Born in Leonardtown, Maryland, Al Gough graduated from St. Mary's Ryken High School (1985) and The Catholic University of America (1989).

Gough attended The Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California where he teamed up with his writing partner Miles Millar.

Along with Millar, Gough also produced Hannah Montana: The Movie, based on the smash hit Disney Channel teen sitcom series of the same name.

Gough and Miles Milar created and served as executive producers/showrunners for the critically acclaimed and Superman-based action-adventure hit series Smallville, which aired from October 16, 2001 to May 13, 2011.

Smallville is the longest-running comic book-based series of all time and was the top show in the history of the WB Television Network.

Gough and Millar left the series in 2008, after seven seasons, breaking the news of their departure with an open letter posted to a Smallville fan site.

In June 2015, Gough and Millar began production of Into the Badlands a series the company created for AMC Networks.

The martial arts drama was set in a gun free post apocalyptic America where warring barons had personal armies of lethally trained fighters.

The series starred Daniel Wu, Marton Csokas, Emily Beecham, Aramis Knight and Orla Brady.

The series was created by Millar and Gough, but Tim Burton teamed with the duo as an executive producer and directed the first four episodes.

Gough and Millar signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures in April 2024 to develop films through the Millar/Gough Ink banner.