Gary Sinise
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.
98 acting credits · 5 directing credits
Acting · 98
Criminal Minds
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
CSI: Miami
2002
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Frasier
1993
CSI: NY
2004
The Colbert Report
2005
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The View
1997
Knots Landing
1979
13 Reasons Why
2017
Great Performances
1971
Forrest Gump
1994
Hunter
1984
Tony Awards
1956
The Green Mile
1999
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Oscars
1953
Good Day Live
2001
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
Crime Story
1986
The Movies That Made Us
2019
The Stand
1994
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
2016
American Playhouse
1982
Apollo 13
1995
Ransom
1996
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
2022
Open Season
2006
WWII in HD
2009
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
The West
1996
The Quick and the Dead
1995
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
2008
Mission to Mars
2000
The Forgotten
2004
Snake Eyes
1998
Dennis Miller
2004
The Early Show
1999
I Still Believe
2020
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
Impostor
2001
Reindeer Games
2000
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
National Memorial Day Concert
1989
Joe Bell
2020
The Human Stain
2003
The Big Bounce
2004
Of Mice and Men
1992
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
2021
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
Path to War
2003
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
George Wallace
1997
Albino Alligator
1997
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Truman
1995
A Midnight Clear
1992
Jack the Bear
1993
A Wedding
1978
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
1996
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994
Bruno
2000
George Wallace
1997
Fallen Angel
2003
All the Rage
1999
The Final Days
1989
Glenn Beck
—
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago
2011
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018
Steve McQueen: American Icon
2017
SGT. Will Gardner
2019
Family Secrets
1984
The Grapes of Wrath
1991
This Old Cub
2004
The Witness
1992
Beyond Glory
2015
That Championship Season
1999
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
2016
A Gentleman's Game
2002
Hideous Man
2002
True West
1984
My Name Is Bill W.
1989
Made-Up
2002
Chasing October
2007
When We Left Earth
2008
Inside the Space Shuttle
1998
A Game of Honor
2011
LIFT - Connecting Humanity
2024
Into The Fire
2006
D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy - 75 Years Later
2023
Saving Wrigley Field
2021
We Believe
2009
Finding Noah
2015
Climb: The Rob Jones Journey Story
2014
