Dr. Spencer Reed
Special agent and member of the BAO (Behavior Analysis Division) team. He is generally introduced as "Dr. Reed" as his youth may not make people take him seriously (IQ - 187). Never shake hands. Holds three doctoral degrees (Dr. mathematical sciences, Doctor of Chemistry and Doctor of Engineering), as well as two bachelor's degrees (in psychology and sociology) and in this moment working on the third (Bachelor of Philosophy). According to him. has an eidetic memory and is at risk of schizophrenia (his mother suffers from this disease). Reed also suffers from Asperger's Syndrome. In many episodes, he visits his mother, who is held in a special institution. In one of the episodes of season 4, Reed has nightmares of the kind "if you do this, the boy will die." He later figures out that these nightmares are based on a real case involving his parents and a baseball coach. Reed is also known for his constantly changing hairstyle, every season he has a new haircut. Reid also admitted that when he was younger, he was attacked by bullies. The role is played by actor Matthew Grey Gabler.
Jennifer Gero
Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jero is initially shown as a public relations specialist - she distributes tasks to the team, collects press conferences, including those at which the profile of the criminal is voiced. In the show's second season, while working on a case in New Orleans, she meets a local detective, William Lamontain Jr., whom she begins dating. In the final episodes of the seventh season, they got married in the backyard of Rossi's house. He has two children in common with him. In the second episode of the sixth season, JJ is transferred to the Pentagon under pressure from his superiors and does not participate in the affairs of the UAP team for the rest of the season. Her public relations duties were split between Penelope Garcia and Hotchner, who continued to do the same things that she did at the beginning, even when she returned to the department, but already as a profiler. Before her return, she appeared in several episodes: in the episode "Laurel", she helped the team find Emily Prentiss, captured by serial killer Ian Doyle, and later, when Prentiss was wounded by the latter. told the PDA that she didn't survive, even though she didn't. In the sixth season finale, he appears at the very end of the episode and announces that he is returning. In 2015, actress AJ Cook, who plays the role of JJ, announced that she was expecting her second child, as a result, a scene was written into the series in which it turns out that JJ is pregnant for the second time.
Penelope Garcia
Technical analyst and full-time programmer of the OAP. He has a bright and cheerful character, which contrasts markedly with the rest of the team. She has developed special relationship with Agent Moraganam, a cross between friendship and love flirting. Even though neither of them thought of starting a full-fledged relationship, Penelope is once seen jealous when Morgan dances with two other women, and Morgan is once advised to refuse in response to Penelope's boyfriend's proposal. Garcia is the last name of her Hispanic stepfather, but she herself is not Hispanic. She lost her parents at the age of 18, after which she was expelled from college and she took up hacking information systems, joining a group of hackers. Subsequently, she was arrested for this and was offered an ultimatum: either a life sentence or a job as an FBI technical analyst. Meets another analyst, Kevin Lynch. After JJ retires from the OAP, Penelope and Hotchner take her place as public relations specialists and remain in that capacity even when JJ returns as a profiler. In the episode "The Black Queen", it is revealed that Penelope, being a hacker, dressed as a goth, and that she is self-taught. Agreed to be a bait for her ex-boyfriend, a hacker who turned to cyber-terrorism, but later admitted that now she has no idea what it's like to be "that" person. The role is played by Kirsten Vangsness.
Emily Prentiss
UAP special agent, daughter of an American ambassador and diplomat. She briefly helped Gideon and Hotch after Elle Greenway was fired for shooting a suspect in cold blood. She later joined the team permanently. He speaks fluent Arabic and plays chess well. She has a strained relationship with her mother. It is known that at the age of 15 she became pregnant and decided to have an abortion. In the sixth season episode "The Thirteenth Step", she received disturbing news from her former Interpol boss. In the next episode, she discovers that someone has been in her house. She also starts receiving phone calls from a hidden number. In episode 18, episode 6, she is declared dead, but only Hotch and JJ know that this is a ploy to catch serial killer Ian Doyle. When Doyle returns again in the seventh season, Emily reveals the truth to the others. Transferred back to Interpol in the season finale. In the episode "200", she helps find the missing JJ. In the third episode of the twelfth season, after Hotch's departure for a "special assignment", she temporarily joins the team to help catch the serial killer Mister Scarecrow. But when Hotch resigns and falls under the witness protection program due to the persecution of Mister Scarecrow (the same special assignment), Prentiss is promoted to head of the DAO. The character is played by actress Pejit Brewster
David Rossi
Senior Special Agent of the OAP and "founding father" of the department. He retired early in 1997 to write books and travel lecture courses. In the third season, he returned to the department due to the sudden departure of Gideon, as well as some unfinished business. As it turned out later, he once failed to solve a case involving three children whose parents were killed during a nighttime invasion of their home. This case haunted Rossi for twenty years, but later, after returning to the UAP, he managed to find the killer. It has illegitimate daughter and grandson, with whom he periodically communicates. In the series, he is played by actor Joe Mantegna.
Dr. Tara Lewis
A special agent of the UAP and originally a replacement for Callahan and JJ. Lewis holds a PhD in Psychology and primarily specializes in forensic psychology and its application to litigation. Her dream is to study psychopaths up close, which has earned her a degree and FBI experience. Her job was primarily to take criminals by surprise and, in the course of a conversation, determine whether they were ready to stand trial. Fluent in French and German. Subsequently, he officially joins the UAP. Tara Lewis is played by Aisha Tyler.
Luke Alves
Former Fugitive Squad employee with whom the PDA worked to catch 13 serial killers who had escaped prison. Assisted the team in hunting down the returned Crimson King, who carved various messages into the bodies of his victims. However, in fact, Mister Scarecrow turned out to be the real criminal, who turned one of the patients with split personality into the “Crimson King”, and deprived the real one of his memory. After that, Alves joined the UAP as a special agent. He has a sheepdog named Roxy (he jokingly told Garcia that that was his girlfriend's name). Prior to joining the FBI, he served in Iraq. The role of Luke Alves was played by Adam Rodriguez.
Stephen Walker
A special agent and, along with Alves, a newcomer to the team. Prior to that, he worked for the FBI's Counterintelligence Division and was recruited by Emily Prentiss after she became head of the UAP. Portrayed by Damon Gupton en en.
