Wes Anderson Royal Tenenbaums" was nominated for an Academy Award and ranked by an "Empire" poll as the 159th greatest film ever made. Anderson's next feature was "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004) about a Jacques Cousteau-esque documentary filmmaker played by Bill Murray. It serves as a classic example of Anderson's style, but its critical reception was less favorable than his previous films, and its box office did not match the heights of "The Royal Tenenbaums". In September 2006, Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagen released a tongue-in-cheek "letter of intervention" for Anderson's artistic "malaise" following the disappointing commercial and
Matthew Gray Gubler Matthew Gray Gubler Matthew Gray Gubler (; born March 9, 1980) is an American actor, filmmaker, fashion model and painter. He is best known for his role as criminal profiler Dr. Spencer Reid in the CBS television show "Criminal Minds" (2005–present), of which he has also directed eleven episodes. Gubler has appeared in "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou", "(500) Days of Summer", "Life After Beth", "Suburban Gothic", "Newness", and as the voice of Simon in "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and its three sequels. Gubler was born on March 9, 1980, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the son of Marilyn (née