Born in Leonardtown, Maryland, Gough graduated from St. Mary's Ryken High School (1985) and The Catholic University of America (1989). He is a graduate from the USC School of Cinematic Arts under the Peter Stark Producing Program.
Among his other films, Gough co-wrote Spider-Man 2 and Herbie: Fully Loaded.
He and frequent collaborator Miles Millar created Smallville, and he was, until 2008, one of the show's executive producers. He wrote several episodes for the first three seasons. Gough and Millar also created the Aquaman television pilot. On April 2, 2008, Gough along with his Smallville partner Miles Millar sent an open letter to a Smallville fansite that they were no longer producing and writing for the show.
