Born in Bakersfield, California and raised in the small Sierra Nevada town of Posey, Gordon fostered a creative spirit due to the natural solitude and beauty of his hometown surroundings. After attending a summer acting and directing program at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, UK, Gordon went on to obtain his M.F.A. from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, while working in regional theatre around the United States. He then moved to
Los Angeles in 2009. His first major film role was as the by-the-book Detective Lonergan in Mike Flanagan's horror film
Absentia, produced by FallBack Plan Productions (where Gordon was a founding partner). Since then, he has appeared in two other of Mike Flanagan's films:
Oculus (serving also as an Associate Producer) and
Before I Wake. == Painting ==