Spencer Reid

[Spencer Reid]

Full Name: Dr. Spencer Reid
Nickname: Spence (Only by JJ)
Age: 30
Job: FBI BAU Supervisory Special Agent
Current Home: District of Columbia -- near Van Ness
Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada
Birthday: October 9, 1981

Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Skin: Pale, Sunken Pallor
Height: 5' 8''
Blood Type: O+
Other: Genius, Eidetic Memory

Mother: Diane Reid
Father: William Reid
Sister(s): --
Brother(s): --
Cousin(s): Xan Clay
Aunt(s):--
Uncle(s): Daniel -deceased-
Other(s): Henry LaMontagne (Godson)
Child(ren): --
Spouse/Lover: None

Strengths/Likes: Classic Latin Literature, Eidetic Memory, IQ of 187
Weaknesses/Fears: Autistic Impairments, Doesn't Catch Culture Cue's,

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Family History: In Reid's youth, his father abandoned the family, ostensibly because he couldn't tolerate his wife Diana's paranoid schizophrenia. His father actually left because he couldn't bear all the stress of Diana's involvement in a murder when Spencer was a child.

While Reid was close to his mother growing up, and learned everything he knows from her, he nevertheless realized that the way she was living was unhealthy. When he was 18, he had his mother committed involuntarily to a psychiatric institution. Diana still resides in the same institution, and Reid has stated that he sends her letters every day, in part 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; he once told Morgan: "I know what it's like to be afraid of your own mind".

Personality: Reid has an obvious lack of talent when it comes to talking to women; there are very few times that he has actually interacted with a woman without being noticeably and obviously uncomfortable. The only two exceptions are Lila Archer, a young actress he was assigned to protect; and a bartender he wooed with magic tricks while showing her a sketch of a potential suspect, or "UnSub" (unidentified subject). A prostitute hits on Reid in a Las Vegas casino and he seems oblivious to her intentions. It is mentioned that Reid has been subject to the flirting of other prostitutes while searching for the suspect.

Childhood History: The Reids' neighbor, Mr. Jenkins, killed a man named Gary Michaels with a baseball bat because Michaels had sexually abused and murdered Jenkins' son, Riley, and Diana had seen the same man approach Spencer. After going to see what was happening, Diana witnessed the murder and got blood on her clothes, forcing Reid's father to burn her clothes to protect her. Reid is afraid of the dark because of the "inherent absence of light".

Reid was a victim of severe bullying in school. One instance being where he was stripped naked and tied to a goalpost in front of other students, remaining there for hours. Hotchner is forced to kick Reid in order to allow him access to a gun in order to shoot a suspect. When Hotch says he's sorry if he hurt him, Reid points out that he had been a child prodigy in a Las Vegas school and that Hotch kicked like a nine-year-old girl. Reid's social standing as a child increased when he started winning games as the coach of his high school's basketball team, by using statistics to break down the opposing teams' shooting strategies. He grew up learning nearly everything he knows from reading and listening to his mother (a college professor of 15th Century Literature).

Reid got his Mathematics doctorate when he was 17. He has attended both California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also stated that Yale University was his "safety school".