Gary Sinise

Gary Sinise

Actor & Director (b. 1955)
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The ThumbScore for Gary Sinise (71.4%) is the average audience approval rating across 16 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Gary's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

16
Movies
71.4%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Gary Sinise’s films lower than 52% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Forrest Gump (YouTube, Kanopy, Tubi) · Of Mice and Men (YouTube, Roku Channel, Fandango at Home, Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome, Pluto TV) · Reindeer Games (Hoopla, Pluto TV) · A Midnight Clear (Roku Channel, Fandango at Home, Shout! TV, Prime Video (free), Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome) · Snake Eyes (Hoopla) · The Human Stain (YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla) and 4 more.

Frequent Collaborators

Tom Hanks (2)Ed Harris (2)Ron Howard (2)Ashton Kutcher (2)Brian De Palma (2)

Gary Alan Sinise (born March 17, 1955) is an American actor, film director, humanitarian, and musician. Among other awards, he has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was nominated for an Academy Award. He has also received numerous awards and honors for his extensive humanitarian work and involvement with charitable organizations. He is 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. His acting career started on stage with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1983 when he directed and starred in a production of Sam Shepard's True West for which he earned a Obie Award.

He would later earn 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. He first starred in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's classic novel Of Mice and Men which he also directed and produced. Sinise played George Milton alongside John Malkovich who played Lennie. One of his most well-known roles is as Lieutenant Dan Taylor in Forrest Gump (1994) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also appeared in other feature films including Ron Howard's Apollo 13 (1995), Ransom (1996), Frank Darabont's The Green Mile (1999) and Impostor (2002). His television performances include Harry S. Truman in Truman (1995), for which he won a Golden Globe, and the title role in the television film George Wallace, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award.

Born 1955-03-17 in Blue Island, Illinois, USA.

On ThumbScore, Gary Sinise appears in 16 films with an average audience score of 71.4%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Gary Sinise movie, ranked by audience score

Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
1994
👍 94%
Ransom
Ransom
1996
👍 83%
Apollo 13
Apollo 13
1995
👍 81%
I Still Believe
I Still Believe
2020
👍 81%
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
1992
👍 78%
Open Season
Open Season
2006
👍 75%
Mission to Mars
Mission to Mars
2000
👍 74%
Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games
2000
👍 70%
A Midnight Clear
A Midnight Clear
1992
👍 70%
Snake Eyes
Snake Eyes
1998
👍 69%
The Human Stain
The Human Stain
2003
👍 67%
The Forgotten
The Forgotten
2004
👍 66%
Albino Alligator
Albino Alligator
1997
👍 63%
Joe Bell
Joe Bell
2020
👍 61%
The Big Bounce
The Big Bounce
2004
👍 59%
Impostor
Impostor
2001
👍 52%