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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 TheatâŠ
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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 (2004â13). 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.
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BODY OF WORK
Gary Sinise's Filmography
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Gary
as Gary
The Heroism and Resiliency of 9/11: From Tragedy to Triumph
as Narrator
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Tracers
as Self
Star Spangled Adventures - The Movie!
as Robert E. Lee (voice)
Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and WWII
as Self - Narrator
LIFT - Connecting Humanity
as Himself
D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy - 75 Years Later
as Self
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
as Self
Saving Wrigley Field
as Narrator
Joe Bell
as Sheriff Westin
I Still Believe
as Tom Camp
SGT. Will Gardner
as Larry
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
as Self
Steve McQueen: American Icon
as Narrator (voice)
No Poster
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
as Self
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
Finding Noah
as narrator
Beyond Glory
No Poster
Climb: The Rob Jones Journey Story
as Narrator (voice)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
as The Smithsonian Narrator (voice)
A Game of Honor
as Narrator
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago
as Narrator (voice)
Beyond All Boundaries
as Ernie Pyle
We Believe
as Narrator
When We Left Earth
as Narrator
Chasing October
as Self
No Poster
Into The Fire
as Self
Open Season
as Shaw (voice)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Gene Cernan
The Forgotten
as Dr. Munce
This Old Cub
as Himself
The Big Bounce
as Ray Ritchie
The Human Stain
as Nathan Zuckerman
Path to War
as George Wallace
Fallen Angel
as Terry McQuinn
A Gentleman's Game
as Foster Pearse
Hideous Man
as Hideous Man
Made-Up
as Duncan Tivey
Impostor
as Spencer Olham
It's the Rage
as Morgan
Bruno
as Dino Battaglia
Mission to Mars
as Jim McConnell
Reindeer Games
as Gabriel Mercer
The Green Mile
as Burt Hammersmith
That Championship Season
as Tom Daley
Snake Eyes
as Kevin Dunne
Inside the Space Shuttle
as Gary Sinise (Voice)
George Wallace
as George C. Wallace
Albino Alligator
as Milo
Ransom
as Det. Jimmy Shaker
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
as Self
Truman
as Harry S Truman
Apollo 13
as Ken Mattingly
The Quick and the Dead
as Marshall
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
as Self
Forrest Gump
as Lieutenant Dan Taylor
The Stand
Jack the Bear
as Norman Strick
Of Mice and Men
as George Milton
A Midnight Clear
as Vance 'Mother' Wilkins
No Poster
The Witness
as Young Soldier
The Grapes of Wrath
as Tom Joad
The Final Days
as Richard Ben-Veniste
My Name Is Bill W.
as Ebby
Family Secrets
as Motorcyclist
True West
as Austin
A Wedding
as Extra (uncredited)