Mel Gibson
American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (born 1956) · United States · Actors · also Ireland
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Something wrong?He rode the Mad Max wasteland to stardom, then pivoted behind the camera to win Oscars for Braveheart. A decade later, The Passion of the Christ became one of the highest-grossing films ever made and ignited a cultural firestorm.
A life in dates
Flight RiskFilm, Director, Producer2023
The Continental: From the World of John WickSeries, Cormac O'Connor2022
BanditFilm, Tommy2020
Force of NatureFilm, Ray2016
Blood FatherFilm, John Link2015
Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSeries2013
Machete KillsFilm, Voz2011
The BeaverFilm, Walter Black2007
The Graham Norton ShowSeries2006“If you're going to wear three hats, you'd better grow two more heads.”In their words24 December 2006On his involvement in Braveheart (1995) as actor, director and producer. Cited in The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois; December 24, 2006), p.63.“The precursors to a civilization that’s going under are the same, time and time again. … What's human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?”In their words25 September 2006 article
ApocalyptoFilm, 2006Director, Writer2004“[On the number of victims in the Holocaust] I mean when the war was over they said it was 12 million. Then it was six. Now it’s four.”In their wordsPreviously unpublished extracts from a Reader's Digest interview with Peggy Noonan (c. 2004) reproduced in "Mel Gibson: Holocaust a“I don't feel like I want to get in front of a camera any more. I like getting, you know, just being a slob behind a camera and watching other people look good.”In their wordsFebruary 2004Primetime interview with Diane Sawyer, February 2004.2003
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSeries2000
Chicken RunFilm, Rocky (voice)1998
Lethal Weapon 4Film, Martin Riggs1997Honorary Officer of the Order of AustraliaAward1996Academy Award for Best DirectorAwardAcademy Award for Best PictureAwardGolden Globe Award for Best DirectorAward
TFI FridaySeries, 1996
RansomFilm, 1996Tom Mullen1994
MaverickFilm, Bret Maverick1991“I became an actor despite that. But with this look, who's going to think I'm gay? It would be hard to take me for someone like that. Do I sound like a homosexual?”In their wordsDecember 1991Discussing the perception that many actors are gay in an interview with El Pais magazine, December 1991.1989
Lethal Weapon 2Film, Martin Riggs1988
Yo! MTV RapsSeries1985
Mad Max Beyond ThunderdomeFilm, Max Rockatansky1984“Hey, I'm for love, not war. How about we have a beer?”In their wordsAn intoxicated Gibson to the infuriated driver he had just rear ended in Toronto. In 1984 he pleaded guilty to drunk driving and was fined1981
Wetten, dass..?Series1979
Mad MaxFilm, Max Rockatansky1975
Saturday Night LiveSeries1971Film '72Series1956Born3 January 1956Also in Deutsch
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Gibson in 1985
Gibson in 1990 at an Air America premiere
Gibson with Expendables co-star Sylvester Stallone (background) in 2014
Gibson in 2007
Gibson (right) on the set of Braveheart
Gibson with Jodie Foster at the premiere of The Beaver at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
Gibson and Moore at the 60th Academy Awards in 1988In their own words 10
, If you're going to wear three hats, you'd better grow two more heads.
The precursors to a civilization that’s going under are the same, time and time again. … What's human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?
[On the number of victims in the Holocaust] I mean when the war was over they said it was 12 million. Then it was six. Now it’s four.
Filmography 40
FRFlight Risk
HSHunting Season
SFSound of Freedom
FSFather StuBABandit
BLBoss LevelFNForce of Nature
DCDragged Across Concrete
DHDaddy's Home 2
HRHacksaw RidgeBFBlood Father
TEThe Expendables 3
SAStonehearst AsylumMKMachete Kills
GGGet the GringoTBThe Beaver
EDEdge of DarknessAPApocalypto
TCThe Passion of the Christ
WSWe Were Soldiers
SISignsCRChicken Run
WWWhat Women Want
TPThe Patriot
PAPaybackLWLethal Weapon 4
CTConspiracy Theory
OSOne Eight SevenRARansom
BRBraveheart
CACasper
POPocahontasMAMaverick
LWLethal Weapon 3
BWBird on a WireLWLethal Weapon 2
LWLethal WeaponMTMad Max Beyond Thunderdome
MMMad Max 2MMMad Max188 credits on file
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TWThe Continental: From the World of John Wick
CLClint Eastwood: A Cinematic LegacyCRClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TSThe Jay Leno ShowTSThe Graham Norton Show
CSComplete Savages
CLClubhouseTSThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
PAParkinson
THThe Magic HourTFTFI Friday
TSThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
TLThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
HLHBO First Look
TSThe SimpsonsYRYo! MTV Raps
WOWoganWDWetten, dass..?
TSThe SullivansSLSaturday Night Live
SCSpécial cinéma
TCThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TOThe OscarsAwards
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Born in Peekskill, New York, on January 3, 1956, Gibson moved to Sydney at 12 and trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where he played Romeo opposite Judy Davis. Max Rockatansky in Mad Max and Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon made him an action fixture through the 1980s and '90s; Peter Weir's Gallipoli earned him a Best Actor award in Australia. In 1995 he produced, directed, and starred in Braveheart, taking home the Golden Globe and two Oscars - Best Director and Best Picture. The Passion of the Christ followed in 2004, a biblical epic that became a box-office juggernaut and a lightning rod. After legal troubles and leaked recordings tanked his Hollywood standing, he spent years in the margins, surfacing in Edge of Darkness and The Beaver. Hacksaw Ridge, released in 2016 after a ten-year directing hiatus, won two Academy Awards and marked his return.
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