Fun Fact
The Lieutenant Dan Band tours internationally, playing U.S.O. shows.
Gary Sinise
Actor, director, musician
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3/17/1955
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| Location: |
St Francis Hospital, Blue Island |
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Calumet Park |
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| High School: |
Highland Park High School |
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Gary Sinise co-founded the Tony Award-winning Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago with friends in the 1970s. He went on to become a major motion picture actor, with roles in Apollo 13, Forrest Gump, and Of Mice and Men (which Sinise also directed). Sinise won a Golden Globe Award for the television mini-series Truman. Sinise now stars on CSI: New York and is the bassist/front man for the Lieutenant Dan Band, named for his character in Forrest Gump.