CSI: NEW YORK

“Detective Mack 'Mac' Woods” (Gary Sinise)

First Grade Detective Mac Taylor heads the New York City Crime Lab, conducting investigations according to Veneziano’s theory of quantum physics: everything is connected.

Originally from Chicago, Mac served his country as a decorated Marine Corps officer. After serving, Mac moved to New York City. Because of the heroism demonstrated during his military career, Mac succeeded in earning a spot amongst New York City’s finest. Ascending through the ranks of the NYPD, he ultimately found a home in the crime scene investigation division.

As one of the world’s foremost Criminalists, Mac grapples not only with the how, but the why. At the same time, he struggles to bring order to his own fractured personal narrative, caused by the death of his wife three years ago.

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Gary Sinise is an accomplished film, theater and television actor, as well as a director and producer. He received an Academy Award nomination in 1995 for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of Lt. Dan in “Forrest Gump.” He is a three-time Golden Globe nominee and received the award in 1996 for his role in “Truman.” He is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and won the award in 1998 for his lead role in “George Wallace.” Sinise is a four-time Tony Award nominee, and a four-time nominee and two-time winner of the Screen Actors Guild Award (“Truman,” 1996 and “George Wallace,” 1998). He has won multiple other awards for his work in films on both the small and big screens, including a Best Supporting Actor Award from the National Board of Review (“Forrest Gump”) and the Commander's Award from the Disabled American Veterans, also for “Forrest Gump.”

His feature film credits also include “Apollo 13,” “Ransom,” “The Green Mile,” “The Human Stain,” “Snake Eyes,” “Impostor,” “It’s the Rage,” “Reindeer Games,” “The Forgotten,” “Mission to Mars,” “A Midnight Clear,” “Of Mice and Men,” “Albino Alligator,” “Jack the Bear,” “The Big Bounce,” and “The Quick and the Dead.” Sinise can be seen this fall in Columbia Pictures’ “The Forgotten” with Julianne Moore.

On television, Sinise has appeared in the “Hallmark Hall of Fame” presentation of “Fallen Angel,” on CBS, “My Name Is Bill W,” “Path to War,” “That Championship Season,” “George Wallace,” and the mini-series “The Stand.”

Sinise directed the films “Of Mice and Men” and “Miles from Home,” both of which were screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

At the age of 18, Sinise co-founded The Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago where he served as artistic director for seven years. He has since starred in over a dozen productions at the renowned theater, including the role of Tom Joad in “The Grapes of Wrath,” for which he received a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award. In 1996, he also directed “Buried Child” which had a successful run on Broadway where it was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Director and Best Play. He most recently starred in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” at Steppenwolf, as well as at the Barbican Theatre in London. He brought the production to Broadway in April 2001 for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor.

His other theater directing credits include “True West,” “Orphans,” “Tracers,” “Frank's Wild Years,” “The Miss Firecracker Contest,” “Waiting for Parade,” “Action,” “Road to Nirvana,” and “Landscape of the Body.”

Sinise recently launched “Operation Iraqi Children,” a program that enables Americans to send school supplies to children living in the country. Inspired by their conversations with Operation Iraqi Freedom soldiers, as well as his recent USO tour of the region, he and Laura Hillenbrand, author of “Seabiscuit: An American Legend,” started the program.

Sinise is a Chicago native and resides in Los Angeles. He is married to actress Moira Harris, an original member of the Steppenwolf Company. They have three children.