Gary Sinise

**Gary Alan Sinise** (born March 17, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, voice artist, and comedian. He as in the movies _Of Mice and Men_, _Forrest Gump_, _George Wallace_, and _Open Season_. Since 2004, Sinise has starred in CBS's _CSI: NY_ as Detective Mac Taylor.

Sinise has won many awards including an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. He was awarded the Presidential Citizen Medal by George W. Bush for work he did supporting the U.S. Military and supporting Iraqi children.

## Personal life

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

## Filmography

|width="50px"|Year|width="150px"|Title|width="150px"|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1984|_Family Secrets_|Motorcyclist|TV movie|||||
|1984|_True West_|Austin|_American Playhouse_ TV broadcast of play|||||
|1986|_Crime Story_|Howie Dressler|2 episodes|||||
|1989|__|Richard Ben-Veniste|TV movie|||||
|1989|_My Name Is Bill W._|Ebby, Bill's best friend|_Hallmark Hall of Fame_ TV movie|||||
|1991|__|Tom Joad|TV movie|||||
|1992|_Of Mice and Men_|George Milton|Also directed|||||
|1992|__|Vance 'Mother' Wilkins||||||
|1992|__|Young Soldier|TV short|||||
|1993|_Jack the Bear_|Norman Strick||||||
|1994|_Forrest Gump_|Lieutenant Dan Taylor|Won: Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor, National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|||||
|1994|__|Stu Redman|TV mini-series Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|||||
|1995|_Truman_|Harry S. Truman|TV movie Won: CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie|||||
|1995|_Apollo 13_|Ken Mattingly|Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|||||
|1995|__|The Marshal||||||
|1996|_Ransom_|Detective Jimmy Shaker||||||
|1996|_Albino Alligator_|Milo||||||
|1997|_George Wallace_|George C. Wallace|TV movie Won: CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie, Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film|||||
|1998|_Snake Eyes_|Commander Kevin Dunne||||||
|1999|__|Burt Hammersmith||||||
|1999|_It's the Rage_|Morgan||||||
|1999|_That Championship Season_|Tom Daley|TV movie|||||
|2000|_Bruno_|Dino Battaglia||||||
|2000|_Impostor_|Spencer Olham||||||
|2000|_Mission to Mars_|Jim McConnell||||||
|2000|_Reindeer Games_|Gabriel Mercer||||||
|2002|__|Foster Pearse|DVD Premiere Award for Best Actor|||||
|2002|_Path to War_|George Wallace|TV movie (uncredited)|||||
|2002|_Made-Up_|Duncan Tivey||||||
|2003|_Fallen Angel_|Terry|TV movie|||||
|2003|__|Nathan Zuckerman||||||
|2003|_Mission: SPACE_|Capcom|Movie short|||||
|2004, 2005|_CSI: Miami_|Detective Mac Taylor|Episodes 2.23 "MIA/NYC NonStop" and 4.07 "Felony Flight"|||||
|2004|__|Dr. Jack Munce||||||
|2004– present|_CSI: NY_|Detective Mac Taylor|All 184 episodes|||||
|2004|__|Ray Ritchie||||||
|2006|_Open Season_|Shaw (voice)||||||
|2008|_When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions_|Narrator|TV mini-series|||||
|2009|_On the Road in Iraq With Our Troops and Gary Sinise_|Himself|TV documentary|||||
|2009|_WWII in HD_|Narrator|TV mini-series ("Battle Stations" segment)|||||
|2011|_None Less Than Heroes: The Honor Flight Story_|Narrator|Video documentary|||||
|2011|_Lt. Dan Band: For The Common Good_|Himself|Movie documentary|||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Gary Sinise
- **image**: Gary Sinise 2011 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Sinise in May 2011
- **birth name**: Gary Alan Sinise
- **birth place**: Blue Island, Illinois, USA
- **occupation**: Stand-up comedian, actor, director, voice artist, comedian
- **height**: 175 cm
- **years active**: 1982–present