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Gary Sinise

Actor, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born March 17, 1955 (69 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Hunter
  • Knots Landing
  • Bruno
  • Fallen Angel
  • SGT. Will Gardner
  • A Gentleman's Game
  • Finding Noah
  • We Believe
  • Medal of Honor: The History
Known For
  • Forrest Gump
  • Apollo 13
  • Mission to Mars
  • Of Mice and Men
  • CSI: NY
  • Ransom
  • Snake Eyes
  • The Stand
  • Open Season
  • Impostor
  • The Forgotten
  • Reindeer Games
  • The Human Stain
  • Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
  • The Big Bounce
  • Truman
  • I Still Believe
  • Albino Alligator
  • WWII in HD
  • Jack the Bear
  • A Midnight Clear
  • Miles from Home
  • Joe Bell
  • Fallen Angel

Filmography

2020
Joe Bell · as Sheriff Westin
2020
I Still Believe · as Tom Camp
2019
2017
Steve McQueen: American Icon · as Narrator (voice)
2017
13 Reasons Why (TV Series) · as Robert Ellman
2016
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (TV Series) · as Jack Garrett
2015
Finding Noah · as Narrator
2015
2014
2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier · as The Smithsonian Narrator (voice)
2011
A Game of Honor · as Narrator
2009
WWII in HD (TV Series)
2009
Beyond All Boundaries · as Ernie Pyle
2009
We Believe · as Narrator
2008
When We Left Earth · as Narrator
2006
Open Season · as Shaw (voice)
2006
2005
2005
Criminal Minds (TV Series) · as Jack Garrett
2004
The Forgotten · as Dr. Munce
2004
CSI: NY (TV Series) · as Mac Taylor
2004
The Big Bounce · as Ray Ritchie
2003
Fallen Angel · as Terry Mcquinn
2003
The Human Stain · as Nathan Zuckerman
2002
CSI: Miami (TV Series) · as Mac Taylor
2002
A Gentleman's Game · as Foster Pearse
2002
Path to War · as George Wallace
2002
Made-Up · as Duncan Tivey
2001
Impostor · as Spencer Olham
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Mac Taylor
2000
Bruno · as Dino Battaglia
2000
Mission to Mars · as Jim Mcconnell
2000
Reindeer Games · as Gabriel Mercer
1999
The Green Mile · as Burt Hammersmith
1999
1999
All the Rage · as Morgan
1999
That Championship Season · as Tom Daley
1998
Snake Eyes · as Kevin Dunne
1997
George Wallace · as George C. Wallace
1996
Ransom · as Det. Jimmy Shaker
1996
The West (TV Series) · as T. P. Eagan
1996
Albino Alligator · as Milo
1995
Truman · as Harry S Truman
1995
Apollo 13 · as Ken Mattingly
1995
The Quick and the Dead · as Marshall
1994
Forrest Gump · as Lieutenant Dan Taylor
1994
The Stand (TV Series) · as Stu Redman
1993
Frasier (TV Series) · as Sid (voice)
1993
Jack the Bear · as Norman Strick
1992
Of Mice and Men · as George Milton
1992
A Midnight Clear · as Vance 'mother' Wilkins
1989
The Final Days · as Richard Ben-Veniste
1989
1987
Biography (TV Series) · as Narrator
1986
Crime Story (TV Series) · as Howie Dressler
1984
Hunter (TV Series) · as Lord Tony Rutherford
1984
Family Secrets · as Motorcyclist
1980
American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Austin
1979
Knots Landing (TV Series) · as Lee Maddox
1978
A Wedding · as Extra (uncredited)
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Ebb, Bill's Best Friend

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