Thomas Gibson was born on July 3, 1962 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Thomas began his acting career at the age of ten when he took part in a children's theater production. Gibson played and studied with the Footlight Players at the Dock Street Theatre and performed his first star role in 1973. Six years later, Gibson attended Charleston College and participated in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Soon, Thomas was encouraged by a unique opportunity – the chance to get into Juilliard School; he achieved a winning position – he won a Juilliard School scholarship and began to study at this school. He was relentlessly absorbed in obtaining knowledge and, as a result, left school with a higher education, becoming a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Gibson made his professional debut in 1985 in David Hae’s A Map of the World. In 1992, the actor experienced a powerful breakthrough in his career when he played one of the main roles, Stephen Chase, in Ron Howard’s adventure drama Far and Away. Gibson was especially lucky because in the star ensemble “Far and Away” the leading roles were performed by the charming Nicole Kidman and charismatic Tom Cruise. In 1999, Thomas got into the same great cast, Nicole and Cruz, in the picture of the great director Stanley Kubrick “Eyes Wide Shut”, who died a week after the filming of this film. Performing the role of Carl Thomas, Gibson, like the whole team of this candid on erotic scenes detective, maintained an atmosphere of secrecy – it was in this atmosphere that the filming of the last masterpiece of Kubrick took place.
Gibson also collaborated with director Lamont Johnson in the drama Lincoln, which naturally follows President Abraham Lincoln and his just rule. In 1993, the actor starred in Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning drama “The Age of Innocence” based on the novel by Edith Wharton along with Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis. That same year, Gibson was cast as David in Denis Arcan’s darkly humorous drama, Love & Human Remains, about the complex relationship between heterosexuals and homosexuals. In 1994, Thomas played in the drama “Barcelona”, then, changing his role, “pulled” into the military world of director Perry Lang, “Soldiers of Fortune” (“Men of War”), where the main role was played by the famous action movie actor Dolf Lundgren. After a showdown on an island in the Pacific Ocean in Soldiers of Fortune, Gibson returns to dramatic productions, this time to director Rory Kelly and his love triangle, which, in fact, is discussed in his film called Sleep with Me.
In 1995, the actor appeared in the drama of Jud Taylor “Secrets”, the following year, continuing to star in the fantastic film Georgie Montesie “Night Visitors” playing the role of Ross Williams. He also starred in To Love, Honor, and Deceive, The Inheritance, and Christian Faber’s The Next Step. In 1997, Gibson starred with Bobby Roth in the horror film The Devil's Child, the following year booking himself a spot in Colin Baxley's mystical detective Nightmare Street. After the success of Stanley Kubrick's latest creation, Gibson starred in 2000 in a film combining elements of comedy and horror, Robert Lee King's film "Psycho Beach Party".
In 2000, fans of the Flintstones were happy with the release of the family film Brian Levant “The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas” (“The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas”), the same joy was shared by Thomas, playing in a harmless comedy about the trip of prehistoric eccentrics to the world of entertainment, Rock Vegas, the character of Chip Rockefeller.
The year 2000 ended for Gibson fruitful cooperation with director Denis Arcan, shooting in his drama with interspersed comedy “Stardom”.
Juilliard School tirelessly moved from a film project to a film project, in 2001 starring in Bobby Roth’s drama Jack the Dog and continuing his acting career in Peter McDonald’s adventure film The Lost Empire. In 2003, Thomas appeared in the drama “Manhood”, played the role of Richard in the TV film “Brush with Fate” and “retrained” as Detective Mark Ryan in the horror film Uli Edel “Evil Never Dies”.
In 2004, Gibson starred in Sam Pillsbury’s melodrama Raising Waylon and Dick Lowry’s Category 6: Day of Destruction. The following year she participated in the family film from the director Doug McKeon “Come Away Home” and the fantastic comedy “I’ll Believe You”. And in addition to the list of appearances of Thomas in the cinema, it remains to mention the project of 2007, the short film “Profilers, Profiled”.
The actor also became a member of the TV series “Guiding Light”, “As the World Turns”, “Another World”, “Kennedys of Massachusetts”, “Tales of the City”, “Hope of Chicago” and voiced the character of the animated series “The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest”.
Later, Gibson played the role of Greg Montgomery in the TV series “Darma and Greg” on the ABC channel, for which he was nominated for the prestigious Golden Globe Award. This was followed by participation in such serial shows as More Tales of the City, Sin City Spectacular, Squeal. It's a very scary movie and "A Will of Their Own." Finally, in the series, running on TV screens from 2005 to 2008, “Criminal Minds”, Thomas Gibson appeared before lovers of detective puzzles as Aaron “Hotch” Hotchner.
Gibson has been married to Christina Gibson since 1993. The couple have three children, sons JP (born 1999) and Travis Carter (born 2002) and daughter Agatha Mary (born 2004). He and his family live together in San Antonio, Texas.
In his spare time, Thomas likes to disappear on the green lawns while playing golf.