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Gary Sinise

Gary Sinise

Acting
Born: Mar 17, 1955
From: Blue Island, Illinois, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy - 75 Years Later Self 2023
The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World Self 2021 8.0
Chicago Cubs: The Heart and Soul of Chicago Narrator (voice) 2011 10.0
A Game of Honor Narrator 2011 7.0
We Believe Narrator 2009 6.9
When We Left Earth Narrator 2008 6.4
Open Season Shaw (voice) 2006 6.19
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon Gene Cernan 2005 5.86
The Big Bounce Ray Ritchie 2004 4.973
The Human Stain Nathan Zuckerman 2003 6.0
Path to War George Wallace 2003 6.717
Fallen Angel Terry McQuinn 2003 6.135
A Gentleman's Game Foster Pearse 2002 5.227
Impostor Spencer Olham 2001 6.142
Reindeer Games Gabriel Mercer 2000 5.71
The Green Mile Burt Hammersmith 1999 8.504
All the Rage Morgan 1999 5.52
Snake Eyes Kevin Dunne 1998 6.191
Albino Alligator Milo 1997 5.753
George Wallace George C. Wallace 1997 6.8
Ransom Det. Jimmy Shaker 1996 6.676
Apollo 13 Ken Mattingly 1995 7.455
The Quick and the Dead Marshall 1995 6.5
Truman Harry S Truman 1995 7.694
Forrest Gump Lieutenant Dan Taylor 1994 8.464
Jack the Bear Norman Strick 1993 6.402
A Midnight Clear Vance 'Mother' Wilkins 1992 6.52
Of Mice and Men George Milton 1992 7.257
The Witness Young Soldier 1992 6.667
My Name Is Bill W. Ebby 1989 6.455
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1955
FromBlue Island, Illinois, …