Gary Sinise
Birth name	Gary Alan Sinise
Born	March 17 1955 (1955--) (age 52) Blue Island, Illinois, U.S.A.
Years active	1982—present
Spouse(s)	Moira Harris
Official site	[1]
Awards Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries/Movie 1998 George Wallace Golden Globe Awards 1996 Truman Screen Actors Guild Awards Best Actor - Miniseries or Television 1995 Truman 1997 George Wallace Best Cast - Motion Picture 1995 Apollo 13

Gary Alan Sinise (born March 17, 1955) is an Emmy and Golden Globe winning, Golden Palm and Academy Award nominated American actor and film director. In 1992, he directed the film and played the role of George Milton in the movie adaption of Of Mice and Men. 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 1996, he played a corrupt cop in the Ron Howard dramatic hit Ransom. In 1998, Sinise was awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for George Wallace.

Biography

Early life

Sinise was born in Blue Island, Illinois. He attended Highland Park High School in Highland Park, Illinois. In 1974, 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, Jim True-Frost and Laurie Metcalf. At Steppenwolf, Sinise was able to hone his acting and directing skills.

Career

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 commentary on the issue that troubled many family farms in the 1980s. It was shot entirely on location in Iowa.

Sinise has also appeared in Forrest Gump, Of Mice and Men, Apollo 13, Reindeer Games, Mission to Mars, The Stand and Impostor. 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 books for Travels with Charley and Of Mice and Men and is reportedly a great Steinbeck fan. Sinise once directed an episode of Thirtysomething, where his friend Terry Kinney had a recurring role.

In 2004, he began his first regular television series, in the crime drama , in which he plays Detective Mac Taylor. Sinise's musical prowess is demonstrated in season 2 episode 14, where, in the last moments of the episode, he plays the bass guitar in a jazz club with musicians Kimo and Carol Williams. Kimo Williams is a real life friend outside of television, and they belong to a band called the Lt. Dan Band, which frequently plays for the USO and other events dedicated to the United States Armed Forces worldwide.

He has appeared in three films with Tom Hanks: Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, and The Green Mile.

It was rumored that he would play Dr. McCoy in Star Trek, a film re imagining of Star Trek. The part however went to Karl Urban, who is 17 years younger than Sinise. Sinise is currently 6 years older then actor DeForest Kelley was when he began playing the role in 1966. ^{[1] [2]}

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

Personal life

Since 2003, he has been involved with the Lt. Dan Band, performing for charities and non-profit organisations including the United Service Organizations and Operation Iraqi Children. The band is named for the character Sinise played in Forrest Gump; he plays bass for the band. He has been married to actress Moira Harris since 1981 and they have three children together: Sophia Ana (b. 1988), McCanna Anthony (b. 1990), and Ella Jane (b. 1992).

In 2003, Sinise was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters by Amherst College.

Sinise has been actively supporting United States troops and has plans of going to Iraq to show his appreciation. Most recently, he has donated $35,000 in support of a veterans hospital. ^[3]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
1984	Family Secrets (TV)	Motorcyclist
	True West (TV broadcast of the play)	Austin
1989	The Final Days (TV)	Richard Ben-Veniste
	My Name is Bill W. (TV)	Ebby, Bill's best friend
1991	The Grapes of Wrath (TV broadcast of the play)	Tom Joad
1992	Of Mice and Men	George Milton
	A Midnight Clear	Vance 'Mother' Wilkins
	The Witness (TV)	Young Soldier
1993	Jack the Bear	Norman Strick
1994	Forrest Gump	Lt. Dan Taylor
	The Stand (TV miniseries)	Stu Redman
1995	Truman (TV)	Harry S. Truman
	Apollo 13	Ken Mattingly
	The Quick and the Dead	The Marshal
1996	Ransom	Det. Jimmy Shaker
	Albino Alligator	Milo
1997	George Wallace (TV)	George C. Wallace
1998	Snake Eyes	Commander Kevin Dunne
1999	The Green Mile	Burt Hammersmith
	It's the Rage	Morgan
	That Championship Season (TV)	Tom Daley
2000	Bruno	Dino Battaglia
	Mission to Mars	Jim McConnell
	Reindeer Games	Gabriel Mercer
2001	A Gentleman's Game	Foster Pearse
2002	Path to War	George Wallace (uncredited)
	Made-Up	Duncan Tivey
	Impostor	Spencer Olham
2003	Fallen Angel (TV)	Terry
	The Human Stain	Nathan Zuckerman
	(Disney Ride)	Capcom
2004	The Forgotten	Dr. Jack Munce
	(TV series)	Det. Mac Taylor
	The Big Bounce	Ray Ritchie
2006	Open Season	Shaw (voice)

References

External links

• Gary Sinise Bio at CBS - CSI: NY
• Gary Sinise
• Gary Sinise at the Internet Movie Database
• Lt. Dan Band homepage
• MP3 of Gary Sinise Interview with KFI Host John Ziegler - Part 1, 2, 3, 4

Preceded by Raul Julia for The Burning Season	1996 for Truman	Succeeded by Alan Rickman for Rasputin
Preceded by Armand Assante for Gotti	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie 1998 for George Wallace	Succeeded by Stanley Tucci for Winchell

•  • [ e] Forrest Gump

Written by Winston Groom • Directed by Robert Zemeckis Characters: Forrest Gump • Jenny Curran • Lieutenant Dan Taylor • Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue Music: Soundtrack • Original Motion Picture Score Other: Gump and Co. • Bubba Gump Shrimp Company • Lt. Dan Band