Profile Criminal Minds Cast Bios
PAGET BREWSTER
Emily Prentiss
Previously, Paget Brewster appeared in the television series “Huff.” Her other credits include the television movie “A Perfect Day,” the series “Andy Richter Controls the Universe,” “The Trouble with Normal,” “Love & Money” and guest-starring roles in “Two and a Half Men,” on the Network, “Stacked” and “Friends.” Her voice can be heard in the animated series “American Dad” and “Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.”
Brewster’s feature film credits include “The Big Bad Swim,” “Unaccompanied Minors,” “Hospital,” “My Big Fat Independent Movie,” “Man of the House,” “Eulogy,” “The Specials,” “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle,” “Desperate but Not Serious” and “Let’s Talk About Sex.”
Her theater credits include the off-Broadway show “Hurly Burly,” “Tartuffe,” “Four Dogs and a Bone,” “Chapter Two” and “Pack of Lies.”
Brewster currently lives in Los Angeles. Her birth date is March 10.
A.J. COOK
Jennifer Jareau, or J.J.
A.J. Cook’s television credits include “The L-Word,” “Dead Like Me,” “Tru Calling,” “Higher Ground,” “Bluemoon,” “PSI Factor,” “Goosebumps,” “Elvis Meets Nixon,” “In His Father’s Shoes,” “Laser Hawk” and the upcoming television movie “Island Heat.”
She has appeared in the feature films “Blood Suckers,” “Final Destination II,” “The House Next Door,” “Out Cold,” “Ripper,” “The Virgin Suicides,” “Kisses” and “The Tinker.”
Cook currently lives in Los Angeles. Her birth date is July 22.
THOMAS GIBSON
Aaron Hotchner
Thomas Gibson is also best known for his five years in the series “Dharma & Greg.” His other television credits include a starring role in the series “Chicago Hope,” on CBS; the movies “Raising Waylon,” “The Inheritance” and “Brush with Fate,” all on the Network, “Tales of the City,” “More Tales of the City,” “Evil Never Dies,” “A Will of Their Own” and “The Lost Empire”; and the mini-series “Category 6: Day of Destruction,” on CBS, and “The Kennedys of Massachusetts.”
Gibson made his feature film debut with a starring role in the epic “Far and Away” and has since appeared in “Eyes Wide Shut,” “The Age of Innocence,” “Barcelona,” “Love and Human Remains,” “Sleep with Me,” “Psycho Beach Party,” “Jack the Dog” and “Stardom.”
He graduated Julliard and made his New York stage debut in “A Map of the World” at the New York Shakespeare Festival. His additional theater work includes leading roles at Circle in the Square and Joseph Papp’s “Shakespeare in the Park.” He worked on and off Broadway for more than 10 years in a wide variety of roles.
Gibson lives in San Antonio with his wife and three children. His birth date is July 3.
MATTHEW GRAY GUBLER
Dr. Spencer Reid
Matthew Gray Gubler can be seen in the upcoming feature films “How to be a Serial Killer,” “The Great Buck Howard” and “Pornstar.” His other film credits include “R.V.” and “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.”
A 2002 graduate of the NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, he is an accomplished filmmaker whose short films include “The Cactus That Looked Just Like a Man,” “Claude: A Symphony of Horror” and “Tippi’s Picnic.” Gubler is the subject of the online series “Matthew Gray Gubler: The Unauthorized Documentary,” which appears on youtube.com.
As a model, Gubler has walked the runway for such fashion designers as Marc Jacobs, Burberry and Louis Vuitton. He was featured in Paper Magazine’s 8th annual Beautiful People issue.
Born and raised in Las Vegas, he lives in Los Angeles. His birth date is March 9.
