- Born
- Nicknames
- The Gube
- MGG
- Gube
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Matthew Gray Gubler is an Emmy award-winning actor, director, comedian, painter, producer and #1 New York Times Bestselling author/illustrator from Las Vegas, Nevada.
While studying film directing at NYU he interned for Wes Anderson who gave him his first acting role as Bill Murray's loyal intern "Nico" in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. From that Gubler went on to play the lovable genius Dr. Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds for 15 seasons. He directed 12 of the most highly rated episodes of the series as well as the viral internet comedy series "Matthew Gray Gubler: The Unauthorized Documentary" which pretended to secretly document his comically outrageous behavior behind the scenes of the network crime drama.
In 2014 he won an Emmy for "The Beauty Inside" and in 2015 won the Best Actor Award from Screamfest for his performance in the cult comedy "Suburban Gothic." He has voiced Simon the Chipmunk in the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" franchise and has directed 2 music videos for "The Killers."
As an author and illustrator, his books "Rumple Buttercup" and "The Little Kid With the Big Green Hand" have both become New York Times Bestsellers, garnered international acclaim, and have been translated into many languages across the globe.
Also an accomplished painter, Gubler is known for his expressionistic portraits of people, animals, and imaginary creatures as well as for his charitable work helping artists with learning disabilities.
- IMDb mini biography by: Courtney Williams
- ParentsMarilyn KelchJohn Gubler
- RelativesMaxwell Kelch(Grandparent)Laura Kelch(Grandparent)Gray Gubler(Sibling)Laura Dahl(Sibling)
- Always wears mismatched socks
- On October 27, 2014, he became a certified Minister. He officiated the marriage of fellow Criminal Minds (2005) star Paget Brewster and Steve Damstra II on November 28, 2014.
- Famously damaged his knee in 2009 during a dance off with his 500 Days of Summer (2009) co-stars Geoffrey Arend and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a Mexican dive bar. He couldn't walk for over six months. After a third surgery, Gubler started using a cane but was unable to walk normally for the next five months. As of December 2009, Gubler was once again able to walk unassisted.
- He never wears matching socks, as he says they are bad luck, which he learned from his grandmother. The one time he wore matching socks, he was filming a scene in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004). He ended up spraining his ankle on screen, which was kept in the movie.
- He has also worked as a model for fashion designers as Marc Jacobs, Burberry, Tommy Hilfiger, Sisley, and Louis Vuitton.
- Hosts his own awards ceremony at Criminal Minds (2005) called the "Goobie Awards", where he presents awards to the crew for such categories as "Best Facial Hair" and "Most Like An Unsub.".
- I just love entertaining. I will do anything - stand-up comedy, video games, fencing, internet shorts - I just want to keep being lucky enough to entertain people anyway I can. I try never to limit my art to a medium.
- I get really sad when people say, 'I'm no good. I haven't been cast in a pilot.' It doesn't mean you're not good; it just means someone hasn't seen you yet. It doesn't mean that in real life you're not the greatest actor.
- I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just a camera move.
- I never thought I'd be making a living off of acting - it's still kind of a shock for my family and friends to see my face on TV every Wednesday night.
- I never imagined I would have one fan, and there seems to be a few. I just couldn't be happier that people seem to like what I'm doing and seem to respond to it. If they weren't there, I don't know what I'd be doing right now.
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