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.

GGary Sinise is an accomplished film, theater and television actor, as well as a director and producer. He received an Academy Award nomination in 1995 as 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 three-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 numerous other awards for his work, including a Best Supporting Actor Award from the National Board of Review (Forrest Gump) and the Commander's Award from Disabled American Veterans, also for Forrest Gump.

His other feature film credits 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 and The Quick and the Dead. He will provide the voice of Shaw in Sony’s upcoming animated film “Open Season.”

On television, Sinise has also appeared in the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of Fallen Angel, on CBS; My Name Is Bill W., Path to War, That Championship Season, 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 was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Director and Best Play. In the spring of 2000 he 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, and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor.

His other theater directing credits include True West, (Obie Award for Best Director) Orphans, (Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Director) Tracers, Frank's Wild Years, The Miss Firecracker Contest, Waiting for Parade, Action, Road to Nirvana and Landscape of the Body.

Sinise launched "Operation Iraqi Children," a program that enables Americans to send school supplies to children living in Iraq. He and Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend, started the program after being inspired by their conversations with Operation Iraqi Freedom soldiers, and as well by his second USO tour of the region in November of 2003. Operation Iraqi Children has also recently established the OIC/Katrina Relief Fund for people who wish to support sending school supplies and other children’s needs to those affected by hurricane Katrina. For more information go to www.operationiraqichildren.org.

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