Gary Sinise
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting98
movieSaving Wrigley Field
2021
Narrator
movieJoe Bell
2020
Sheriff Westin
movieI Still Believe
2020
Tom Camp
movieSteve McQueen: American Icon
2017
Narrator (voice)
tv13 Reasons Why
2017
Robert Ellman
tvCriminal Minds: Beyond Borders
2016
Jack Garrett
movieFinding Noah
2015
narrator
movieCaptain America: The Winter Soldier
2014
The Smithsonian Narrator (voice)
movieA Game of Honor
2011
Narrator
movieChicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago
2011
Narrator (voice)
tvWWII in HD
2009
Narrator
movieBeyond All Boundaries
2009
Ernie Pyle
movieWe Believe
2009
Narrator
tvLate Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
Self - Guest
movieWhen We Left Earth
2008
Narrator
tvWhen We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
2008
Self - Narrator
movieOpen Season
2006
Shaw (voice)
movieThe Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
Randle P. McMurphy (segment "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
tvCriminal Minds
2005
Jack Garrett
movieThe Forgotten
2004
Dr. Munce
tvCSI: NY
2004
Mac Taylor
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Self - Guest
movieThis Old Cub
2004
Himself
movieThe Big Bounce
2004
Ray Ritchie
movieThe Human Stain
2003
Nathan Zuckerman
moviePath to War
2003
George Wallace
movieFallen Angel
2003
Terry McQuinn
tvCSI: Miami
2002
Mac Taylor
movieA Gentleman's Game
2002
Foster Pearse
Hideous Man
2002
Hideous Man
movieMade-Up
2002
Duncan Tivey
movieImpostor
2001
Spencer Olham
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Mac Taylor
movieBruno
2000
Dino Battaglia
movieMission to Mars
2000
Jim McConnell
movieReindeer Games
2000
Gabriel Mercer
movieThe Green Mile
1999
Burt Hammersmith
movieAll the Rage
1999
Morgan
movieThat Championship Season
1999
Tom Daley
movieSnake Eyes
1998
Kevin Dunne
movieInside the Space Shuttle
1998
Gary Sinise (Voice)
movieGeorge Wallace
1997
George C. Wallace
tvGeorge Wallace
1997
George C. Wallace
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieRansom
1996
Det. Jimmy Shaker
tvThe West
1996
T. P. Eagan
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Self - Guest
movieTruman
1995
Harry S Truman
movieApollo 13
1995
Ken Mattingly
movieThe Quick and the Dead
1995
Marshall
movieForrest Gump
1994
Lieutenant Dan Taylor
tvThe Stand
1994
Stu Redman
tvFrasier
1993
Sid (voice)
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993
Self - Guest
movieJack the Bear
1993
Norman Strick
movieOf Mice and Men
1992
George Milton
movieA Midnight Clear
1992
Vance 'Mother' Wilkins
The Witness
1992
Young Soldier
movieThe Grapes of Wrath
1991
Tom Joad
movieThe Final Days
1989
Richard Ben-Veniste
tvNational Memorial Day Concert
1989
Self - Co-Host
tvCrime Story
1986
Howie Dressler
tvHunter
1984
Lord Tony Rutherford
movieFamily Secrets
1984
Motorcyclist
movieTrue West
1984
Austin
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Austin / Tom Joad
tvKnots Landing
1979
Lee Maddox
movieA Wedding
1978
Extra (uncredited)
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Nominee / Performer / Self - Nominee / Self - Nominee / Presenter / Performer
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Ebb, Bill's best friend
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter
Directing6
movieOf Mice and Men
1992
Director
movieMiles from Home
1988
Director
tvChina Beach
1988
Director
tvthirtysomething
1987
Director
tvCrime Story
1986
Director
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Director
Production5
movieBrothers After War
2025
Executive Producer
movieBrothers at War
2009
Executive Producer
movieImpostor
2001
Producer
movieThat Championship Season
1999
Executive Producer
movieOf Mice and Men
1992
Producer