Matthew Gray Gubler (1980)

 early life

Gubler went to The Meadows School, and is a high school graduate of the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts, where he majored in acting, because the school did not offer his first love, film making. He is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he majored in film directing. He also attended UC Santa Cruz.
Gubler's parents were both born in Las Vegas and his mother, Marilyn Gubler, was the first woman to serve as Republican state Chairman. His grandfather Maxwell Kelch was the first president of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and founded Las Vegas' first radio station . Gubler's sister Laura Dahl is a fashion designer based in New York City. He has a brother named Gray Gubler who was born in 1994, who appeared in the music video for the song Reagan by Whirlwind Heat .

 career

While at NYU film school, Gubler was found by a model scout and then worked as a model with DNA Model Management for Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs and American Eagle among others. He was also ranked No. 46 on models.com list of top 50 male models. He has modeled brands such as Burberry, Marc Jacobs, and various others.

After he began modeling, Gubler had an internship for Wes Anderson, who encouraged him to audition for a part in his movie The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Gubler did, and landed the role of Nico (a.k.a. Intern #1). This led to his role as Dr. Spencer Reid in Criminal Minds. An episode of his show, Criminal Minds, which ended in his character, Spencer Reid, staring down the barrel of a gun, received the highest ratings in the show's history at over 26 million viewers. While Matthew is a well-known actor in television show Criminal Minds, he also takes part in directing.

He also had a small role in the 2006 film RV as the disreputable Joe Joe and voiced the character of Simon in 2007's Alvin and the Chipmunks and again in 2009 for Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, alongside Jason Lee as Dave, Justin Long as Alvin, and Jesse McCartney as Theodore. Gubler's upcoming movies include Magic Valley, Pornstar, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked and Excision.He also played the voice of Winsor in Scooby Doo Legend of Phantasor.

 Filmmaking

While making The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Gubler made the documentary entitled Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal, a behind-the-scenes view of the making of the film, which was later included in some DVD releases.
Gubler has directed and starred in a series of self-deprecating mockumentaries named Matthew Gray Gubler: the Unauthorized Documentary in which he parodies Hollywood behavior, which are filmed while on the set of Criminal Minds. A follow-up "Matthew Gray Gubler: The Authorized Documentary" was also made, although only one episode is currently available.
He directed, edited, and co-produced the music video for "Don't Shoot Me Santa" by the rock band The Killers.
He also appeared as the main character in How To Be A Serial Killer.

He has also directed the episode "Mosley Lane" which was season 5 of Criminal Minds , which originally aired March 3, 2010, along with the episode "Lauren" , which aired a year later on March 16, 2011. The episode "Lauren" included the exit of Criminal Minds series regular Paget Brewster, who maintains a friendship with Gubler outside of work on the show. Brewster specifically asked Gubler to direct her last episode for the show, although it was announced later that she would return for season seven.