
Gary Sinise
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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

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Criminal Minds

Tony Awards

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Golden Globe Awards

Frasier

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Early Show

Knots Landing

Hunter

The Colbert Report

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

The Movies That Made Us

CSI: Miami

When We Left Earth : The NASA Missions

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

The Green Mile

13 Reasons Why

Path to War

The Quick and the Dead

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

Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump

I Still Believe

The Human Stain

Apollo 13

Open Season

The Oscars

Forrest Gump

Ransom

Of Mice and Men

Snake Eyes

CSI: NY

A Game of Honor

Crime Story

WWII in HD

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

The Stand

Mission to Mars
Production Credits
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