“Service… was a great healer for a broken heart and helped me a lot through the fight for my son,” says Sinise.
I’m leaving the acting to focus on my family
Sinise’s decision to leave acting was driven by personal difficulties. In late 2019, as his son Mac’s health fell due to rare spinal cancer, sinise finished his final acting job, including “Joe Bell,” “I Still Believe,” and the series “13 Reasons.”
“Walking out of the house was getting more and more intense as the Macs were increasingly challenging things,” Sinise said. By December 2019, he had finished his acting commitment and began to focus entirely on his family and the Gary Sinies Foundation.
A talented musician and foundation staff, Mac has been battling Kordoma for nearly six years. Despite his condition, he completed the album “Resurrection & Revival” in 2023.
“He celebrated his 33rd birthday in a recording studio and recorded the album he had imagined in 2023. Mac music continues to support the foundation’s mission, and revenue from album sales benefits veterans and first responders.
Sinise’s wife Moira also faced health challenges and underwent multiple surgeries for three-stage breast cancer.
“A month before MAC was diagnosed with cancer, she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. It was the summer summer, the summer of 2018.
Moira is now cancer-free, but this experience has deepened sinise’s determination to prioritize her family and services.
A life of service inspired by family and history
Sinise’s commitment to veterans began decades before his Hollywood fame. Influenced by his wife’s family, Vietnam veteran, and his own parents who served in previous wars, Sinise realized the challenges facing veterans returning home.
“I began to feel very guilty and terrible for what happened to them when they served in Vietnam and went home. So I wanted to do something in the early 80s and Chicago,” Sinise said.
This led to his involvement in the play “Tracer,” written and performed by Vietnamese veterans. This experience has turned to the struggles of veterans and has influenced his continued support.
Playing Li in “Forest Gump” deepened her relationship with the veteran community.
“I’m sure I’ve played a bigger role in my life than just a movie,” he said. “I wanted to honor Vietnamese veterans by honoring Vietnamese veterans. In the way they play Vietnamese veterans and feel honored, true and true.”
Gary Sinise Foundation: Support Veterans and First Responders
Founded in 2011, the Gary Sinise Foundation supports veterans, first responders and their families through a variety of programs.
“We are here to support all those who serve and protect us on the military side. Our veterans, the families who serve us with them, our first responders, our families who serve with them, our families who serve with them, our families of fallen heroes, our first responders – we have a role to help support there,” Sinise said.
Philosophy of service and healing
Sinise believes that service is a powerful way to heal personal pain and strengthen our community.
“Service. This was a great healer for a broken heart and helped me a lot through the struggles and challenges of losing him,” he said. “It was something that helped me in our own home fight,” he said.
From NTD News