Mel Gibson Biography

Birthday: 1956-01-03
Place of Birth: Peekskill, New York USA
Height: 5' 9¾" (1.77 m)
Wiki Biography: Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born on January 3, 1956, in Peekskill, New York, USA as the sixth of eleven children to parents Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Ann Gibson, who was born in Australia and died in December of 1990. Though born in the US, Mel and his family moved to New South Wales, Australia. After high school, Mel studied at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, performing at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts alongside future film thespians Judy Davis and Geoffrey Rush. After college, Mel had a few stints on stage and starred in a few TV shows. Eventually, he was chosen to star in Mad Max (1979) and in a movie called Tim (1979), co-starring Piper Laurie. The small budgeted movie Mad Max (1979) made him known worldwide, while Tim (1979) garnered him an award for Best Actor from the Australian Film Institute (equivalent to the Oscar). Later, he went on to star in Gallipoli (1981), which earned him a second award for Best Actor from the AFI. In 1980, he married Robyn Moore and had seven children. In 1984, Mel made his American debut in The Bounty (1984), which co-starred Anthony Hopkins. Then in 1987, Mel starred in what would become his signature series, Lethal Weapon (1987), in which he played "Martin Riggs". In 1990, he took on the interesting starring role in Hamlet (1990), which garnered him some critical praise. He also made the more endearing Forever Young (1992) and the somewhat disturbing The Man Without a Face (1993). 1995 brought his most famous role as "Sir William Wallace" in Braveheart (1995), for which he won two Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director. From there, he made such box office hits as The Patriot (2000), Ransom (1996), and Payback (1999/I). Today, Mel remains an international superstar mogul, continuously topping the Hollywood power lists as well as the Most Beautiful and Sexiest lists.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Maverick | Bret Maverick | 1959 - 1960 | Action |
Punishment | Rick Monroe | 1981 - 1981 | |
The River | Tom Garvey | 1984 | Drama |
Edge of Darkness | Thomas Craven | 1985 - 1985 | Crime |
Air America | Gene Ryack | 1998 - 1999 | Action |
Forever Young | Capt. Daniel McCormick | 2013 |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Edge of Darkness | Thomas Craven | 1943 | 0 |
Bird on a Wire | Rick Jarmin | 1974 | 0 |
Summer City | 1977 | 0 | |
Mad Max | Mad Max Rockatansky | 1979 | 0, Game Show |
Gallipoli | Frank Dunne | 1981 | Adventure, Drama, History |
Attack Force Z | 1982 | Romance, 0, 0 | |
The Year of Living Dangerously | Guy Hamilton | 1982 | Biography, Romance |
The Bounty | Fletcher Christian | 1984 | |
The River | Tom Garvey | 1984 | Drama |
Mrs. Soffel | Ed Biddle | 1984 | Drama, Romance |
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | Mad Max Rockatansky | 1985 | Action, Adventure |
The Patriot | Benjamin Martin | 1986 | 0 |
Lethal Weapon | Martin Riggs | 1987 | Action, Crime, Thriller |
Tequila Sunrise | Dale 'Mac' McKussic | 1988 | Comedy, Biography, Game Show, 0 |
Lethal Weapon 2 | Martin Riggs | 1989 | 0, 0, Comedy |
Air America | Gene Ryack | 1990 | 0, 0 |
Hamlet | Hamlet | 1991 | Drama, Romance |
Lethal Weapon 3 | Martin Riggs | 1992 | Game Show, Comedy, 0 |
Forever Young | Capt. Daniel McCormick | 1992 | Adventure, Comedy, Romance |
The Man Without a Face | Justin McLeod | 1993 | Drama |
Maverick | Bret Maverick | 1994 | 0, 0, 0 |
Pocahontas | John Smith | 1995 | Animation, Adventure, Drama |
Ransom! | Tom Mullen | 1996 | Crime, Thriller |
Ransom | Tom Mullen | 1996 | Crime, Thriller |
Conspiracy Theory | Jerry Fletcher | 1997 | Action, Crime, Mystery |
Lethal Weapon 4 | Martin Riggs | 1998 | Action, Crime, Thriller |
Payback | Porter | 1999 | |
What Women Want | Nick Marshall | 2000 | Biography, 0 |
The Million Dollar Hotel | Detective Skinner | 2000 | 0 |
Chicken Run | Rocky | 2000 | Animation, Family, Comedy |
We Were Soldiers | Lt. Col. Hal Moore | 2002 | Romance, 0, 0, 0 |
Signs | Rev. Graham Hess | 2002 | Drama, Mystery, Sci Fi |
The Singing Detective | Dr. Gibbon | 2003 | Comedy, Crime, Musical |
Protocols of Zion | 2005 | Documentary | |
Who Killed the Electric Car? | 2006 | ||
The Beaver | Walter Black | 2011 | |
Get the Gringo | Driver | 2012 | Action, Crime, Drama |
Machete Kills | Luther Voz | 2013 | Action, Crime, Thriller |
Mad Max: Fury Road | Drifter | 2015 | Game Show, Sport |
Blood Father | John Link | 2016 | Action, Thriller |