Former main cast members
Jason Gideon
The UAP's senior special agent, Jason Gideon, was the department's top profiler. There were cases. when he helped Spencer Reid and Derek Morgan deal with their nightmares. It was clearly shown in the series that he and Reid have a very close relationship, he once took the one from the FBI academy to his team and put him through many difficulties (perhaps even through drug addiction), and before his departure and leaving the UAP left Rida Farewell letter. Gideon is a great chess player, constantly beating Reed at them (although he still lost to him once as a birthday present), encouraging him to "think outside the box". Even before the events of the series, he had " breakdown"(Acute depression") due to the fact that he sent six agents into a booby-trapped building, as a result of which all six were killed, and his actions were subjected to harshest criticism. Gideon also hates criminals who hide behind religion or use religion as proof of their own innocence. After serial killer Frank Breitkopf killed Gideon's acquaintance Sarah Jacobs, Gideon began to lose confidence in his skills, and after an incident in Arizona, after which Hotch was suspended from his assignments, he secluded himself in his cabin, wrote Reed a farewell letter, and then left in an unknown direction "in search of happy ending". In the tenth season, the team investigates his death at the hands of serial killer Donnie Mallik. In the same episode, flashbacks are shown describing his work in the OAP when he was still very young. Portrayed by Mandy Patinkin (lead actor) and Ben Savage en en (in flashbacks). Has a son Stephen
Elle Greenaway
Special Agent Elle Greenaway was a sex crimes expert who worked at the FBI's Seattle branch before transferring to the OAP. She is half Cuban and speaks good Spanish. In the finale of the first season, she was shot by a criminal who calls himself the Fisher King, and wrote the word "Rules" on the wall with her blood (in his opinion, the rules he set were violated in opposing him and the UAP). Although Elle subsequently recovered from her injuries, the event left a deep psychological trauma that caused her to act more assertively. In the second season, she shot a serial rapist in cold blood, ostensibly in self-defense, after which she was forced to leave the UAP. As it turned out. she remembers the touch of the fingers of the Fisher King when Once again needed to fill in the correct word. She turned in her badge and gun, but never admitted her guilt in the murder of the rapist. Lola Glaudini appeared as Elle Greenaway in the series.
Ashley Seaver
Special Agent Ashley Seaver, according to the events of the series, is the daughter of Charles Beauchamp, a serial killer known as the "Redmond Ripper". Her father killed 25 women over the course of 10 years and did it before Ashley came of age. Beauchamp was caught by David Rossi and Aaron Hotchner. Since Redmond is located in North Dakota, one of the states that does not provide the death penalty, Beauchamp received a life sentence and regularly writes letters to his daughter. Ashley is forbidden to see him, but, as she admitted, she keeps all the letters without even reading them, and cannot bring herself to hate her father. In one of the episodes, she was invited as a consultant, because, according to the OAP, she understands the dynamics of relations in a family, one of whose members is a serial killer. After that, she asked to join the team and received consent. In the seventh season, she transferred to another department. Ashley Seaver is played by Rachel Nichols.
Alex Blake
Special agent of the OAP and an expert in forensic linguistics for the FBI. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and joined the FBI at 24, becoming, along with Spencer Reed, the youngest agent. She participated in the capture of the killer, nicknamed Ameritrax, but, as it turned out, she arrested the wrong one with her partner John Curtis. In 2012, she joined the UAP to restore her reputation. The other members initially treated her coldly, as they still missed the departed Emily Prentiss, and Principal Erin Strauss accused Alex Blake of being selfish about her reasons for joining the UAP. Subsequently, Agent Blake was targeted by the Copycat killer, who hid her former partner, whose reputation was never restored. Curtis killed Erin Strauss, kidnapped Blake, and attempted to blow up the UAP team that came to her aid. Rossi later, in retaliation for Strauss' death, locked Copycat in the house where he planted a bomb, killing him. In addition to the Copycat case, Blake was actively involved in other difficult cases, in particular the Unabomber case. She is also known to be able to communicate in American Sign Language. Blake initially had a strained relationship with her father and younger brother Scott, as she practically stopped communicating with them after the death of her older brother, Danny (he was a police officer killed in the line of duty). However, after Scott was wounded by the unsub, she began to mend her relationship with the family, and in one episode it is suggested that they reconcile, as she and the rest of the PDA team can be seen at a barbecue in her father's yard. In the season 9 finale, Agent Reed is wounded by an unsub, for which Alex begins to blame himself. Also the PDA team saves from the same subject little boy, which reminded Blake of her son Ethan, who died of an unknown neuralgic disease. After these events, she leaves her badge to Reed and resigns from the UAP. Played by Jeanne Tripplehorn
Keith Callahan
A UAP special agent and former undercover FBI agent who joined the UAP team after the departure of Alex Blake. Her sister and brother-in-law died during the events of September 11, as a result of which she became the guardian of their infant daughter, whom she and her husband Chris raised as her own. It also shaped her patriotic views. Showrunner Erica Messer describes her as "smart. charming, wise beyond her years”, striving to make the world as safe as possible. Later it turns out that Kate is pregnant. While working on one of the cases, her daughter is kidnapped by human traffickers. The PDA team returns her safe and sound, but Kate then takes a year off to be alone with her family. Kate Callahan plays Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Derek Morgan
A special agent, confident, easy-going, the son of an African American father and a white mother. He attended Northwestern University on a football scholarship, received a black belt in judo, received combat training from the FBI, and previously served in the Chicago Police Department and in the bomb squad. At the age of 10, he lost his father, after which he earned himself a reputation as a juvenile delinquent. His football coach, Carlbufford, took in young Derek to raise him, but, as it turned out, periodically sexually abused him. Because of this, Morgan hates religion, since God did not come to his aid when the coach harassed him. However, he dared to pray when to his girlfriend, Penelope Garcia. shot and she was in surgery. With Garcia, he established a peculiar relationship reminiscent of flirting, but neither of them ever thought about starting a serious relationship. However, Morgan advised Penelope to turn down Kevin Lynch when he found out that he had proposed to her. For some time, until the Boston Ripper Joe Foyet was caught, he took the place of the acting head of the OAP, but when Hotchner returned, he resigned this position. At the end of the eleventh season, he left the team. to take care of the family. The role was played by Shemar Moore.
