Gary Sinise - Biography

Last Editor: robduffy7				Gary Sinise Biography -   Name : Gary Sinise Date of birth : 17 March 1955 Place of birth : Blue Island, Illinois, USA Height : 5' 10

Gary Sinise Trivia -

His Steppenwolf theater company, started by high-school grads in a Catholic-school basement, is now an institution housed in an $8 million theater. Nominated for a Tony Award for directing a new version of Sam Shepard's "Buried Child". [1996] Gary appeared on screen with spouse Moira Harris in "Crime Story" (1986), portraying a married couple. Moira had a small role in Miles from Home (1988), the first feature Gary directed, but Moira's role was left on the cutting-room floor. Moira appeared as the Girl in the Red Dress in Of Mice and Men (1992). Son of Robert L. Sinise. Children: Sophie (b. 1988), McCanna (b. 1990), Ella (b. 1992). Won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a mini-series or dramatic special for portraying George Wallace the very night the real George Wallace died. Gary Sinise was born March 17, 1955. In the movie Apollo 13 (1995), Gary Sinise played original Apollo 13 pilot, Ken Mattingly. Ken Mattingly was born March 17, 1936. Received his first college degree in 2003 - an honorary degree from Amherst College. Plays the Mission Control Commander in Walt Disney World's new Mission: Space attraction. Was considered for the starring role in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). When he didn't get the part, he recommended that the producers hire William L. Petersen, which they did. Ironically, he is currently the star of "C.S.I.: NY" (2004), the spin-off of Petersen's successful TV series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000). In 1997, played George Wallace in George Wallace (1997) (TV). He reprised the role, uncredited, in Path to War (2002) (TV). Has been nominated for Tony Awards three times: in 1990, as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play), for portraying Tom Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath," a role he recreated in the television version of the same title, The Grapes of Wrath (1991) (TV); in 1996, as Best Director for a revival of Sam Shepard's "Buried Child;" and in 2001 as Best Actor (Play), for portraying Randle McMurphy in a revival of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Kimo Williams first worked with Gary as composer for a Steppenwolf production of Streetcar Named Desire. After learning of Gary's talents on the bass, Kimo encouraged him to do more playing, and over the years they enjoyed the occasional jam session. As Gary began what has turned out to be an extraordinary commitment to the USO, these jams eventually led to gigs in the Chicago area, gathering local talent and performing for troops and their families. Shares a birthday with Rob Lowe, with whom he co-starred in "The Stand" (1994) (mini).

Gary Sinise Detailed Biography -

Gary Sinise became a mainstream movie star and earned an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump. He received the Best Supporting Actor Award from the National Board of Review and the Commander's Award from the Disabled American Veterans. He then went on to take starring roles in two films for director Ron Howard in Apollo 13 and Ransom, as well as in Brian DePalma's Snake Eyes. Other recent roles include Robert Benton's The Human Stain and The Big Bounce directed by George Armitage. Upcoming is Michael Apted's Scheherazade with Juliette Binoche. Sinise was also seen in Gary Fleder's sci-fi thriller Imposter and James D. Stern's ensemble drama All The Rage, as well as John Frankenheimer's Reindeer Games, Brian DePalma's Mission to Mars and Frank Darabont's The Green Mile. His additional film credits include Keith Gordon's A Midnight Clear, Kevin Spacey's directorial debut Albino Alligator, Marshall Herskovitz's Jack The Bear, and Sam Raimi's The Quick And The Dead. On television, he starred in the cable feature Path To War directed by John Frankenheimer and, most recently, in the Hallmark Hall of Fame telefilm, Fallen Angel. Other television credits include the cable adaptation of Jason Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play That Championship Season directed by Paul Sorvino, the title role in Frank Pierson's Truman (for which he won a Golden Globe, a Cable Ace and a Screen Actors Guild award) and John Frankenheimer's George Wallace for which he won a Screen Actors Guild award, an Emmy and a Cable Ace award, as well as co-starring in My Name is Bill W directed by Daniel Petrie and Stephen King's The Stand directed by Mick Garris. Starting this fall, Sinise stars as Det. Rick Calucci in CBS's CSI: New York produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Anthony Zuiker. At the age of 18, Sinise co-founded The Steppenwolf Theatre Company in his native Chicago (along with Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry), for which he served as Artistic Director for seven years. He has since starred in more than a dozen productions at the renowned theatre including the role of Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, for which he garnered a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award. Other notable theater work includes True West, Balm in Gilead, Streamers and The Caretaker. He received a Joseph Jefferson Award for Marsha Norman's Getting Out at Chicago's Wisdom Theatre. He starred as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and also starred in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest at Steppenwolf, as well as at the Barbican Theatre in London and on Broadway. He won an Obie Award for directing Sam Shepard's True West. He has also directed Shepard's Buried Child, which kicked off Steppenwolf's 20th anniversary and continued with a successful run on Broadway where it was nominated for five Tony Awards, including one for best director. His other directing credits include Tracers, Frank's Wild Years, The Miss Firecracker Contest and Landscape of the Body at The Second Stage in New York. He received a Joseph Jefferson Award for his direction of Lyle Kessler's Orphans, which also played off-Broadway and in London with Albert Finney. Sinise made his mark as a feature film director with Of Mice and Men, which he co-produced and co-starred in with John Malkovich and Miles From Home starring Richard Gere, Kevin Anderson, Helen Hunt and Malkovich. Both were screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Over the past year Sinise has traveled to Iraq in support of the troops and started Operation Iraqi Children with author Laura Hillenbrand. Through this charitable organization, and with the support of corporate sponsors, schools in the United States can visit operationiraqichildren.org, and learn how to organize their own school drive to collect and send much-needed classroom supplies to the children of Iraq.