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Gary Sinise is an actor of the stage and screen
Over his career he has earned various awards for his performances in film, television and theatre. This includes a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award. He was nominated for the Academy Award for his role in Forrest Gump (1994).
Sinise first starred in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's classic novel Of Mice and Men which he also directed and produced. He is perhaps most known for his role as Lieutenant Dan Taylor in the Robert Zemeckis film Forrest Gump (1994) opposite Tom Hanks, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He continued acting opposite Hanks in Ron Howard's Apollo 13 (1995), and Frank Darabont's The Green Mile (1999). He earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances as Harry S. Truman in Truman (1995), and the title role in the television film George Wallace. On stage he has earned four Tony Award nominations including for his performances in The Grapes of Wrath and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He earned the Tony Award's Regional Theatre Award alongside the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Sinise is known as a supporter of various veterans' organizations and founded the Lt. Dan Band (named after his character in Forrest Gump), which plays at military bases around the world. For his humanitarian work and work with veterans he has earned numerous awards including the Presidential Citizens Medal by President George W. Bush in 2008, The Kennedy Center Award for the Human Spirit in 2018, the American Spirit Award from The National WWII Museum and The Congressional Medal of Honor Society Patriot Award in 2020.