Gary Sinise
b.3/17/1955 Highland Park, Illinois
Bass player in high school rock band and leading actor in school plays First leading role in high school play: “West Side Story” Popular actor in community theatre productions in metro Chicago Co-founder (with other actors such as John Malkovich) of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago Sinise performs and directs for the Company and expands his repertoire to Broadway where he plays leading roles in “True West” and “The Grapes of Wrath” Military service: portrayed Vietnam soldier Lt. Dan in movie “Forrest Gump” and formed rock music group “Lt. Dan Band” as fundraiser for The Gary Sinise Foundation in support of all American active duty personnel and veterans TV serials and movies: “The Stand” 1994 “CSI New York” 2004-2013 “Magnificent Desolation” 2005 “CSI Miami” 2004-05 “Missions that Changed the War: Enola Gay” 2012 “Criminal Minds” 2015 (co-starring fellow Chicago actor Joe Mantegna) Tony Award nomination Best Director “Buried Child” (written by another fellow Chicago native Sam Shepard) Tony Award nomination Best Actor “The Grapes of Wrath” 1990 Emmy Award Best Actor “George Wallace” 1997 Tony Award nomination Best Actor “One Flew Over the Kukoo’s Nest” 2001 Presidential Citizen’s Medal recipient (from President George W. Bush) 2008 First cinematic movie: “A Wedding” (bit part) 1978
Filmography:
A Wedding, A Midnight Clear, Of Mice and Men, Jack the Bear, The Quick and the Dead, Forrest Gump, Apollo XIII, Ransom, Snake Eyes, Rainbow Games, Mission to Mars, The Big Bounce, the Forgotten, Captain America, Beyond Glory