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Full Name:	Gary Sinise
Famous As:	Actor, director
Date of Birth:	March 17, 1955
Place of Birth:	Blue Island, Illinois, USA
Height:	5' 10
Nationality:	American

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Gary Sinise
Sinise in October 2009
Born	Gary Alan Sinise March 17, 1955 (1955-03-17) (age 54) Blue Island, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actor/Director
Years active	1980–present
Spouse(s)	Moira Harris (1981–present)

Gary Alan Sinise (born March 17, 1955) is an American actor and film director. During his career, Sinise has won an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for Palme d'Or and an Academy Award. In 1992, Sinise 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 police officer 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 the television film George Wallace, a portrayal of the late Governor George C. Wallace, Jr., of Alabama.

Sinise currently stars in CBS's CSI: NY as Detective Mac Taylor. He recently narrated a biography for Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor at the Republican National Convention in support of John McCain's candidacy for President of the United States of America. In December 2008 he was awarded the Presidential Citizen Medal, the second highest civilian medal awarded to U.S. civilians. He received the medal from President George W. Bush for his humanitarian contributions to Iraqi school children and his involvement in the USO. He is the executive producer of Brothers at War, the award winning documentary about an American military family and the Iraq war.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Politics 5 Filmography 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Sinise was born in Blue Island, Illinois, the son of Millie (née Alsip) and Robert L. Sinise, who was a film editor.¹² He is of part Italian ancestry.^{citation needed} He attended Highland Park High School, in Highland Park, Illinois, and continued his education at Illinois State University, in Normal, Illinois. In 1974, Sinise and two friends, Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry, founded the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.³ Since its founding, Steppenwolf has showcased the talents of such notable actors as Joan Allen, Kevin Anderson, Gary Cole, Ethan Hawke, Glenne Headly, John Mahoney (Frasier's dad on TV hit "Frasier"), John Malkovich, Laurie Metcalf, Martha Plimpton, Jim True-Frost and most recently William Petersen. At Steppenwolf, Sinise honed his acting and directing skills and worked on more than thirty of the company's productions.

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. Sinise has appeared in many films including: Forrest Gump, Of Mice and Men (which he also directed), Apollo 13, Reindeer Games, Snake Eyes, Ransom, Mission to Mars, The Stand, Impostor and The Green Mile. He also narrated the audio books for John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley and Of Mice and Men.

In 2004, he began his first regular television series, in the crime drama CSI: New York, in which he plays Detective Mac Taylor. He was credited as a producer from season 2 onwards and also wrote the storyline of an episode. Several episodes have allowed Sinise to demonstrate his musical prowess, including a Season 2 episode where Mac Taylor plays the bass guitar in a jazz club with musicians Kimo and Carol Williams and Danny Gottlieb, members of the Lt. Dan Band, which Sinise and Kimo Williams co-founded in 2003. The band is named for Sinise's character in Forrest Gump.

Apart from his television and movie work, Sinise is the host in the video for the Epcot ride Mission: SPACE, at Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL and the current model for Baume & Mercier watches.⁴ He also co-founded Operation Iraqi Children.

Sinise is also the narrator for the Discovery Channel's mini series When We Left Earth in 2008.

In late 2008 he narrated an Army Strong commercial.

Sinise was awarded the Presidential Citizen Medal by George W. Bush for work he did supporting the U.S Military and humanitarian work supporting Iraqi children.⁵

Sinise is the Executive Producer—along with David Scantling—of the Iraq War documentary Brothers at War.⁶ The film features an American military family and the experiences of three brothers: Jake Rademacher, Isaac Rademacher and Joseph Rademacher.⁷

In 2009, Sinise co-narrated the National Memorial Day Concert on the Mall in Washington, D.C. with Joe Mantegna.⁸

Sinise currently serves as the National Spokesperson for the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial. He spends much of his time raising awareness for the Memorial and other veterans' service organizations.

