Who is Matthew Gray Gubler?
Matthew Gray Gubler is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker, actor, director, producer, a painter from Las Vegas Nevada. He is best known for his role as criminal profiler Dr. Spencer Reid in the CBS television Criminal minds.
He is a high school graduate of the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Visual and Performing Arts. The school did, not offer his first choice which was filmmaking. Hence, he majored in acting. He then majored in film directing at the New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he is a graduate.
While studying there 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).
He has also appeared in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, (500) Days of Summer, Life After Beth, Suburban Gothic, Newness, and also as the voice of Simon in Alvin and the Chipmunks and its three sequels.
How Old is Matthew Gray Gubler?
He was born on 9 March 1980 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gubler is 43 years old as of 2023. He shares his birthdate with other famous people such as Bow Wow, Brent Burns, Brittany Snow, Khaby Lame, Cyrus Dobre, among others.
Matthew Gray Gubler Family
He is the son of Marilyn who is a rancher and political consultant, and John Gubler, an attorney. He has a brother called Gray Gubler born in 1994. His brother appeared in the music video Reagan by Whirlwind Heat which Matthew directed. He also has a sister called Laura Dahl a fashion designer based in New York City.
Matthew Gray Gubler Wife | Girlfriend
He has been dating Victoria Asher, Marisa Morris, Kat Dennings, Charlotte Kemp, Eva Wind, and Ali Michael. He was then currently rumored to be dating Taylor Swift this is after he posted a picture of himself in Taylor’s kitchen. It is reported that he was invited for a dinner with Taylor, the controversy later died out pretty soon. There is however no information of his marriage to anyone.
Matthew Gray Gubler Height
He has a height of 1.87m.
Matthew Gray Gubler Net Worth
This former fashion model has a net worth of $1.5 million dollars.
Matthew Gray Gubler Sickness
Gubler dislocated his knee while dancing in 2009. This injury required three surgical procedures including the use of a cane for almost a year, it was even written into the script of Criminal Minds.
Matthew Gray Gubler Model
Gray was discovered by a model scout while at New York University film school. He then worked as a model with DNA Model Management for Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs, and American Eagle, among others. He was then ranked 46th on models.com on the list of top 50 male models.
Matthew Gray Gubler Criminal Minds
He directed the Criminal Minds season 5 episode “Mosley Lane”, it originally aired on March 3, 2010. It aired along with the episode “Lauren” which aired on March 16, 2011, a year later. It included the exit of the Criminal Minds series regular Paget Brewster. She still maintains a friendship with him outside of work on the show. She specifically asked Gubler to direct her last episode, it was announced later that she would return for season 7.
Matthew Gray Gubler Alvin And The Chipmunks
He voiced the character of Simon in Alvin and the Chipmunks the smart Chipmunk in 2007. Also Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel in 2009 then Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked in 2011. Later Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip in 2015 which was alongside Jason Lee as Dave, Justin Long as Alvin, and Jesse McCartney as Theodore.
Matthew Gray Gubler Paintings | Art
He has been posting paintings on his website since 2005. His media mainly include watercolor, gouache, oil, and pastel. The Gallery of Fine Art in Ostrava, Czech Republic, held a showing of 12 watercolors by him, all of his works were sold In September 2005. His art was featured in a group show entitled “Paper Cuts” at The Little Bird art gallery in Atwater Village, California on September 6, 2008. He also contributed a painting of “Sandy The Mammoth” to the Western Heritage Museum & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame. His paintings were featured in Juxtapoz magazine on July 2010.
An original watercolor by him entitled “Mushface” was sold at auction site eBay for $10,100 on October 2011. He then donated the proceeds to the Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas.
His paintings were highlighted in an interview with BuzzFeed in 2013.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Intern #1 | |
| 2006 | RV | Joe Joe | |
| 2007 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | Simon Seville | Voice |
| 2008 | The Great Buck Howard | Russell | |
| 2008 | How to Be a Serial Killer | Bart | |
| 2009 | (500) Days of Summer | Paul | |
| 2009 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Simon Seville | Voice |
| 2010 | The Ugly Life of a Beautiful Girl | Ziggy | |
| 2011 | All-Star Superman | Jimmy Olsen | Voice |
| 2011 | Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur | Winsor | Voice |
| 2011 | Magic Valley | Mok | |
| 2011 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | Simon Seville | Voice |
| 2012 | Excision | Mr. Claybaugh | |
| 2014 | Life After Beth | Kyle Orfman | |
| 2014 | Suburban Gothic | Raymond | Screamfest Award for Best Actor |
| 2014 | Hot Air | ||
| 2014 | Batman: Assault on Arkham | Edward Nygma/The Riddler | Voice |
| 2015 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | Simon Seville | Voice |
| 2015 | Band of Robbers | Joe Harper | |
| 2016 | Trash Fire | Caleb | |
| 2017 | Newness | Paul | |
| 2017 | 68 Kill | Chip | |
| 2018 | Zoe |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | @midnight | Himself | |
| 2012 | The Beauty Inside | Alex #26 / Alex #46 | Season 1 Episode 3+4 Daytime Emmy New Approaches Original Daytime Program or Series |
| 2011 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Himself | Season 3 Episode 4 |
| 2005–present | Criminal Minds | Dr. Spencer Reid | Main role (286 episodes) |
