by Amanda Mae Meyncke
Editor’s Note: Honestly we don’t have a real reason to run this column other than sheer passion and our recollection that the last time we wrote about MGG the people seemed to love it. And really we’re all about the people. So here’s Amanda Mae with an ode to the Gubes!
What is it about Matthew Gray Gubler? The young Criminal Minds star is catching eyes and melting hearts across the nation! Here are the definitive reasons why:
1. He is a particular brand of handsome. Some folks might disagree, but fans of Gubler are voracious in their praise of the young, lanky, Vegas-born actor. While the 6′1″ star was attending Tisch, he began working as a model, both on the runway and in print ads for such names as Marc Jacobs, Burberry, Tommy Hilfiger and Louis Vuitton. Tall, dark and handsome, Matthew Gray Gubler is at once both slightly nerdy and intensely attractive.
2. He’s multitalented. He’s an artist and filmmaker in addition to being an actor. Gubler’s paintings and drawings are mainly line drawings, quirkily sketched and painted. His films have random titles, like The Cactus Who Looked Like A Man. Gubler even claims filmmaking as his first love, with acting falling in somewhere behind. While attending film school in New York, he interned for Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic, and Anderson encouraged him to try out for a part in the film, which he won. The role led to several subsequent auditions and eventually to a lead role on the CBS show Criminal Minds.
3. He has the most awesome website of any minor celebrity out there. MatthewGrayGubler.com is one single black page chock full of pictures of his quirky art, as well as handwritten “updates” to the site, scanned directly from his journal and posted by Gubler himself. While the updates are sporadic, the content is amusing, and the idea of an analog website in a digital world — while not an original concept — is certainly artistic.
4. He has a wonderful sense of humor and isn’t afraid to make fun of himself. Over the past year or two, he’s been getting big laughs with his YouTube mockumentary series, Matthew Gray Gubler: The Unauthorized Documentary. Just hit up YouTube and you will find several short episodes all portraying Gubler as an insufferable Hollywood diva. The episodes feature random guest stars such as James Van Der Beek (”Jimmy from the creek!”) and various Criminal Minds co-stars, but the finest moments lie in Gubler’s rants on the “pressures” of celebrity, as well as the “perks.” Some of Gubler’s finest acting is contained in these short episodes.
5. He’s only just begun. At 29, this young actor is just beginning his career, and with his strong background in several fields, we have decades to see where he’ll end up. In between his burgeoning feature film career, weekly appearances on the popular show Criminal Minds (finally, a crime show that isn’t the ever-boring CSI!) and artistic abilities, Matthew Gray Gubler can continue to showcase his varied talents for years to come.
How do you feel about Matthew Gray Gubler?
It’s a pivotal moment when an actor from a show you love does something as life changing as cutting his or her hair. So when we found out “Criminal Minds” star Matthew Gray Gubler made that ever-important decision to embrace the scissors, we had to find out why.
