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 Christina Gibson since 1993 and they have three children, sons James Parker (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.