1. Thomas Gibson's mother was a social worker, and his father was a lawyer and liberal Democrat who served in the South Carolina state Senate and House.
16 Facts About Thomas Gibson
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Thomas Gibson then attended the College of Charleston and became an intern at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, where he was encouraged to apply to the Juilliard School.
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Thomas Gibson started acting when he was nine years old, in children's theater.
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Thomas Gibson appeared in Julian Wiles' Seize the Street: the Skateboard Musical, a Young Charleston Theater Company production.
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Thomas Gibson made his stage debut in David Hare's A Map of the World in the New York Shakespeare Festival.
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Thomas Gibson subsequently appeared in more plays for producer Joe Papp, both in Public Theater and in Central Park.
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Thomas Gibson worked on and off Broadway for the next 10 years in a range of plays by Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Moliere, Tennessee Williams, Howard Brenton, Romulus Linney, Noel Coward, and Alan Ball.
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In 1992, Thomas Gibson made his movie debut in Ron Howard's Far and Away, in which he portrayed Stephen Chase.
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In 1999, Thomas Gibson had a supporting role in Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, where he was reunited with Cruise and Kidman.
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Thomas Gibson then returned to television, portraying Dr Danny Nyland on the medical drama Chicago Hope from 1994 to 1998.
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In 2005, Thomas Gibson was cast as Supervisory Special Agent Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner, the unit chief of the Behavioral Analysis Unit, in the series Criminal Minds.
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Thomas Gibson directed six episodes of Criminal Minds beginning in 2013.
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Thomas Gibson had a prior altercation with an assistant director and had undergone anger-management counseling at that time.
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Thomas Gibson resided in San Antonio, Texas, and has a house on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, which he frequents.
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Thomas Gibson has three children including his son, Travis Carter, who was featured in the Season 10 episode "Boxed In" of Criminal Minds as a friend of a kidnapped child.
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Thomas Gibson was part of the 2010 Host Committee for the Inaugural SAG Foundation Golf Classic, and he co-hosted the 2nd Annual SAG Foundation Golf Classic with Criminal Minds castmate Joe Mantegna.