Aaron Hotchner
Senior Special Agent and former head of the OAP team, Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner, was a former prosecutor, and later one of the agents of the FBI branch in Seattle. After being demoted, he transferred to the Behavior Analysis Department. He was married to his wife, Hailey, and has a child together, Jack Hotchner. He divorced his wife because he tried to combine work and personal life. In Season 5, Haley was killed by George Foyet (aka The Boston Ripper), causing Jack to live with his father. After JJ transferred to the Pentagon, he shared public relations duties with Garcia and remained in this capacity even after JJ returned to the team, already as a profiler. Subsequently, he began dating Beth Clemmons, who later moved to another city for work. but their relationship did not end. Hotch rarely smiles, mostly only seen when he is with his family. Perhaps his father used force on him as a child. At the end of episode 1x9, Hotchner talks to a murder accused who was abused as a child. He says: "When children grow up amid violence, bullying and cruelty, it is not surprising that some become murderers." To which the prisoner replies: "Some? .." - "Others devote their lives to their capture." Then, when the prisoner is taken away, they turn to each other and exchange understanding glances. At the beginning of the twelfth season, he and Jack begin to be pursued by an assassin called Mister Scarecrow, resulting in Hotch. appearing in only two episodes, resigns and enters the Witness Protection Program. The role was played by Thomas Gibson.
Recurring characters
Grant Anderson
FBI Special Agent, appears intermittently in Criminal Minds seasons one through nine (in last time he is currently seen in the episode "200"). In the final episode of the first season, he drove Elle Greenway home and dropped her off at the door, after which he left. As a result, the assassin "King Fisherman" attacked Elle unhindered and seriously injured her, for which Anderson received a well-deserved reprimand from Hotch. Played by Brian Eppel
Josh Kramer
Head of the FBI branch in Baltimore and the Organized Crime Unit. Appears in two episodes in which he works closely with the UAP during investigations into cases in Baltimore. The role was played by Gonzalo Menendez.
Diana Reed
Mother of Dr. Spencer reed. First appears as the target of Randall Garner. also known as the Fisher King. Like Reid, she has a high level of intelligence, and was a professor of classical literature in the past. but was forced to leave teaching due to her progressive schizophrenia. When Reid was eighteen, he moved his mother to the Bennington Sanitarium in Las Vegas and left it in the care of the nurses. Despite this, he periodically visits Diana. Once upon a time, her husband, William Reed, left her because he knew that Diana had witnessed the murder, the revenge of a family friend for the death of his son, and could not live with the burden of this knowledge. When Spencer Reid was a child, she constantly read to him. In the eleventh season, she begins to live with him after starting treatment for schizophrenia with an experimental drug. She also begins to show signs of dementia - at some points she cannot even recognize her own son. Played by actress Jane Lynch
Kevin Lynch
Kevin Lynch is a former hacker, as is Garcia, who became a technical analyst for the FBI. When Garcia was shot and later suspended from work, he was invited to find the name of the shooter in Penelope's files. Kevin was very impressed with the girl's skills and the system that was on her computer. When, contrary to the ban, Garcia tried to hack into her system from the hospital, Kevin tried to prevent this. Both appreciated each other's skills, but Penelope was stronger. Subsequently, both began to meet. In the sixth season, he helps her work on a case. He subsequently proposes to her, but she turns him down (on Morgan's advice) and they part as friends. Portrayed by Nicholas Brandon
William Lamontain Jr.
William "Will" LaMontaine, Jr. is the husband of Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jero. The two first met in Season 2 while the PAO team was working on a case in New Orleans. At the time, he was a New Orleans police detective and was trying to bring attention to the case of his father, who also served in the New Orleans police force and died working on this case, because he did not want to evacuate with the others after the news of the approach of the hurricane became known. Katrina. After that, JJ and Will started dating. Later, he met with the UAP team again, as he arrived in Miami, where the UAP was investigating another case, and was trying to find out the cause of his friend's death. Will and JJ's relationship was kept under wraps as JJ didn't want to mix work and personal life. However, others later found out about it. It soon becomes clear. that JJ is pregnant by Will and they have a boy named Henry. In the third season, Will is transferred to the Metro City Police Department (Virginia) to be closer to JJ. At the end of the seventh season, he marries her in a modest ceremony in David Rossi's backyard. At the moment, they have one more son besides Henry.
The character was introduced to the series in response to news that actress AJ Cook was pregnant. so her character urgently needs a romantic interest to justify it on the show. In addition, according to the original plans, in the finale of the seventh season, Will was supposed to die for unspecified reasons, but after Paget Brewster (who plays Emily Prentiss) announced her departure, this had to be abandoned. Played by Josh Stewart
Jack Hotchner
Son of agent Aaron Hotchner and his wife Hailey. His mother was killed by the Boston Ripper in Season 5, after which Jack moved in with his father. In the seventh season, it is revealed. that Jack is being attacked by bullies. Him a good relationship with Beth Clemmons, his father's girlfriend. At the beginning of the twelfth season, it becomes known that the killer Mister Scarecrow is chasing him. as a result, he is forced to go into hiding with his father under the witness protection program. Cast as Jack young actor Caid Owens.
Henry Lamontain
First son of Jennifer "JJ" Gero and William LaMontagne, Jr. Appears periodically since the episode "100". In the role of Henry appears Mekhi Anderson, who is the son of actress AJ Cook, who plays the role of JJ.
