.6
The Movies That Made Us
as Self
2019
7.2
SGT. Will Gardner
as Larry
2019
4.7
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
as Self
2018
5.2
Steve McQueen: American Icon
as Narrator (voice)
2017
7.0
13 Reasons Why
as Robert Ellman
2017
7.6
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
as Self
2016
8.0
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
as Jack Garrett
2016
6.9
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
2016
4.1
Finding Noah
as narrator
2015
0.0
Beyond Glory
2015
4.7
🎬
Climb: The Rob Jones Journey Story
as Narrator (voice)
2014
0.0
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
as The Smithsonian Narrator (voice)
2014
7.7
A Game of Honor
as Narrator
2011
7.0
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago
as Narrator (voice)
2011
10.0
WWII in HD
as Narrator
2009
7.4
Beyond All Boundaries
as Ernie Pyle
2009
6.8
We Believe
as Narrator
2009
6.9
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2009
6.1
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
as Self - Narrator
2008
8.4
When We Left Earth
as Narrator
2008
6.4
Chasing October
as Self
2007
0.0
🎬
Into The Fire
as Self
2006
5.2
Open Season
as Shaw (voice)
2006
6.2
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
2006
0.0
The Colbert Report
as Self
2005
6.9
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Gene Cernan
2005
5.8
Criminal Minds
as Jack Garrett
2005
8.3
The Forgotten
as Dr. Munce
2004
5.9
CSI: NY
as Mac Taylor
2004
7.4
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
6.1
This Old Cub
as Himself
2004
0.0
The Big Bounce
as Ray Ritchie
2004
4.9
Dennis Miller
2004
0.0
The Human Stain
as Nathan Zuckerman
2003
6.0
Path to War
as George Wallace
2003
6.7
Fallen Angel
as Terry McQuinn
2003
6.1
CSI: Miami
as Mac Taylor
2002
7.7
A Gentleman's Game
as Foster Pearse
2002
4.8
🎬
Hideous Man
as Hideous Man
2002
1.0
Made-Up
as Duncan Tivey
2002
1.5
Impostor
as Spencer Olham
2001
6.1
🎬
Good Day Live
as Self
2001
3.0
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mac Taylor
2000
7.6
Bruno
as Dino Battaglia
2000
6.4
Mission to Mars
as Jim McConnell
2000
6.0
Reindeer Games
as Gabriel Mercer
2000
5.7
The Green Mile
as Burt Hammersmith
1999
8.5
The Early Show
as Self
1999
6.2
It's the Rage
as Morgan
1999
5.3
That Championship Season
as Tom Daley
1999
5.8
Snake Eyes
as Kevin Dunne
1998
6.2
Inside the Space Shuttle
as Gary Sinise (Voice)
1998
0.0
George Wallace
as George C. Wallace
1997
0.0
George Wallace
as George C. Wallace
1997
6.8
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Albino Alligator
as Milo
1997
5.7
Ransom
as Det. Jimmy Shaker
1996
6.7
The West
as T. P. Eagan
1996
8.4
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
as Self
1996
5.8
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
3.9
Truman
as Harry S Truman
1995
7.6
Apollo 13
as Ken Mattingly
1995
7.5
The Quick and the Dead
as Marshall
1995
6.5
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
as Self
1994
7.5
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Forrest Gump
as Lieutenant Dan Taylor
1994
8.5
The Stand
as Stu Redman
1994
6.8
Frasier
as Sid (voice)
1993
7.7
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1993
6.4
Jack the Bear
as Norman Strick
1993
6.4
Of Mice and Men
as George Milton
1992
7.2
A Midnight Clear
as Vance 'Mother' Wilkins
1992
6.5
🎬
The Witness
as Young Soldier
1992
6.5
The Grapes of Wrath
as Tom Joad
1991
0.0
The Final Days
as Richard Ben-Veniste
1989
6.8
National Memorial Day Concert
as Self - Co-Host
1989
0.0
My Name Is Bill W.
as Ebby
1989
6.3
Crime Story
as Howie Dressler
1986
8.0
Hunter
as Lord Tony Rutherford
1984
7.1
Family Secrets
as Motorcyclist
1984
3.7
True West
as Austin
1984
7.9
American Playhouse
as Austin
1982
6.2
Knots Landing
as Lee Maddox
1979
6.7
A Wedding
as Extra (uncredited)
1978
6.2
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Presenter/Performer
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Performer
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ebb, Bill's best friend
1951
8.6
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
🎬
Glenn Beck
as Self
N/A
1.0