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 Unit Chief Agent Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner, the head of the BAU team. Previously, he played Beauchamp Day in the
Tales of the City miniseries in 1993, then moved on to star in two popular series in the 1990s: The CBS medical drama
Chicago Hope as Dr. Danny Nyland from 1994 to 1997, and then a very successful comic turn as Gregory Clifford Montgomery in the
ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg.
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.