Mateo Cruz
Mateo "Matt" Cruz is JJ's former partner during her time at the Pentagon and the new head of the Behavior Analysis Division. As shown in the 200th episode of the series. he and JJ were together part of a squad on a secret mission in the Middle East. he was the only one who knew about JJ's pregnancy and miscarriage during that period. In the same episode, he and JJ are kidnapped by Tavin Askari, who betrayed their squad. Matt was shocked when he learned that a friend, Michael Hastings, was behind their kidnapping, threatening to rape JJ in order to force access codes. Matt was wounded by Askari, who was promptly killed by Hotch. In the ninth season, he directs the team to a case that his friend, the sheriff of a city in Texas, needs help with. After the sheriff was killed. while Reed is seriously injured, he and Garcia fly to Texas to rendezvous with the rest of the team. In the embedded pilot of the spin-off dubbed Criminal Mind: Abroad, he joins the UAP to help an international team catch a criminal in Barbados. Cruz was played by Esai Morales
Joy Struthers
Joy Struthers is the daughter of Rossi and his second wife, French diplomat Hayden Montgomery. At the time of the divorce, Hayden was pregnant but didn't tell Rossi anything, so Joy for a long time considered her mother's second husband to be her real father. However, when Hayden was dying of cancer, she revealed the truth to Joy and she subsequently found Rossi and established a relationship with him. Joy is married and has a son, Kai, who was two years old when he first met Rossi (season ten). Portrayed by Amber Stevens
Erin Strauss
Head of the Behavior Analysis Division and immediate supervisor of Aaron Hotchner. Almost her entire career has been built on administrative work and she has very little field experience. It is also implied that she suffers from alcoholism, since in one of the episodes of the seventh season, Morgan, at the moment when she was giving a speech at a military school, smelled alcohol from her. As a result, so that she does not lose her job, Morgan and Hotchner persuade her to undergo an anonymous course of treatment. Strauss shares a past with FBI linguist Alex Blake, as they worked together on the Ameritrax case and as a result of Strauss' actions, Alex Blake and her partner arrested the wrong person. Subsequently, she tries several times to ask Blake for forgiveness, but only after starting work on the Copycat case does Alex forgive her. Subsequently, it turns out that Alex's former partner, John Curtis, is hiding under the guise of a Copycat. Curtis kidnaps Strauss and later poisons her with wine. When capturing a Copycat, Rossi uses her Temperance Chip. to avoid the criminal's trap, and then locks him in a building that the imitator himself mined. After the funeral, all friends drink to her, remembering. that she is a good woman good friend and a good mother. Portrayed by Jane Atkinson
Hayley Hotchner
Ex-wife of Aaron Hotchner, with whom he shares a son, Jack. Initially, they had a normal relationship, but subsequently she could no longer tolerate Hotch's constant business trips and his irregular working hours and filed for divorce. In the third season, Hotch starts getting calls from Hayley's home phone and her mobile, but the caller is silent all the time, and it is implied that Hayley may have been cheating on her husband. In the fifth season, Hotch's nemesis, Boston Ripper George Foyet, shot and stabbed her to death. In the ninth season, due to sudden complications from the wounds inflicted then by Foyet. Hotch is admitted to the hospital and has a vision in the form of Hayley. Meredith Monroe appeared as Haley Hotchner on the show.
Jordan Todd
Filled in for JJ while she was in maternity leave. Worked with JJ for some time to understand how it works. Previously, she worked for the FBI Counterterrorism Division and, after the return of JJ to the team, she again transferred there. Portrayed by Meta Golding
Savannah Morgan
Savannah Morgan (nee Hayes) is the wife of Special Agent Derek Morgan, a doctor at Bethesda City Hospital. She first appears in the ninth season, when she approached Derek Morgan, who is in a depressed state after another case. Before they started dating, they were neighbors. She is last seen when she, after being shot by Chaz Montola, gives birth to their son, Hank Spencer Morgan, with Derek. The character was added to the series after Shemar Moore, who played Agent Morgan, suggested introducing a romantic interest for his character.
Spencer Reed - young genius department with an IQ of 187, can read 20,000 words per minute (it is mentioned that he can reread War and Peace in the original at breakfast) and has an eidetic memory. Probably the youngest person ever to work for the FBI. At the age of 12 he graduated from high school in Las Vegas, by the age of 24 he received three doctoral degrees: in mathematics, chemistry and engineering. He also holds a bachelor's degree in psychology, sociology and philosophy. Reid joined the FBI in 2004. He is always introduced as "Dr." Reid, as opposed to other agents who introduce themselves as "special agent". The purpose of this, as Hotch explained in the pilot episode, is to create a respectable first impression of Reed, as he may not be taken seriously due to his age. Most of the team members are intimidated by his deep and varied knowledge of everything. He is kind and likable. His genius surprises strangers. This is a person from whom you can sometimes find out more information than there is on the Internet. He has a peculiar mindset that not everyone will understand.
For him, work is everything. He devoted himself entirely to saving people. Reed is withdrawn, autistic, during his time in the department he was kidnapped, severely beaten, survived drug addiction, almost died from anthrax, was injured. Has a mother with schizophrenia. Reid himself placed her in a psychiatric clinic in Las Vegas and now writes letters to her every day. He is the godfather of JJ Henry's son. The department treats him like a child. In the eighth season, he falls in love with a girl named Maeve, who is a geneticist and whom Reed had never met before her kidnapping. The kidnapper kills Maeve. Reed closes in on himself for a couple of weeks because of this. He does not answer the calls of colleagues and does not leave the house, he comes to his senses for a very long time.
Matthew Gubler has achieved considerable success in the modeling field, but his true soul lay in a slightly different matter - Gubler dreamed of working in the film industry. His dream came true - he became famous both as an actor and as a director.
Actor, director, photographer, artist and model. He is best known for his role as Spencer Reid on the television show Criminal Minds.
Gubler was born in Las Vegas, Nevada (Las Vegas, Nevada), in the family of Marilyn Kelch (Marilyn Kelch) and John Gubler (John Gubler). At the Las Vegas Academy International Studies(Las Vegas Academy of International Studies) Gubler studied acting; initially he planned to specialize in cinematography, but such a specialty in educational institution it just wasn't. Gubler managed to study the filmmaker only at the School of Arts at New York University (New York University); Here his main specialty was directing. It is also known that for some time Gubler studied at the University of California (University of California) in Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz).
Back in New York, Gubler caught the eye of a representative modeling agency; for some time Matthew worked with the agency "DNA Model Management" - for "Tommy Hilfiger", "Marc Jacobs", "Burberry" and "American Eagle".
Shortly after starting modeling, Gubler got a job as an intern in the team of Wes Anderson (Wes Anderson); It was Anderson who convinced Gubler to try his hand at an audition for The Life Aquatic. In this film, Gubler got a role not very significant - however, it was the shooting in this picture that opened the way for him in "Criminal Minds".
In 2006, Matthew played a small role in the film "RV"; in 2007, the actor kindly provided his voice to one of the chipmunks (Simon) in the film "Alvin and the Chipmunks" ("Alvin and the Chipmunks"). To the role of Simon Gubler returned twice more - in 2009, in "Alvin and the Chipmunks 2" ("Alvin and the Chipmunks 2" ("Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel") and in 2011, in "Alvin and the Chipmunks 3" (" Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked"). Gubler's voice also spoke to one of the characters in Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Ghost Dinosaur" ("Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur"). Many viewers remember Matthew's portrayal of Bart, the protagonist of "How to Be a Serial Killer" and Paul played by him. from "500 Days of Summer" ("(500) Days of Summer").
