Although Matthew Gray Gubler didn't come back for the , he will always be loved for his intelligent character Dr. Spencer Reid. The and has a net worth of $10 million now, according to Celebrity Net Worth. While every episode of the CBS show feels similar, thanks to the formula of procedurals, Gubler's acting sets the show apart.

When Matthew Gray Gubler was just beginning his days playing Dr. Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds, he learned that he had an awful health condition.

It's surprising to hear about because it's not a disease that people talk about often. What happened to the beloved actor?

What Health Issue Did Criminal Minds Star Matthew Gray Gubler Suffer From?

Fans can find to enjoy. But for many, there was nothing like the procedural series. And Mathew Gray Gubler's performance as Dr. Spencer Reid was always fascinating to watch. The actor played this character from 2005 to 2020.

And fans might not know that he actually had a terrible health condition when the show was just starting out.

. The actor appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and explained a bit more about what this disease was like.

The actor said, "I've never had shingles. I've had weird other things like shingles..."

He continued, "I had a weird thing called achalasia. It's a weird thing where your throat won't open... For 26 days, I couldn't swallow anything. I had to lick butter to sort of stay alive."

According to the actor's Criminal Minds Wiki Fandom page, he had achalasia at the beginning of Criminal Minds. It must have been awful to have trouble swallowing food while being a working actor.

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