Biography
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. After appearing in the "Mad Max" and "Lethal Weapon" series, Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning "Braveheart" (1995). In 2004, he directed and produced "The Passion of the Christ," a controversial yet successful film portraying the last hours in the life of Jesus Christ.
Filmography (37)
Hunting Season
as Bowdrie
On the Line
as Elvis Cooney
Father Stu
as Bill Long
Boss Level
as Colonel Clive Ventor
Fatman
as Chris
Force of Nature
as Ray
The Professor and the Madman
as James Murray
Dragged Across Concrete
as Brett Ridgeman
Daddy's Home 2
as Kurt
Blood Father
as John Link
The Expendables 3
as Conrad Stonebanks
Machete Kills
as Luther Voz
Get the Gringo
as Driver
The Beaver
as Walter Black
Edge of Darkness
as Craven
Signs
as Graham Hess
We Were Soldiers
as Lt. Col. Hal Moore
What Women Want
as Nick Marshall
The Patriot
as Benjamin Martin
Chicken Run
as Rocky (voice)
Payback
as Porter
Lethal Weapon 4
as Martin Riggs
Conspiracy Theory
as Jerry Fletcher
Ransom
as Tom Mullen
Pocahontas
as John Smith (voice)
Braveheart
as William Wallace
Maverick
as Bret Maverick
The Man Without a Face
as Justin McLeod
Forever Young
as Capt. Daniel McCormick
Lethal Weapon 3
as Martin Riggs
Air America
as Gene Ryack
Bird on a Wire
as Richard 'Rick' Jarmin
Mrs. Soffel
as Ed Biddle
The Bounty
as Fletcher Christian
The Year of Living Dangerously
as Guy Hamilton
Gallipoli
as Frank Dunne
Mad Max
as Max Rockatansky