Gary Sinise

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{{Infobox Celebrity | name = Gary Sinise | image = Gary Sinise.jpg | caption = | birth_date = 17 March 1955 | birth_place = Blue Island, Illinois | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor and film director | salary = | networth = | spouse = Moira Harris | website = | footnotes = }}

Gary Sinise (born March 17, 1955, in Blue Island, Illinois) is an Emmy winning American actor and film director. Sinise was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1994 for his role as Lieutenant Dan Taylor in Forrest Gump. He won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for his role in Truman. In 1998 Sinise was awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for George Wallace.

In 1973 Sinise and two friends, Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry, founded the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Since its founding, Steppenwolf has showcased the talents of such notable actors as Kevin Anderson, Joan Allen, Gary Cole, Glenne Headly, John Malkovich, and Laurie Metcalf. At Steppenwolf, Sinise was able to hone his acting and directing skills. In 1982, Sinise's career began to take off when he directed and starred in Steppenwolf's production of True West. In 1983, he earned an Obie Award for his direction and a year later appeared with John Malkovich in the PBS' American Playhouse production of the play. In 1988, Gary directed Miles from Home, a movie starring Richard Gere, about two brothers' fight against the foreclosure of the family farm. It is considered a commentery on the issue that troubled many family farms in the 1980s. It was shot entirely on location in Iowa.

Sinise has also appeared in Of Mice and Men (which he also directed), Apollo 13, Ransom, The Green Mile, Reindeer Games, Mission to Mars, and The Stand.

Since 2003 he has been involved with the Lieutenant Dan Band, performing for charities and non-profit organisations including the United Service Organizations and Operation Iraqi Children. He plays the bass guitar for the band.

In 2004, he began his first regular television series, in the crime drama CSI: New York, in which he plays Detective Mac Taylor.

Sinise has appeared in three movies with Tom Hanks; Forrest Gump, The Green Mile and Apollo 13.

He has been married to actress Moira Harris since 1981 and they have three children together: Sophie (b. 1988), McCanna (b. 1990), and Ella (b. 1992).

1 Filmography
- 1.1 Actor
2 Trivia
3 External links

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Filmography

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Actor

Film	Year	Role
The Forgotten	2004	Dr. Jack Munce
CSI: NY (TV series)	2004	Det. Mac Taylor
The Big Bounce	2004	Ray Ritchie
Fallen Angel (TV)	2003	Terry
The Human Stain	2003	Nathan Zukerman
Mission: Space (Disney Ride)	2003	Capcom
Path to War	2002	George Wallace (uncredidted)
Made-Up	2002	Duncan Tivey
Impostor	2002	Spencer Olham
A Gentleman's Game	2001	Foster Pearse
Bruno	2000	Dino Battaglia
Mission to Mars	2000	Jim McConnell
Reindeer Games	2000	Gabriel Mercer
The Green Mile	1999	Burt Hammersmith
It's the Rage	1999	Morgan
That Championship Season (TV)	1999	Tom Daley
Snake Eyes	1998	Commander Kevin Dunne
George Wallace (TV)	1997	George C. Wallace
Ransom	1996	Det. Jimmy Shaker
Albino Alligator	1996	Milo
Truman (TV)	1995	Harry S. Truman
Apollo 13	1995	Ken Mattingly
The Quick and the Dead	1995	The Marshal
Forrest Gump	1994	Lt. Dan Taylor
"The Stand" (TV miniseries)	1994	Stu Redman
Jack the Bear	1993	Norman Strick
Of Mice and Men	1992	George Milton
A Midnight Clear	1992	Vance 'Mother' Wilkins
The Witness (TV)	1992	Young Soldier
The Grapes of Wrath (TV broadcast of the play)	1991	Tom Joad
The Final Days (TV)	1989	Richard Ben-Veniste
My Name is Bill W. (TV)	1989	Ebby, Bill's best friend
Family Secrets (TV)	1984	Motorcyclist
True West (TV broadcast of the play)	1984	Austin

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Trivia

He has starred in two adaptations of John Steinbeck novels, Of Mice and Men, which he also directed, as well as the television broadcast version of The Grapes of Wrath. He also narrated the audio book for Of Mice and Men and is reportly a great Steinbeck fan.

While most of the CSI: NY cast is from New York, Sinise is one of three exceptions. The others are Melina Kanakaredes (born in Ohio) and Anna Belknap (born in Maine). However, Sinise and Belknap have both lived in NY at some point in time.

Good friends with singer/songwriter Melanie Doane and helped launch her album "You Are What You Love" through an independent label named ActorBoy Records.

He once directed an episode of thirtysomething, where his friend Terry Kenney had a recurring role.

He is the host in the video for the Epcot ride Mission: SPACE, at Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL,

Sinise's musical prowess is demonstrated in CSI: NY season 2 episode 14, where he plays the bass guitar in a jazz club during the last moments of the episode.

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