Gordon was born to a Reform Jewish family[1][2] in Queens, New York City and graduated from Roslyn High School.

Their Spenser work turned industry heads, and the pair joined the series Beauty and the Beast as staff writers, and were later named producers.

Gordon temporarily left 24 in the middle of the 2004 season to re-join Minear, this time as co-creator of another FOX series, The Inside.

[3] That same year, he was made partner with 24 creators Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran at Real Time Productions to develop projects, until the duo quit in 2008.

When NBC picked the project up to series status, Gordon added writer and showrunner to his occupational duties on the show.

[8] The pilot for Second Chance is based on a script written by Rand Ravich, who also worked as an executive producer on the series.

[9] In May 2021, Fox ordered an American adaptation of Accused, the International Emmy-winning British series and it was announced that Gordon would act as executive producer and show-runner.