Thomas Gibson

Background

Thomas Gibson was born on July 3, 1962, in Charleston, South Carolina, and his zodiac sign is Cancer. His parents are Charles M. Gibson and Beth Gibson — his mother was a social worker, and his father was a lawyer and politician. Gibson became interested in the performing arts at a young age. Sensing his interest in arts, his parents enrolled him in Little Theater School when he was nine years old — his acting career began in that same year, 1971. He proceeded to Bishop England High School and the College of Charleston. He then won a scholarship to Juilliard’s Drama Division in 1981, and while there, he interned at the Alabama Shakespeare college. He graduated from college with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1985.

Gibson made his first appearance on television in “Leg Work,” a legal drama in 1987. He followed it up with appearances in two long-running soap operas — “As the World Turns” and “Another World.” His movie debut came in 1992 when he appeared in Ron Howard’s “Far and Away.” In 1993, Gibson was part of the cast of two movies as a gay waiter in Denys Arcand’s “Love and Human Remains” and “Tales of the City.”

Gibson gained the most popularity for his work on “Criminal Minds,” a show he joined in 2005, and he poured a decade of his life into it. He played the role of Aaron Hotchner and was part of the main cast until he left the show in 2016.