- Source of Wealth: Film, Television
- Age: 57
- Birth Place: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Height: 6′ 2″ (1.87 m)
- Marital Status: Married (Christine Gibson)
- Full Name: Thomas Ellis Gibson
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: July 3, 1962
- Ethnicity: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German
- Occupation: Actor, Film Director
- Education: Juilliard School, College of Charleston
- Children: 3 (James Parker, Travis Carter, Agatha Marie)
Gibson made the transition to films in style with a co-starring role opposite Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in Ron Howard’s glossy Irish-American epic Far and Away (1992). Gibson subsequently appeared in several television shows and films. Gibson continued to balance Hollywood with outside projects during his hiatuses with a small part in the ill-fated sequel The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, a starring role in Arcand’s celebrity culture satire Stardom, and a supporting turn as the slick surfer Kanaka in the campy ’60s teen-film parody Psycho Beach Party. Gibson is married and has one son.
He is best known for his roles as Daniel Nyland in the Medical drama series Chicago Hope, as Greg Montgomery in the comedy series Dharma & Greg, and as Supervisory Special Agent Aaron “Hotch” Hotchner, the Unit Chief of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) team in the highly-popular CBS drama, Criminal Minds.