Posted on 05/23/2007 8:29:22 PM PDT by Flavius
ANZER KASERNE, Germany — Actor and musician Gary Sinise prepares to fire a M-24 sniper rifle with Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) during a firepower demonstration here May 11. Sinise is visiting the Stuttgart area with his band, the Lt. Dan Band, as part of a USO tour to perform concerts for service members stationed overseas. (Department of Defense photo by Navy Lt. Cmdr. Corey Barker)
In this picture supplied by the USO, US actor Gary Sinise (R) listens to US Army CW 4 Leif Neely (L) of Woodbridge, Virginia, tell about how he was wounded while flying his Kiowa Warrior helicopter on a mission over Mosul, Iraq during a visit by Sinise to the hospital at Forward Operating Base Mazur, Iraq, 20 May 2007. Sinise, famous for his role as Lt. Dan in the movie Forrest Gump and currently starring in the TV series CSI:NY, is on a USO-sponsored meet-and-greet tour to boost morale among US forces in the area.
US Actor Gary Sinise, famous for his role as Lt. Dan in the movie Forrest Gump and currently starring in the TV series CSI:NY, sits in a US Army Apache helicopter during a tour of the flight line, at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, 21 May 2007. Sinise is on a USO-sponsored meet-and-greet tour to boost morale among US forces in the area.
Actor Gary Sinise with the staff of the Navy Medical Hospital at Camp Arifjan.
Actor Gary Sinise with Pfc. Jessica White, a hospitalized Soldier at the Navy Medical Hospital at Camp Arifjan
ctor Gary Sinise signs a photo for Sgt. Nina Buckelew, a deployed Soldier with Third Army/U.S. Army Central.
Hollywood’s Hope...
I’ve always liked him - he played good roles in “Of Mice and Men”, “The Stand”, and especially the bad guy in Mel Gibson’s “Ransom”.
Some Freepers may want to go to the Lt Dan Band website and sign up for ping messages. I get them from time to time to tell me where the Lt Dan Band will be playing next. Lt Dan may be coming to a gig near you soon...
Forrest: "You STILL - Lt. Dan."
Awesome movie. Awesome human being, that Mr. Sinise!
BTTT
Maybe he can teach tom hanks and clint something
I seem to remember him acting in a role regarding George Wallace and being impressed. Could somebody confirm whether Sinise played George Wallace. Since I just read he is from Illinois (above) it was even more impressive as he did the accent just about right. I think it was a made for TV movie which means it will never pop up again except on Lifetime.
He grew new legs!
Thank God for an actor/celebrity who is a NORMAL decent person.
(if he has ever screwed up please don’t make a big deal out of me praising him for supporting our military)
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At the end of the movie, when Lt. Dan walks at Forrest's wedding and Forrest says to him: "You got new legs!" ... that gets me every time.
Great movie.
Anyone in the DC area interested in the National Memorial Day Parade should know that Gary Sinise is once again going to be the Grand Marshall (2nd year in a row).
http://www.nationalmemorialdayparade.com/
I’m hoping it’s not going to be too hot and humid to take my 1 year old down to it.
He directed that movie too.
He also directed (but didn't star in) a movie called "Miles From Home" (1988) that's worth checking out.
I agree!
Yep--in 1997. It was a made for cable (TNT) film. Directed by John Frankenheimer.
Before that, he played Truman in a 1995 HBO movie.
Thats not Lt. Dan. Geez, please stay with reality here.
Thats the CEO of Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
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