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Gary Sinise
Known for: ActingGary 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.
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CSI: NY
+3
as Mac Taylor 
Forrest Gump
+10
as Lieutenant Dan Taylor 
13 Reasons Why
as Robert Ellman 
The Stand
as Stu Redman 
Apollo 13
+1
as Ken Mattingly 
The Quick and the Dead
+3
as Marshall 
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
+4
as Jack Garrett 
Open Season
+4
as Shaw (voice) 
Mission to Mars
+3
as Jim McConnell 
The Forgotten
+5
as Dr. Munce 
I Still Believe
+4
as Tom Camp 
Reindeer Games
+2
as Gabriel Mercer 
Snake Eyes
+2
as Kevin Dunne 
Of Mice and Men
+7
as George Milton 
WWII in HD
as Narrator 
The Human Stain
as Nathan Zuckerman 
Ransom
as Det. Jimmy Shaker 
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
as Self - Narrator 
The West
as T. P. Eagan 
The Big Bounce
+2
as Ray Ritchie 
Impostor
as Spencer Olham 
Joe Bell
+8
as Sheriff Westin 
Path to War
+2
as George Wallace 
Albino Alligator
as Milo 
My Name Is Bill W.
as Ebby 
A Midnight Clear
+1
as Vance 'Mother' Wilkins 
The Final Days
+2
as Richard Ben-Veniste 
A Gentleman's Game
as Foster Pearse 
Miles from Home
Director 
Saving Wrigley Field
as Narrator 
SGT. Will Gardner
+4
as Larry 
Steve McQueen: American Icon
+3
as Narrator (voice) 
Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and WWII
as Self - Narrator 
Bruno
as Dino Battaglia 
That Championship Season
as Tom Daley 
This Old Cub
as Himself 
Family Secrets
as Motorcyclist