Sinise has narrated Army and Army Reserve recruitment ads.⁹

In November 2009, Sinise narrated the highly acclaimed World War II in HD on the History Channel.

Personal life

Sinise 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.¹⁰ He is a convert to Catholicism.^{citation needed}

Politics

Sinise's name was in an advertisement in the Los Angeles Times (17 August 2006) that condemned Hamas and Hezbollah and supported Israel in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.¹¹

Sinise has conservative Republican leanings. His CSI: NY co-star Hill Harper, a staunch supporter of President Barack Obama has noted that Sinise's political beliefs are much more conservative (than Harper's) but also says he and Sinise get along with each other on set and have decided not to discuss politics.^{citation needed}

In June 2008, Sinise donated $2,300 to the Republican primary campaign of Arizona Senator John McCain.¹²

Nicolle Wallace, a former adviser to George W. Bush and the presidential campaign of John McCain, stated in May 2009 that she believed Sinise could help bring about a resurgence of the Republican Party. Wallace stated, "The natural strengths that an actor brings to politics would come in handy to anyone going up against Obama in 2012. We will need an effective communicator who can stand toe to toe with Obama’s eloquence." Other names mentioned were those of Generals David Petraeus and Ray Odierno.¹³ Sinise later stated he had no intention of entering politics.^{citation needed}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1984	Family Secrets	Motorcyclist	(TV)
	True West	Austin	(TV broadcast of the play)
1989	The Final Days	Richard Ben-Veniste	(TV)
	My Name is Bill W.	Ebby, Bill's best friend	(TV)
1991	The Grapes of Wrath	Tom Joad	(TV)
1992	Of Mice and Men	George Milton	Also directed.
	A Midnight Clear	Vance 'Mother' Wilkins
	The Witness	Young Soldier	(TV)
1993	Jack the Bear	Norman Strick
1994	Forrest Gump	Lt. Dan Taylor	Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
	The Stand	Stu Redman	(TV miniseries) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
1995	Truman	Harry S. Truman	(TV) 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
	Apollo 13	Ken Mattingly	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
	The Quick and the Dead	The Marshal
1996	Ransom	Det. Jimmy Shaker
	Albino Alligator	Milo
1997	George Wallace	George C. Wallace	(TV) 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	The Green Mile	Burt Hammersmith
	It's the Rage	Morgan
	That Championship Season	Tom Daley	(TV)
2000	Bruno	Dino Battaglia
	Mission to Mars	Jim McConnell
	Reindeer Games	Gabriel Mercer
2002	A Gentleman's Game	Foster Pearse
	Path to War	George Wallace
	Made-Up	Duncan Tivey
	Impostor	Spencer Olham
2003	Fallen Angel	Terry	(TV)
	The Human Stain	Nathan Zuckerman
	Mission: SPACE (Disney Ride)	Capcom
2004	The Forgotten	Dr. Jack Munce
	CSI: NY	Det. Mac Taylor	(TV series; 2004-present)
	The Big Bounce	Ray Ritchie
2006	Open Season	Shaw	(voice)
2008	When We Left Earth	Narrator	(TV)
2009	On the Road in Iraq With Our Troops and Gary Sinise14	Himself
2010	One Last Wish	Devon Johnson

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Gary Sinise

• Gary Sinise Bio at CBS - CSI: NY
• Gary Sinise at the Internet Movie Database
• Gary Sinise at the Internet Broadway Database
• Gary Sinise at the Internet off-Broadway Database
• Lt. Dan Band homepage
• Steppenwolf Theatre Company
• Operation Iraqi Children
• "Sinise: A Man for All Services" by Andrew Breitbart (Washington Times 12/15/08)
• "Lt. Dan rocks out" by Sarah Feldberg (Las Vegas Weekly 9/4/09)

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NAME	Sinise, Gary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sinise, Gary Alan
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American actor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 17, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Blue Island, Illinois, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH