How Matthew Gray Gubler Went Back To The Drawing Board For ‘Einstein’
Matthew Gray Gubler stars as Lewis Einstein in CBS’s new series *Einstein*, playing the physicist’s great-grandson, a comfortable professor who helps police solve cases after a brush with the law. As a producer, Gubler also designed and animated the title sequence and contributed drawings used by Lewis to work through clues, helping shape a series that matters as a lighter, more playful mystery role for him.
Gubler says Lewis is carefree and focused on spreading joy, unlike the cautious and burdened Spencer Reid he played on *Criminal Minds*. The show’s mysteries are lighthearted, and Lewis is afraid of dead bodies, which Gubler says helps keep them from becoming gory. Andy Breckman first pitched the series eight years ago; CBS later revived it, and the female lead changed from Rosa Salazar to Melissa Fumero after a delay.
- Gubler stars as a professor who helps police solve cases.
- He designed the title sequence and supplied drawings for clues.
- He describes the series as a lighter mystery than *Criminal Minds*.
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Albert Einstein was a physicist whose ideas changed how scientists understand space, time and energy. The series centres on his fictional great-grandson Lewis, a university professor who becomes involved in police investigations.
Matthew Gray Gubler is an actor best known for playing FBI agent Spencer Reid in the crime drama Criminal Minds. In Einstein, he plays Lewis and also contributes artwork to the show; actor Melissa Fumero plays the female lead. The series combines crime mysteries with a lighter tone, giving Gubler a different kind of role from Reid.