Thomas Gibson (born on July 3, 1962, in Charleston, South Carolina, USA) is an American actor currently starring in the CBS series Criminal Minds, as Agt. Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner, the head of the BAU team. He previously starred in two popular series of the 1990s: the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope as Dr. Danny Nyland from 1994 to 1997, and the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg as Gregory Clifford Montgomery.
Gibson has been married to Cristina Gibson since 1993 and they have three children, sons J.P. (born in 1999) and Travis Carter (born in 2002) and daughter Agatha Marie (born in 2004). He and his family reside in San Antonio, Texas.
Thomas Gibson (January 8 1825 - 1901) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Huron North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1871 to 1874 and Huron East from 1875 to 1898. He was a Liberal.
He was born in Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland in 1825 and educated there. He came to Canada West in 1854. He served as reeve for Howick Township for 7 years. He ran unsuccessfully in Huron North in 1867.
The township of Gibson, now part of the Township of Georgian Bay in the Muskoka District, was named after him.
Thomas Gibson was born and raised in East St. Louis, Illinois. He is a product of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale film program. He began his career as a freelance writer for the St. Louis Post Dispatch in 1993. He recently directed the award winning feature documentary "Letter to the President," that was released worldwide on DVD this summer through Image Entertainment. Gibson also served as a segment producer on the Emmy award-nominated television docu-drama series, the E! True Hollywood Story; created and executive produced the #1 primetime TV show on BET, How I'm Livin; and produced DVD projects for recording artists Chingy, Snoop Dogg, Faith Evans and Mack 10. His productions credits include The Filmmakers Library-distributed documentary "Bloody Island" about race and labor riots in East St. Louis, Il in 1917. After which, he has since served as producer, director and executive producer on numerous programs in television, film and home video projects. Currently, the versatile producer has finished his first season as executive producer of the international hit television show the "Diamond Life" and producer on the popular primetime series "BET Style." Thomas is also directing a new documentary featured titled "Who Shot Ya."
Thomas Gibson began his acting career at the age of ten when he took part in children's theater. Gibson performed and studied with the Footlight Players at the Dock Street Theater and starred in his first play in 1973. Six years later, Gibson attended the College of Charleston and interned at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. He was soon encouraged to apply to the famous Julliard School and ended up winning a scholarship to go there. He pursued his studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Gibson made his professional stage debut in 1985 in David Hare (I)'s A Map of the World. In 1992, he got his big break when asked to star in Far and Away (1992). He has also appeared on television in "Kennedys of Massachusetts, The" (1990) (mini), Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City" (1993) (mini) for PBS, and in the NBC mini-series "Will of Their Own, A" (1998) (mini). He currently resides with his wife, Christine Gibson (I), and his new baby boy, born on June 23.