As a filmmaker, Gubler first tried his hand while working on "Life Aquatic" - he made his own documentary, in which he talked about filming from the position of an intern. This film turned out to be quite successful and was later even added to the list of additional materials of the collection DVD. Next, Gubler filmed (with himself in leading role) a series of parody documentaries"Matthew Gray Gubler: the Unauthorized Documentary"; these parodies were filmed mainly at the "Criminal Minds" site.
He acted as director Matthew Gubler and in the "Criminal Minds" itself - in total he directed 5 episodes of the series. The 18th episode of the 6th season of the show, "Lauren", was interesting primarily for the fact that in it one of the main actresses of the project, Paget Brewster, appeared for the last time on the screen. Brewster was friends with Gubler and beyond film set- and specifically asked that it was he who was entrusted with filming her "last" (as it was believed at that time) episode. In addition, Gubler acted as a director and co-producer of the video for the song "Don" t "Shoot Me Santa" by the American rock band "The Killers".
In 2009, Gubler seriously sprained her knee while dancing. The doctors had to do three surgeries, but even after that, Matthew was forced to use a cane for almost a year.
Gubler currently lives alternately in Los Angeles and New York.
Every day we communicate with a large number of people and, observing their behavior, sometimes we want to know what is going on in someone else's head. Most likely, the Russian special services have a special unit that studies this issue on professional level. However, there is no detailed information about this.
Satisfy your curiosity with Western series based on the investigation of the most cruel and sophisticated crimes. The Audience Choice Rating advises to pay attention to crime detective"Think like a criminal". Actors and roles, the plot and the filming process - read more about this in our review.
Who are profilers?
The writers and actors of Criminal Minds introduce viewers to profilers. This is a special department of the FBI, in which employees are engaged in the study of behavior and compiling psychological portraits criminals. The team of profilers is not engaged in a thorough study of the evidence, they work at the crime scene, trying to put themselves in the shoes of a mentally deranged person and predict his next action.
Each episode of the series is incredibly realistic. Serial killers, pedophiles and perverts, juvenile delinquents - embodying them on the screen, the talented actors of Criminal Minds keep the audience in suspense until the very end and leave a heavy aftertaste on the soul. Perhaps this is due to the realization that the detective script is very close to the usual crime chronicle.
Observing good ratings, CBS Corporation agreed to produce a spin-off "Criminal Minds: Behavior of a Suspect" (actors Forest Whitaker, Kirsten Vangsness, and others). However, the series lasted only one season (13 episodes) and was closed, original version, on the contrary, promised to renew for the eleventh season.
Jason Gideon
Founder of the Behavioral Analysis Unit. Gideon does not lead a team of profilers, but is their informal leader. Like a real mentor, he prefers to give subtle hints so that the students themselves find a way out.
Jason Gideon has a wild fantasy that has helped him think like a criminal more than once. A favorite technique in communicating with detainees is a provocation. Despite vast experience in solving the most serious crimes, a talented failure profiler takes too much to heart, prone to depression and nervous breakdowns.
Mandy Patinkin
The role was played by the winner of the Emmy and Tony awards, three-time Golden Globe nominee - American actor and singer Mandel Bruce Patinkin.
After the second season, the cast of Criminal Minds took the news of their colleague's departure with regret. However, participation in the project gave a new impetus to Patinkin's career - he replaced the FBI with the CIA. In 2011, Mandel Bruce began acting in the serial film "Motherland" as an experienced CIA officer.
Hotch
When Gideon stepped down from leading the profiler division, Aaron Hotchner, or simply Hotch, took his place. Work and execution of orders always come first for him. Unlike his mentor, Hotch is unflappable and perfectly keeps his emotions under control.
And devotion to the cause does not prevent him from controlling the morale of his colleagues as well. Aaron Hotchner worries about others, but at the same time he does not spare himself and works to the point of wear and tear - this approach greatly harms his personal life. The wife of the protagonist breaks down and leaves with their common son.
Thomas Gibson
The actors of "Criminal Minds" by the time filming began had already achieved some success in the profession. The career of Thomas Gibson (Hotch) began quite early - a nine-year-old boy performed with pleasure in children's theater. However, the real popularity came to Gibson along with the role of Dr. Neiland in the drama Chicago Hope (1994-1998).
The next important step for the actor was the project “Darma and Greg” and the nomination for the “Golden Globe”. Since 2005, he has been analyzing the behavior of maniacs and serial killers in the detective story Criminal Minds.
Derek Morgan
Lone rebel Derek Morgan is another member of the profiler team. Self-confident, short-tempered and does not recognize authority, which is why he often has quarrels with Aaron Hotchner.
Service in the Marine Corps, the Chicago Police Department and the sapper unit, a black belt in judo and hand-to-hand combat skills - the list of Morgan's talents is endless. Derek's potential is really great, but he himself does not see himself as a leader.
Shemar Moore
Many viewers have their favorites after watching Criminal Minds (Season 1). Actors and their screen characters came together as “two halves”, and some even found common features. For example, according to the plot, Derek Morgan is incredibly loving, and Shemar Moore did not even have to play anything.
The real fame Moore brought the soap opera "The Young and the Restless", in which he starred for more than ten years. At the same time, the dark-skinned handsome man led the Soul Train music program.
Interestingly, after participating in the Young and the Restless project, Shemar was not going to sign such long-term contracts. We don’t know how the producers of Criminal Minds persuaded Moore, but for ten seasons, viewers have been enjoying watching the work of Derek Morgan.
Spencer Reed
Dr. Reed - this is how they introduce another profiler to strangers to add a little solidity to him. Really, young man not always taken seriously, but in vain. Spencer Reed, at twenty-seven, has three doctorates: engineering, physics, and mathematics. Absolute memory allows him to store a huge amount of information in his head, an incredible and IQ of 187 - this scares even Reed's colleagues a little, but they gradually get used to oddities.
