Birthplace:
Blue Island, Illinois
Ensemble Member Since:
1974
Productions with Steppenwolf:
31
(
full list)
Gary Sinise is a co-founder of Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He is a three-time Tony-nominee, twice for acting in Steppenwolf's productions of
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and
The Grapes of Wrath and once for Best Director of
Buried Child. Gary has also directed some of Steppenwolf's most notable productions, including
Orphans, the Viet Nam veteran drama
Tracers and Sam Shepard's
True West, which he later performed with John Malkovich in Steppenwolf's New York debut and received an Obie award for directing. He's appeared in many films including
Apollo 13,
Ransom, and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting actor for
Forrest Gump. On the small screen he's won the Emmy for Best Actor in
George Wallace and a Golden Globe for
Truman, and currently appears in
CSI: New York. He plays electric bass in his band, The Lt. Dan Band, and is committed to Operation Iraqi Children, a grassroots program he co-created with Laura Hillenbrand that sends school supplies to our troops for the children of Iraq. He was awarded the Presidential Citizen Medal for his work, the second highest honor an American can receive. www.operationiraqichildren.org