JOE MANTEGNA
David Rossi
Joe Mantegna earned a Tony Award for his performance as Richard Roma in David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Glengarry Glen Ross.” His additional Broadway credits include the role of Bobby Gould in Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow” and a role in the musical “Working,” in which he made his Broadway debut. In his hometown of Chicago, Mantegna also starred in the Mamet plays “A Life in the Theatre” and “The Disappearance of the Jews,” both at the Goodman Theatre. He directed Mamet’s “Lakeboat” in Los Angeles and later made his feature-film directorial debut with “Lakeboat,” based on Mamet’s screenplay. Mantegna also conceived and co-authored the Off Broadway play “Bleacher Bums,” which was subsequently produced for television and earned him an Emmy Award.
Mantegna made his feature film debut in “Compromising Positions” and has since starred in the David Mamet films “House of Games,” “Things Change” and “Homicide,” in roles that Mamet specifically created for him, as well as “Alice,” “Celebrity,” “The Godfather III,” “Bugsy,” “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” “Liberty Heights,” “Forget Paris,” “Suspect,” “Up Close and Personal,” “The Money Pit,” “Weeds,” “Baby’s Day Out,” “Airheads,” “Queens Logic,” “Wait Until Spring, Bandini,” “Uncle Nino,” “Eye for an Eye,” “Nine Lives” and “Redbelt.” He also has starring roles in the films “Elvis and Annabelle,” “Lonely Street,” “Childless,” “Witless Protection” and David Mamet’s “Redbelt.”
His television credits include the miniseries “The Starter Wife” and the cable film “The Rat Pack,” for which he was nominated for Emmy Awards, as well as “State of Emergency,” “A Call to Remember,” “My Little Assassin,” “The Water Engine,” “Boy Meets Girl,” “Jerry and Tom” and a series of films based on Robert Parker’s Spenser novels, including “Small Vices,” “Thin Air” and “Walking Shadow.” He earned an Emmy Award nomination for his role in the mini-series “The Last Don,” based on Mario Puzo’s best-selling novel, on CBS, and he also starred in its sequel, “The Last Don II,” also on the Network. He also starred in the series “Joan of Arcadia” and “First Monday,” on CBS, as well as the CBS holiday movie “Say When.” His voice can be heard in his recurring role as Fat Tony in “The Simpsons,” which he reprised in the recently released feature film of the animated comedy.
Mantegna was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago and lives in Los Angeles. He owns the restaurant Taste Chicago with his wife, Arlene, where Chicago’s favorite foods can be found in the heart of Los Angeles. His birth date is Nov. 13.
SHEMAR MOORE
Derek Morgan
Shemar Moore is also best known for his portrayal of Malcolm Winters in “The Young and the Restless” on CBS, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2000. He was also nominated for Daytime Emmys in the category of Outstanding Younger Leading Actor in a Drama Series in 1996 and 1997 and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1999. He has won six NAACP Image Awards.
Moore’s other television credits include the mini-series “Scott Turow’s Reversible Errors,” on the Network, the series “Birds of Prey” and the movie “How to Marry a Billionaire.”
His feature film credits include “Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” “Butter,” “Motives,” “The Brothers” and “The Seat Filler.”
Moore currently lives in Los Angeles. His birth date is April 20.
KIRSTEN VANGSNESS
Penelope Garcia
In the L.A. theater community and as a performance artist, Vangsness’ work has garnered her the 15 Minutes of Fem Best Actress Award, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Best Emerging Comic Actress and the coveted Golden Betty Award.
Her theatre credits include numerous West Coast premieres of original plays including “A Mulholland Christmas Carol” (L.A. Weekly Award), “Book of Liz,” “Fan Maroo,” “Perfuct” and “Steaming City.” In the summer of 2007 she starred in the West Coast premiere of Neil LaBute’s “Fat Pig” at the Geffen Playhouse. Vangsness’s short plays have appeared in the Los Angeles Times Magazine as well as in theatres throughout Los Angeles. She is a member of Theatre of NOTE in Hollywood, California.
Her television credits include “Phil of the Future.” She has appeared in the feature film “A-List,” the independent film “Shooting Blanks” and the soon to be released “In My Sleep.”
Vangsness lives in Los Angeles. Her birth date is July 7.