Matthew Gray Gubler

Birthday: 9 March 1980, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Height: 185 cm

Matthew Gray Gubler is an Emmy award winning actor, director, producer, painter, and voice over actor from Las Vegas Nevada. While studying film directing at NYU he interned for Wes Anderson who gave him his first feature film role as Bill Murray's loyal intern "Nico" in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).For the past eleven years Gubler has starred as the lovable genius Dr. Spencer Reid on the internationally popular crime drama Criminal Minds (2005).Some of his other film acting credits include (500) Days of Summer (2009), Life After Beth (2014), and the cult hit comedy Suburban Gothic (2014) for which he was awarded the 2015 Best Actor Award by Screamfest.In 2014 he won an Emmy for his participation in Drake Doremus' mini series The Beauty Inside (2012).He has provided the voice of Simon the chipmunk in the wildly popular Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) film franchise and recently voiced the Riddler for DC comic's animated film Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014).As of 2015, Gubler has directed 8 episodes of Criminal Minds, a behind the scenes documentary of the making of "The Life Aquatic," two music videos for "The Killers," videos for "Whirwlind Heat," and "Soko," as well as a fake mockumentary entitled Matthew Gray Gubler: The Unauthorized Documentary (2006) which lampoons his behavior behind the scenes on "Criminal Minds."Also and accomplished painter, Gubler is known for his vivid and expressionistic portraits of people, animals, and imaginary monsters. Show less «

I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that wer...Show more »

I studied directing prior to acting and I've done music videos and documentaries and things that were sort of well-received. Show less «

I would love to be on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I'd love to be on that. A lot of my favorite shows get...Show more »

I would love to be on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I'd love to be on that. A lot of my favorite shows get canceled really early on. I liked 'Twin Peaks.' If I had a time machine I'd be in that. Show less «

[on his character Dr. Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds (2005)] He's kinda like Doogie Howser, if he ...Show more »

[on his character Dr. Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds (2005)] He's kinda like Doogie Howser, if he had a gun. Show less «

My parents instilled a very strong work ethic in me from a young age, fortunately.

I get very little sleep. But I try to stay constantly busy. My fear is that if I stop working I'll, ...Show more »

I get very little sleep. But I try to stay constantly busy. My fear is that if I stop working I'll, like, die. So throughout my life I've always tried to remain busy, and I sort of know no other way. I think if my heart rate slowed it would affect my constitution, strangely. I've been trained to do that. Show less «

[on Shemar Moore] My six pack is better then Shemar's. Tell Shemar I said my six pack is a little be...Show more »

[on Shemar Moore] My six pack is better then Shemar's. Tell Shemar I said my six pack is a little better than his. It's a seven pack. Show less «

I never thought I'd be making a living off of acting - it's still kind of a shock for my family and ...Show more »

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. Show less «

I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with j...Show more »

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. Show less «

It'd be cool to chipmunk-ize 'The Virgin Suicides' soundtrack. All this ethereal French music, I thi...Show more »

It'd be cool to chipmunk-ize 'The Virgin Suicides' soundtrack. All this ethereal French music, I think that would be unique to listen to. Show less «

I've had this unbelievable amount of good fortune and I'm just so thankful for it. But at the same t...Show more »

I've had this unbelievable amount of good fortune and I'm just so thankful for it. But at the same time I feel exceptionally guilty. I have so many friends who are talented graduates of Juilliard and are exceptional actors and I'm the lucky one that somehow got such a fortunate break. Show less «

I've always been a fan of Andy Kaufman.

I looked like a 'Super Mario Bros.' Goomba. It's arguably the ugliest haircut on the planet.

I never imagined I would have one fan, and there seems to be a few. I just couldn't be happier that ...Show more »

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. Show less «

What I like most about directing is creating a world more so than anything. To me, the music is the ...Show more »

What I like most about directing is creating a world more so than anything. To me, the music is the wrapping paper on that world. Show less «

I think I veered towards filmmaking because there's more of a sense of control in it. You're not wai...Show more »

I think I veered towards filmmaking because there's more of a sense of control in it. You're not waiting to be picked. That said, in film school I acted in probably 6,000 student films because no other filmmakers knew anyone who wanted to act. It was all a big beautiful snake eating its tail, progressing along the way. Show less «

I get really sad when people say, 'I'm no good. I haven't been cast in a pilot.' It doesn't mean you...Show more »

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. Show less «

My best advice to actors is if you love acting, do it every chance you get. Success does not mean su...Show more »

My best advice to actors is if you love acting, do it every chance you get. Success does not mean success. All that matters is whether or not you're doing your best to entertain. The way this business works is all about luck and timing. Show less «

I just love entertaining. I will do anything - stand-up comedy, video games, fencing, internet short...Show more »

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. Show less «

I really cite Walt Disney as teaching me everything I know. It sounds crazy, but I'm serious! In 'Ba...Show more »

I really cite Walt Disney as teaching me everything I know. It sounds crazy, but I'm serious! In 'Bambi,' the mother dies, but you don't see the corpse. You see the father, the stag, come up and you see 'Bambi' alone, and that has so much more impact than seeing a mutilated deer. Show less «

I look a little like Beaker. I think I'm a cross between Beaker and The Count. My hair looks like Os...Show more »

I look a little like Beaker. I think I'm a cross between Beaker and The Count. My hair looks like Oscar the Grouch. It's Muppety hair. Show less «

Tisch has a great film program and a great acting program, but they are segregated; you don't really...Show more »

Tisch has a great film program and a great acting program, but they are segregated; you don't really intertwine. My peers knew I liked acting, so they'd be like, 'Go get that guy Gubler. He'll be in your student film.' I was in the same building. I became their go-to guy. So I left NYU having been in probably one thousand short films. Show less «

A fantastic actor in a scene that's just closed off will be good. But when working with a director w...Show more »

A fantastic actor in a scene that's just closed off will be good. But when working with a director who knows little tricks - correct music, slowly pushing in - that stunning performance will somehow become even better. I've always seen it as a symbiotic relationship. Show less «

I found out that smoking is the leading cause of statistics.