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Matthew Gray Gubler (, ; born March 9, 1980) is an American actor, best known for his role as criminal profiler Dr. Spencer Reid in the
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'', for which he also directed several episodes. Gubler has appeared in ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Life After Beth'', '' Suburban Gothic'', and '' Newness.'' He was also the voice of Simon in ''
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'' and its three sequels.


Early life and education

Gubler was born on March 9, 1980, in Las Vegas, the son of Marilyn ( Kelch), a rancher and
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, and John Gubler, an attorney. Gubler is a high school graduate of the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, where he studied acting because the school did not offer his first choice,
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. He is a graduate of the
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, where he majored in film directing.


Career


Modeling

While studying film at NYU, Gubler was discovered by a model scout and then worked as a model with DNA Model Management for
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, and American Eagle,Jonathan Small, ''Chic geek: Ex model Matthew Gray Gubler channels his inner nerd on Criminal Minds'', in ''TV Guide'', 2007-02-26, p. 23. among others. He has been ranked 46th on models.com's list of top 50 male models.models.com, ''Matthew Gray Gubler, former top 50 model'', a
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Acting

After he began modeling, Gubler had an internship with
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, who encouraged him to audition for a part in his movie ''
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''. Gubler did, and landed the role of Nico (a.k.a. Intern #1). This led, in 2005, to Gubler being cast in ''
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''. ''Criminal Minds'' ran from 2005 to 2020, and Gubler performed in all 15 seasons. Gubler played the starring role of Dr. Spencer Reid, a genius FBI profiler; Gubler is best known for playing this role and was regarded as a fan favorite. ''Criminal Minds'' won the 2017 People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Drama. Gubler did not appear in the 2022 reboot of the series. Gubler played Joe Joe in the film '' RV'' (2006). He voiced Simon the chipmunk in ''
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'' (2007), '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel'' (2009), '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked'' (2011), and '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip'' (2015). He appeared as Bart, the main character, in '' How to Be a Serial Killer'' (2008), and as Paul in ''
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'' (2009). He provided the voice of Winsor in '' Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur'' (2011). In 2014, Gubler acted in the
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'' Life After Beth'' and the film '' Suburban Gothic'', for which he received the Screamfest Award for Best Actor. Gubler has done voice work for the ''
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'' line. He played
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in ''
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'' and voices the
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in the animated film, '' Batman: Assault on Arkham'' (2014). Gubler has also appeared in the films '' Band of Robbers'' (2015), '' 68 Kill'' (2017), '' Endings, Beginnings'' (2019), and '' Horse Girl'' (2020). He appeared in the 2019
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''.


Filmmaking and directing

While making ''The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'', Gubler made a documentary titled ''Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal'', a behind-the-scenes view of the making of the film, which was later included in
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DVD release. He directed and starred in a series of self-deprecating
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titled ''Matthew Gray Gubler: the Unauthorized Documentary'' in which he
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behavior, which were filmed on the set of ''Criminal Minds''. A follow-up, ''Matthew Gray Gubler: The Authorized Documentary'', was also made. Gubler directed, edited, and co-produced the music video for " Don't Shoot Me Santa" by the
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. Gubler directed 12 episodes of ''Criminal Minds''.


Painting

In September 2005, the Gallery of Fine Art in
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, held a showing of 12 watercolors by Gubler; all the works were sold. On September 6, 2008, his art was featured in a group show entitled "Paper Cuts" at The Little Bird art gallery in Atwater Village, California. Gubler contributed a painting of "Sandy The Mammoth" to the Western Heritage Museum & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame. In July 2010, his paintings were featured in '' Juxtapoz'' magazine. In October 2011, an original watercolor by Gubler entitled "Mushface" was sold on
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for $10,100. Gubler donated the proceeds to the
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in
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. Gubler's paintings were highlighted in a 2013 interview with
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Writing

Gubler wrote and illustrated his first book, ''Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging and Being Yourself'', which was released on April 2, 2019. It is published as a children's book, but Gubler says it is for all ages, "for anyone who's ever felt like they didn't quite fit in, just to make them know that they're not alone... My hope in writing the book was to find a way to give the world a 136-page hug." He hand-wrote or hand-drew everything in the book – "every single word, every single illustration, including the bar code and the lengthy copyright page." Within weeks of its release, the book was ranked #1 in its category on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list. In 2023 ''The Little Kid with the Big Green Hand'' was published and was again ranked #1 in its category on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list


Personal life

As of 2009, Gubler divided his time between
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, and
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. In 2009, while filming ''
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'' in Los Angeles, Gubler dislocated his
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while out dancing. The injury required three surgical procedures and the use of a cane for nearly a year, which was written into the script of ''Criminal Minds''. On October 27, 2014, Gubler became a certified minister and officiated at the wedding of Steve Damstra and Gubler's ''Criminal Minds'' co-star Paget Brewster on November 29, 2014.


Filmography


Film


Television


Miscellaneous


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gubler, Matthew Gray 1980 births Male actors from Nevada American male film actors Male models from Nevada Daytime Emmy Award winners American male television actors American television personalities American male voice actors Living people Tisch School of the Arts alumni Male actors from Las Vegas 21st-century American male actors American children's writers American children's book illustrators