Like other geniuses, Spencer Reed is hard to socialize. In addition, his mother is in a psychiatric hospital, and the doctor is afraid of awakening schizophrenia in himself. It is for this reason that a young man has been fond of the exact sciences since childhood, and not creativity, which can become a catalyst for illness.
The cast of Criminal Minds admit that the harmless Spencer has had the most misfortune. Dr. Reed was severely beaten, kidnapped, infected with anthrax and addicted to drugs.
Before joining the CBS channel project (Spencer Reed), he tried his hand at design, sometimes acted in films and modeled for Louis Vuitton, Burberry and Marc Jacobs shows.
Penelope Garcia
It would be wrong to say that Hotch's team managed on their own. To develop the plot, the writers came up with new characters in Criminal Minds (Season 2). The actors adopted Kirsten Vangsness, who played the role of Penelope Garcia, into their family.
"Queen information technologies”- this charming young lady deserves such a title. An incredibly talented hacker and analyst - without Penelope's help, the profiler team wouldn't be as efficient. Despite all the horrors that she has to face, the girl remains optimistic and makes even the stern Hotch smile.
Garcia also has a special relationship with the rebel Derek Morgan. Comic flirting, however, for all seasons has not developed into serious feelings. It is the coquetry and emotionality of Penelope that dilute hard everyday life profilers.
With the personal life of a computer genius, too, not everything is going smoothly. An affair with an FBI agent from another unit promised good prospects, but it turns out that Garcia does not want to get married at all.
Dr. Spencer Reed is a genius with an IQ of 187 and can read 20,000 words per minute with an eidetic memory. He is the youngest member of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, has 2 BAs and 3 PhDs, and specializes in statistics and geographic profiling.
Development
Reid was born in 1981 and is a genius and self-taught who graduated from Las Vegas Public High School at age 12. He has an IQ of 187, an eidetic memory, and can read 20,000 words per minute (the average American adult reads a prose text at 250 to 300 words per minute). He holds a B.A.s in Psychology and Sociology, a Ph.D. in Chemistry and Engineering, as well as a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology.
Reid is 23 in the pilot episode, having joined the unit when he was 22. His fellow team members almost always introduce him as Dr. Reed. In the first season, Hotch reveals that Gideon insists on presenting him as Dr. Reed because Gideon is afraid that, due to his age, Reed will not be taken seriously as an FBI agent. This has been a genuine concern, both for the in-universe and for audience acceptance, ever since real life The minimum age to become an FBI Special Agent is 23, with at least three more years to gain Supervisory Special Agent status, and appointments to the BAU usually do not occur until after at least eight to ten years in the FBI. While filming the pilot, the show's FBI consultant informed Matthew Gray Gubler that there was nothing realistic about his character.
Before Gubler was cast in the role, the character was envisioned as more like Data from Star Trek. However, the producers liked Gabler's softer interpretation, despite telling the actor he was wrong for the part. After several reviews, he was hired.
During October 2012, series creator Jeff Davis tweeted that Reed was originally supposed to be bisexual, but the network shut down the idea with a fourth episode when Reed develops a crush on his co-star, Jennifer "JJ" Jaro.
Individuality
As is typical of people with Asperger's Syndrome, Reed is socially awkward. He often fixates on things (prompting Morgan and other team members to have to tell him to be quiet) and skips social cues from time to time (for example, unconsciously changing the subject). The Unknown Subject ("UnSub") in "Broken Mirror" notes this, and Gabler stated in an interview in the show's second season, "[Reed] is an eccentric genius, with hints of schizophrenia and mild autism, Asperger's Syndrome. Reid is 30 years old with three Ph. D.s and everyone can't usually achieve this without some form of autism." Writer Sharon Lee Watson stated in a Twitter conversation that Asperger Reed's traits make the character more attractive.
Gubler commented on the differences between Reid and the equally oddball Penelope Garcia character: "She represents everything he's not, she's very technology oriented, and I'd like to suggest that he's more like 1920s smart, books and reading etc." etc." Kirsten Vangsness agreed, adding that Garcia is more extroverted and emotionally available, while Reid struggles with his emotions. Reed is a technophobe, using none Email, no new iPads. Gubler tweeted that Reid is also germaphobic. In general, Reed dislikes shaking hands and shows adverse reactions when touched by strangers. It is speculated the character may also have a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder, especially from the scene in "Out of the Light" where Derek Morgan slightly moves the point into the house of an UnSub afflicted with OCD and Reid immediately puts him back into his previous spot.
reed - good reader maps, and therefore does geographic profiling and map-related activities for the team. He also has a talent with words and is the team's go-to linguistic profiler as well as their informal conversation analyst. He is rarely seen driving - one time when Morgan hands him the keys, JJ and Emily exchange frightened expressions - but in "lo-fi" he is seen walking towards the driver of a vehicle and even driving the same vehicle in one scene , as well as driving to Gideon's cabin in "In the Name and Blood". However, he is usually seen as a back seat passenger during car scenes, and he gets to work using the Subway, and presumably VRE.
Main storylines
background
Spencer Reid was born in Las Vegas, Nevada to William Reid, a lawyer, and Diana Reid, former teacher literature of the 15th century. Diana is also a paranoid schizophrenic who went off her medication during her pregnancy. Reed and his mother have a very close bond, despite her condition.
At age four, Spencer was approached by a man, Gary Michaels, while playing chess in a local park. Although Spencer was unharmed, Diana insisted on a family move because she believed her son was in danger. Shortly thereafter, Spencer's six-year-old neighbor, Riley Jenkins, was sexually assaulted and killed. Diana told Lou Jenkins, Riley's father, about the park incident. Diana then followed Jenkins and witnessed him beat Michaels to death with a baseball bat, getting blood on her clothes in the process. To protect his wife, William burned Diana's clothes, which Spencer inadvertently witnessed. Jenkins escaped arrest because Michaels "disappeared", and because he had a criminal history as a sexual predator, the police had a hard time not looking into the case. Several years later, Reid begins to have nightmares about the incident, initially leading him to believe that his own father was Riley's killer. Rossi and Morgan help him investigate. After undergoing hypnosis to regain his memories, Reed mistakenly believes he saw his father burning Riley's clothes, not Diana's. He pursues his father as a suspect, even after it becomes clear that Michaels is the more likely culprit. Michaels' body is found and DNA confirms that Lou Jenkins was his killer, who is arrested. While Reed is interviewing Jenkins, demanding to know how his father was involved, his parents interrupt and confess their son to the whole story.
