Thomas Gibson

Birthday: 3 July 1962, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Birth Name: Thomas Ellis Gibson

Height: 188 cm

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'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 The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990), Armistead Maupin's Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City (1993) for PBS, and in the NBC mini-series A Will of Their Own (1998). He currently resides with his wife, Christine Gibson, and his new baby boy, born on June 23. Show less «

When I'm home, I've got the kind of time that other dads who live there full time don't have. I can ...Show more »

When I'm home, I've got the kind of time that other dads who live there full time don't have. I can go and have lunch with my kids at school and that sort of thing. Show less «

[on the altercation he had with Virgil Williams during an interview with People Magazine] As he brus...Show more »

[on the altercation he had with Virgil Williams during an interview with People Magazine] As he brushed past me, my foot came up and tapped him on the leg. If I hadn't moved, he would have run into me. We had some choice words, for which I apologized the next day, and that was it. It was over. We shot the scene, I went home - and I never got to go back. Show less «

I work out religiously. It's great for my back. It's great for my core. I've been exposed to lots of...Show more »

I work out religiously. It's great for my back. It's great for my core. I've been exposed to lots of exercise regimens and movement classes as an actor, so I understand the importance of stretching and staying limber, but Pilates is what's really spoken to me. It works everything out. Show less «

When my sister and I were kids, swimming down in Charleston, there was this pizza parlor that had th...Show more »

When my sister and I were kids, swimming down in Charleston, there was this pizza parlor that had this old Dixieland band play, and I just loved Louis Armstrong and the sound of his voice, and I got up there with the band and started singing Louis Armstrong songs when I was a kid. I have no idea why, but I did it and I loved it. Show less «

Summer I was 13, my grandfather and my father taught me how to play golf. I took lessons that summer...Show more »

Summer I was 13, my grandfather and my father taught me how to play golf. I took lessons that summer, and I played every day that summer. I probably would've kept playing, except I realized that girls don't watch golf; they watch tennis. So I let my golf game go dormant and started playing tennis. Show less «

[on being canned from the television show Criminal Minds after 12 years on August 12, 2016, for mult...Show more »

[on being canned from the television show Criminal Minds after 12 years on August 12, 2016, for multiple assaults on the production staff] I love Criminal Minds and have put my heart and soul into it for the last twelve years. I had hoped to see it through to the end, but that won't be possible now. I would just like to say thank you to the writers, producers, actors, our amazing crew, and, most importantly, the best fans that a show could ever hope to have. Show less «

I've had probably way too many acting classes, and you try to sort of shed - I think over a period o...Show more »

I've had probably way too many acting classes, and you try to sort of shed - I think over a period of time, you'll shed what doesn't stick with you, and you'll hang onto those things that do. Show less «

There's nothing better for kids than a bucket and shovel at the beach. I grew up across the marsh fr...Show more »

There's nothing better for kids than a bucket and shovel at the beach. I grew up across the marsh from The Citadel. We loved buying chicken necks at the Piggly Wiggly, tying them to a string on a stick and catching blue crabs. Show less «

I work in show business - there's nothing that shocks me anymore!

You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to d...Show more »

You can't substitute the act of making people laugh. It's definitely something that actors like to do. Show less «

One of the things that I'd like to get back to that I did as a younger actor was to work on, you kno...Show more »

One of the things that I'd like to get back to that I did as a younger actor was to work on, you know, a rep season for a summer where you did two or three Shakespeares, and you'd do a couple of either new plays or classic plays, and you did a different one almost every night. Show less «

When I was in New York, I took my bike everywhere for transportation. I didn't have a fixed-gear bic...Show more »

When I was in New York, I took my bike everywhere for transportation. I didn't have a fixed-gear bicycle, like a lot of the messengers do, but I had a stripped-down deal - having lost a few good ones in New York - and I did 10 to 15 miles a day just getting around the city. Show less «

People think that human beings have gotten worse, that because of the pressures that modern society ...Show more »

People think that human beings have gotten worse, that because of the pressures that modern society puts on us, we've gotten worse, and we've gotten capable of doing more terrible things. I don't know if I necessarily think that that's true. Show less «

Charleston is an amazing place. I probably didn't appreciate it enough when I was growing up.

You know, it's nice on a sitcom to have an audience there, but there's still a wall of cameras betwe...Show more »

You know, it's nice on a sitcom to have an audience there, but there's still a wall of cameras between you and them. Show less «

Charleston has something for everyone, rain or shine. Its architecture is unparalleled. Carriage rid...Show more »

Charleston has something for everyone, rain or shine. Its architecture is unparalleled. Carriage rides are great for seeing the city and hearing the history behind certain houses and the area. Show less «

In a way, as an actor, you do all the preparation and then you want to forget it and just play the s...Show more »

In a way, as an actor, you do all the preparation and then you want to forget it and just play the scene. As a director, you can't forget it because somebody will remind you that you forgot something. But you can know your plan well enough that you still have a certain amount of freedom. Show less «

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