Person
Gary Sinise
Blue Island, Illinois, USA
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…
IMDbKnown for
Popular titles
Photos
More stills of Gary Sinise
Biography
A closer look
Read full 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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
-
2026
Gary
Movie Gary
-
2026
The Heroism and Resiliency of 9/11: From Tragedy to Triumph
Movie Narrator
-
2026
Tracers
Movie Self
-
2026
Star Spangled Adventures - The Movie!
Movie Robert E. Lee (voice)
-
2025
Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and WWII
Movie Self - Narrator
-
2025
Brothers After War
Movie Executive Producer
-
2024
LIFT - Connecting Humanity
Movie Himself
- 2023
-
2022
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
TV show Self
- 2021
-
2021
Saving Wrigley Field
Movie Narrator
-
2020
Joe Bell
Movie Sheriff Westin
-
2020
I Still Believe
Movie Tom Camp
-
2019
The Movies That Made Us
TV show Self
-
2019
SGT. Will Gardner
Movie Larry
-
2018
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Movie Self
More credits
-
2017
Steve McQueen: American Icon
Movie Narrator (voice)
-
2017
13 Reasons Why
TV show Robert Ellman
-
2016
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
Movie Self
-
2016
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
TV show Jack Garrett
- 2016
-
2015
Finding Noah
Movie narrator
-
2015
Beyond Glory
Movie
-
2014
Climb: The Rob Jones Journey Story
Movie Narrator (voice)
-
2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Movie The Smithsonian Narrator (voice)
-
2011
A Game of Honor
Movie Narrator
-
2011
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago
Movie Narrator (voice)
-
2009
WWII in HD
TV show Narrator
-
2009
Beyond All Boundaries
Movie Ernie Pyle
-
2009
We Believe
Movie Narrator
-
2009
Brothers at War
Movie Executive Producer
-
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self - Guest
-
2008
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
TV show Self - Narrator
-
2008
When We Left Earth
Movie Narrator
-
2007
Chasing October
Movie Self
-
2006
Into The Fire
Movie Self
-
2006
Open Season
Movie Shaw (voice)
-
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
-
2005
The Colbert Report
TV show Self
-
2005
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Movie Gene Cernan