In the father of ten-year-old Reid left the family. The Michaels incident had already begun a rift, and while Diana's mental state continued to deteriorate due to her paranoid schizophrenia, William left, refusing to take Spencer with him. He moved ten miles away, and never contacted his son. Reed learns his father's address from Lou Jenkins seventeen years later, as well as the fact that his father never changed jobs. William later states the reason he never returned is because he was too ashamed, and felt too much time went by for him to re-enter Reid's life, although he did keep electronic accounts on his son. When his father was leaving, young Spencer tried to convince him to stay by using the statistic that children of parents who stay together get more education. This angered William: "We are not statistics." Reed states that one way he got revenge on his father is to collect more educational degrees.
Due to his young age and genius IQ, Reid was the victim of severe bullying in high school. In "The Elephant's Memory", he recounts one incident where he was stripped naked and tied to the goal post in front of other students, remaining there for hours. In "L.D.S.K.", Hotchner is forced to kick Reed to allow him access to a weapon to shoot the suspect. When Hoch says he's sorry if he hurt him, Reid points out that he was a child prodigy in Las Vegas high school and tells Hoch, "You kick like a nine-year-old girl." Reed's social standing as a child increased when he began winning games as the coach of his high school's basketball team, using statistics to break opponents' shooting strategies.
At the age of twelve, Reid graduated from high school. He visited California Institute of Technology where he rode his bike to classes. He received his bachelor's degree at sixteen and received his first doctorate (in Mathematics) the following year. It was also stated that he attended MIT, but the writer of the episode, Bryn Frazier, admitted the MIT line was a mistake, although this has not yet been corrected on screen. Yale University was "Reed's security school". Between the ages of 17 and 21, he completed two more doctorates (Chemistry and Engineering), and two more Bachelor's degrees (psychology and sociology).
When Reed was eighteen years old, he realized that his mother's condition worsened to the point where she could no longer take care of herself and had her committed inadvertently to a psychiatric institution, the Bennington Sanitarium. Diana still resides in the same institution, and Reed says he sends her letters every day, partly because of the guilt he feels for not visiting her. He worries about the fact that his mother's illness can be passed on genetically; message to Morgan: "I know what it's like to be afraid of your own mind."
Reed currently resides in an apartment in the District of Columbia, possibly near the Van Cape-UDC Metro stop.
Unit of analysis at the behavioral level
Reid joined the FBI either at the age of 21 or 22, depending on what age he entered the FBI Academy. While there was "no psychological exam or test the FBI could put in front of him, he couldn't do well in an hour", he did struggle with the more physical aspects of training, and eventually received waivers for those requirements. Even after a year in the field, Reed still struggles to pass on his weapons qualifications. He is often left behind during showdowns, never gave chase and jokes that it's Morgan's job to kick doors out. This does not bother the crew because while he has shown the ability to physically disarm non-submarines, his true talent psychologically disarms them, as well as his ability to solve cases behind the scenes.
Profiling is the only profession Reid is considered for, and he was groomed specifically for the BAU. After graduation from the Academy, he was placed at the BAU at age 22 and given the title of Supervisory Special Agent. His first event in the area was the Blue Ridge Throttle.
Gideon is Reed's closest confidante on the team during the first two seasons, and often serves as Reed's mentor. Gideon's departure affects Reid deeply. He tries to play all possible chess moves to understand.
Reed is close to JJ, Morgan and Emily Prentiss. JJ asks him to be godfather to her newborn son Henry and is the only one on the team who calls him "The Pantry". This is implied in Simple View that Reid may have a little crush on JJ and Gideon even prods him to ask to come out JJ after giving him Washington Redskins football tickets for his birthday, but nothing comes from him and they continue their brother-sister relationship. However, Reed is very protective of her, and often blames himself if she is hurt; even if there was nothing he could have done to prevent it. At 7x14 (Closing Time), after she arrests an unsub but is hurt in the process, Spencer is seen counting her injuries as she sits in the ambulance and tells the paramedic that she is about to get a CT scan. He also shares a brotherly friendship with Derek Morgan. In season seven, he is handy enough to start a prank war with him, something he would probably never do with anyone else, and he occasionally confides his secrets to Morgan. It is suggested in the episode "Epilogue" that Reed told Derek details about what Tobias Gankel did to him when he makes a remark about seeing the afterlife before Tobias saved him. Morgan looks surprised and says "You never told me that." In the episode, "Memory of an Elephant", when approached by a fully armed Owen Savage, the Unsub that Reed identifies with, Reed gives Prentiss his weapon and trusts her enough to back him up and not shoot Owen as he tries to shout Owen down. Although not shown, it is implied that Reed and Prentiss spend time together outside of work heavily, along with the train ride home together when they return from occasions. Prentiss is the only one who has beat Reed at poker, even correcting his statistic about her particular poker move. Reid and Prentiss are being held hostage by a cult led by Benjamin Cyrus (portrayed by Luke Perry). Although he is not injured, Reed struggles with guilt over "permitting" Prentiss' beating at Cyrus's hands in "Minimum Loss".
Reed becomes infected with anthrax during an outbreak in Maryland and is later shot in the leg protecting a doctor whose life is being threatened.
During "Corazon", Reed begins to suffer from severe headaches and hallucinations. He goes to see a doctor to find out the source of his headaches, but the doctor says there is no physical cause for his headaches and they may be psychosomatic. Reed refuses to believe this, fearful that he may be suffering from the same illness as his mother. Not mentioned again until "Codes" when he is seen once again wearing Sunglasses and carries a book on migraines. In the same episode, Reed bonds with a young autistic boy, Sammy Sparks. The cut line from the episode has Rossi stating that Sammy and Reed are two of the most exciting minds he's ever encountered. In the episode "Valhalla", Reed tells Prentiss about his headaches. By that time, Reed had gone to several doctors, but no one had been able to diagnose what was wrong with him. He tells Prentiss that he has not told any of the team members because he is afraid they will "treat him like a child".
