Acting · Blue Island, Illinois, USA · Born March 17, 1955
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.
MovieLIFT - Connecting Humanity
2024
as Himself
MovieD-Day Veterans Return to Normandy - 75 Years Later
2023
as Self
TVWho's Talking to Chris Wallace?
2022
as Self
MovieThe Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World
2021
as Self
MovieSaving Wrigley Field
2021
as Narrator
MovieJoe Bell
2020
as Sheriff Westin
MovieI Still Believe
2020
as Tom Camp
TVThe Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self
MovieSGT. Will Gardner
2019
as Larry
MovieCinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018
as Self
MovieSteve McQueen: American Icon
2017
as Narrator (voice)
TV13 Reasons Why
2017
as Robert Ellman
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
2016
as Self
TVCriminal Minds: Beyond Borders
2016
as Jack Garrett
MovieMust See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
MovieFinding Noah
2015
as narrator
MovieBeyond Glory
2015
Climb: The Rob Jones Journey Story
2014
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCaptain America: The Winter Soldier
2014
as The Smithsonian Narrator (voice)
MovieA Game of Honor
2011
as Narrator
MovieChicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago
2011
as Narrator (voice)
TVWWII in HD
2009
as Narrator
MovieBeyond All Boundaries
2009
as Ernie Pyle
MovieWe Believe
2009
as Narrator
TVLate Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieWhen We Left Earth
2008
as Narrator
TVWhen We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
2008
as Self - Narrator
MovieChasing October
2007
as Self
Into The Fire
2006
as Self
MovieOpen Season
2006
as Shaw (voice)
MovieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
TVThe Colbert Report
2005
as Self
MovieMagnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
as Gene Cernan
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Jack Garrett
MovieThe Forgotten
2004
as Dr. Munce
TVCSI: NY
2004
as Mac Taylor
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
MovieThis Old Cub
2004
as Himself
MovieThe Big Bounce
2004
as Ray Ritchie
TVDennis Miller
2004
MovieThe Human Stain
2003
as Nathan Zuckerman
MoviePath to War
2003
as George Wallace
MovieFallen Angel
2003
as Terry McQuinn
TVCSI: Miami
2002
as Mac Taylor
MovieA Gentleman's Game
2002
as Foster Pearse
MovieHideous Man
2002
as Hideous Man
MovieMade-Up
2002
as Duncan Tivey
MovieImpostor
2001
as Spencer Olham
Good Day Live
2001
as Self
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Mac Taylor
MovieBruno
2000
as Dino Battaglia
MovieMission to Mars
2000
as Jim McConnell
MovieReindeer Games
2000
as Gabriel Mercer
MovieThe Green Mile
1999
as Burt Hammersmith
TVThe Early Show
1999
as Self
MovieAll the Rage
1999
as Morgan
MovieThat Championship Season
1999
as Tom Daley
MovieSnake Eyes
1998
as Kevin Dunne
MovieInside the Space Shuttle
1998
as Gary Sinise (Voice)
MovieGeorge Wallace
1997
as George C. Wallace
TVGeorge Wallace
1997
as George C. Wallace
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieAlbino Alligator
1997
as Milo
MovieRansom
1996
as Det. Jimmy Shaker
TVThe West
1996
as T. P. Eagan
MovieLost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
1996
as Self
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self - Guest
MovieTruman
1995
as Harry S Truman
MovieApollo 13
1995
as Ken Mattingly
MovieThe Quick and the Dead
1995
as Marshall
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieThrough the Eyes of Forrest Gump
1994
as Self
MovieForrest Gump
1994
as Lieutenant Dan Taylor
TVThe Stand
1994
as Stu Redman
TVFrasier
1993
as Sid (voice)
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieJack the Bear
1993
as Norman Strick
MovieOf Mice and Men
1992
as George Milton
MovieA Midnight Clear
1992
as Vance 'Mother' Wilkins
The Witness
1992
as Young Soldier
MovieThe Grapes of Wrath
1991
as Tom Joad
MovieThe Final Days
1989
as Richard Ben-Veniste
TVNational Memorial Day Concert
1989
as Self - Co-Host
MovieMy Name Is Bill W.
1989
as Ebby
TVCrime Story
1986
as Howie Dressler
TVHunter
1984
as Lord Tony Rutherford
MovieFamily Secrets
1984
as Motorcyclist
MovieTrue West
1984
as Austin
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Austin
TVKnots Landing
1979
as Lee Maddox
MovieA Wedding
1978
as Extra (uncredited)
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Self
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Performer
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Ebb, Bill's best friend
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Glenn Beck
as Self