In "Lauren", it is Reid and Garcia who react most strongly to the news of Emily's death. Reed's reaction is to run out of room and he ends up sobbing into JJ's shoulder, telling her that he "never got a chance to say goodbye". In season seven, when Emily returns and Reed discovers Hoch and JJ faked her death, he is upset, especially with JJ. He tells her that he feels betrayed because he has come to her house "for 10 straight weeks, mourning the loss of a friend" and "not once did you have the decency to tell me the truth." She doesn't say anything. He asks J.J. "what if" he started using Dilaudid again after Emily "died"..
IN " True Genius Reid questions his reasons for being in the BAU and wonders if he should be doing more with his "genius". This is caused by unsub sending him taunting messages and challenging Reed to find him. In this episode, he also reveals that the team missed his 30th birthday. At the end of the episode, the teams throw him a mini birthday party.
Addiction
Being
Kidnapped by the multi-faceted serial killer, Tobias Gankel (James Van Der Beek), Reid is tortured and drugged over the course of two days in "Revelations". This leads him to develop an addiction to the narcotic painkiller Dilaudid. While members of the BAU team have their suspicions about Spencer's addiction, none of them confront him about it. An old friend of Reed's in New Orleans also knows that Reed is suffering from "problems" at the Jones.
Reed gets clean and accompanies a support group meeting for drug addicts in law enforcement at "The Elephant's Memory", in which he admits to struggle with cravings as well as traumatic memories, including a suspect's young adult shooting death in his presence. When he gets anthrax in "Boosts", he doesn't want to take any pain medication. Memories of his torture under Gunkel later allow him to sympathize with the other victims.
Shorunner Erica Messer stated that the writers considered having a reprise of Reed and the abuse of starting Dilaudid again. However, it was confirmed that Reed would not relapse and that he would be wiser about it.
Personal life
During the course of the show, Reid shows a lack of interest when interacting with women. The only three exceptions are Lila Archer, a young actress he is assigned to protect; Austin (Courtney Ford), the bartender he "woos" with magic tricks, showing her a sketch of a potential suspect; and Maeve, a geneticist he first met through correspondence, then later weekly phone calls. In "Memoriam", Reid is attacked by a prostitute in a Las Vegas casino, but he is oblivious to her intentions.
In "Someone's Watching", with a team on a case to protect a TV starlet, Reid saves Lila Archer (Amber Heard) from being damaged by a serial killer. Reed and Lila rekindle a short-lived romance, beginning when Lila pulls a fully clothed Reed into her pool for a kiss. At the end of the episode, they go their separate ways and Leela is not seen in any further episodes.
In another episode, Reed and Morgan are in a nightclub trying to find a serial killer who takes women away from nightclubs. Reid has trouble talking to women at these clubs, especially as he regurgitates facts about club-related deaths, but Morgan bails him out. Reed strikes up a conversation with the female bartender and proceeds to do a magic trick in which he appears to poke a pen through the police sketch's eye, but pulls it through, leaving the paper unscathed. She expresses interest in him and he gives her his calling card in case she hears something about the killer. Later, she sees the killer with another potential victim and deliberately spills her drink on the lady, separating her. The killer appears to disappear, and while the bartender goes outside to call Reid, he grabs her. The team responds quickly and rescues her before she is harmed. At the end of the episode, she and Reed are on the phone and he opens the package at his desk which contains the card he gave her - with a lipstick kiss on the back.
In "The God Complex", Reed starts calling the mysterious woman on the pay phone and they talk about his success with his headaches and sleep deprivation. It is shown that she is in danger and doesn't want anyone to know about her and Reed. While on an event in New Mexico, Alex Blake drops Reed off at a pay phone, unaware that he is going to call the mystery woman. Blake later returns and the question of his motivation. The two agents have a heated discussion and he tells her that the mysterious female geneticist he contacted about his headaches during season six, who he believes can help on the case. Thanks to her, they are able to find Unsub and rescue him. the last victim. At the end of the episode, Reed thanks her for her help and tells her that he and the BAU can help her with her situation. However, she refuses because she doesn't want him to hurt Reed. She finishes phone call telling him that she loves him. Left shaken and speechless, he starts walking towards his left, but then turns around and walks towards right side From him. Sometime after "The Lesson", Reed keeps calling his mystery woman and it is revealed that her name is Maeve (portrayed by Beth Risgraf). She tells Reed that her stalker could have gone and because of this, she wants to meet him. During an event in Arizona, Blake confronts him about the pay phone girl. Reed tells Blake that he's excited to meet her because he already believes she's the most beautiful girl in the world and he's afraid she won't like him because of his looks. Blake encourages him to date her. After Reed returns from the case, they plan to meet at a fancy restaurant until Reed sees what the man beholds in it. Thinking he is Maeve's stalker, Reid calls her to cancel while she is right outside. Spencer realizes that the man is not a stalker and Maeve has already left. The hostess gives him a bag that she left for him. It turns out to be the same book he was going to give her by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Inside, she wrote a quote by Thomas Merton; “Love is our true destiny. We do not consider the meaning of life to us alone. We find him with another."
In "Zugzwang", Reed discovers that Maeve has been kidnapped by her stalker. In the investigation he meets ex-fiance Maeve, the man he believed to be her stalker. Reid becomes more unhappy with the situation and discovers that her captor is not her ex-fiancé, but the man's girlfriend. Reed searches excessively to find her, and even offers to take her place. He discovers that the stalker wants attention from him and to be seen as an equal. He gets a tip from a stalker leading him to her location where he tricks the unsub into believing he loves her. Reid finally comes face to face with Maeve during the situation and is able to briefly subdue the stalker, only to have her held Maeve at gunpoint. He once again offers to take Maeve's place, but unsub kills himself and Maeve in one shot.
Reed spends two weeks alone in his apartment after Maev's death. Teams constantly try to help him, but he refuses to open the door. While Reid stays at home, the teams travel to another event. They call him for help several times before he joins the team in person. Once the case is full, Reed asks Morgan, Penelope, and JJ to help clean their apartment. He takes John Smith's Tale (given to him by Maeve) with a quote from Thomas Merton and puts it on the bookshelf.
In the months following, Reed throws himself into his job when he is unable to sleep due to a recurring dream where Maeve asks him to dance with her but forces himself to wake up before he can answer. By the end of Alchemy, Reed is able to complete the dream by accepting Maeve's request to dance with her. In "Inspiration", Reed admits that, had Maev not died, he may have had children. In the season nine finale, it is revealed that he still carries a copy of "John Smith's Tale" in his bag.
