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.
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Popularity119
Credits6.5
Rating45.8M
Budget180M
RevenueActing
Primarily2027 The Resurrection of the Christ: Part Two Director, Producer, Writer
2027 The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One Writer, Director, Producer
2025 Hunting Season as Bowdrie
2025 Gracie as Self
2025 The Canyon
2025 Every Other Weekend
2025 Mister
2025 Flight Risk Director, Producer
2024 Monster Summer as Gene Carruthers
2024 Boneyard as Agent Petrovick
2023 Desperation Road as Mitchell Gaines
2023 The Continental: From the World of John Wick as Cormac O'Connor
2023 Sound of Freedom Executive Producer
2023 Confidential Informant as Kevin Hickey
2022 On the Line as Elvis Cooney Executive Producer
2022 Bandit as Tommy
2022 Mel Gibson: A Tormented Soul as Self (archive footage)
2022 Hot Seat as Wallace Reed
2022 Father Stu as Bill Long
2022 Agent Game as Olsen
2022 Panama as Stark
2022 Last Looks as Alastair Pinch
2021 Dangerous as Dr. Alderwood
2021 Boss Level as Colonel Clive Ventor
2020 Fatman as Chris
2020 Force of Nature as Ray
2019 The Professor and the Madman as James Murray Producer
2019 Dragged Across Concrete as Brett Ridgeman
2018 Air Strike Creative Producer
2017 Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies as Self
2017 Daddy's Home 2 as Kurt
2017 Steve McQueen: American Icon as Self
2017 The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge' as Self
2016 Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior' as Self
2016 Hacksaw Ridge Director
2016 Blood Father as John Link
2015 The Madness of Max as Self
2014 The Making of The Expendables 3 as Self
2014 Stonehearst Asylum Producer
2014 The Expendables 3 as Conrad Stonebanks
2013 Machete Kills as Luther Voz
2013 Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
2012 Casting By as Self
2012 Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' as Self
2012 Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self (archive footage)
2012 Get the Gringo as Driver Producer, Writer
2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2011 Discovering Hamlet as Hamlet (archive footage)
2011 The Beaver as Walter Black
2010 Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon as Self (archive footage)
2010 Edge of Darkness as Craven
2008 Another Day In Paradise Producer
2008 The Last Trimate as Narrator
2007 Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart' as Self
2006 Apocalypto Director, Producer, Writer
2006 Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man Producer
2006 Payback: Straight Up as Porter
2006 Who Killed the Electric Car? as Self
2004 Paparazzi as Anger Management Therapy Patient (uncredited) Producer
2004 Evel Knievel Executive Producer
2004 The Passion of the Christ Director, Producer, Screenplay
2004 The Big Question as Self
2003 The Singing Detective as Dr. Gibbon Producer
2003 Declaration of Independence as Self
2003 Making 'Signs' as Self / Rev. Graham Hess
2002 We Were Soldiers: Getting It Right as Self
2002 Signs as Graham Hess
2002 We Were Soldiers as Lt. Col. Hal Moore
2001 Invincible Executive Producer
2000 What Women Want as Nick Marshall
2000 The Patriot: The Art of War as Self
2000 Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion as Self
2000 The Simpsons: America's First Family as Self
2000 The Patriot as Benjamin Martin
2000 Chicken Run as Rocky (voice)
2000 The Three Stooges Producer
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel as Detective Skinner
1999 Payback as Porter
1999 Forever Hollywood as Self
1998 Lethal Weapon 4 as Martin Riggs
1997 FairyTale: A True Story as Frances' Father (uncredited)
1997 Conspiracy Theory as Jerry Fletcher
1997 One Eight Seven Executive Producer
1997 Fathers' Day as Scott the Body Piercer (uncredited)
1996 Ransom as Tom Mullen
1995 Pocahontas as John Smith (voice)
1995 Casper as Mel Gibson (uncredited)
1995 Braveheart as William Wallace Director, Producer
1994 Maverick as Bret Maverick
1993 The Man Without a Face as Justin McLeod Director
1992 Forever Young as Capt. Daniel McCormick Executive Producer
1992 Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
1992 Rabbit Ears - David and Goliath as Narrator (voice)
1992 Lethal Weapon 3 as Martin Riggs
1991 Mel Gibson Goes Back to School as Self Director
1990 Hamlet as Hamlet
1990 Air America as Gene Ryack
1990 Bird on a Wire as Richard "Rick" Jarmin
1989 Lethal Weapon 2 as Martin Riggs
1988 Tequila Sunrise as Dale "Mac" McKussic
1988 cascadeurs de stars as Self
1987 Lethal Weapon as Martin Riggs
1987 The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson as Self
1985 Spécial Mad Max as Self
1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome as Max Rockatansky
1985 The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' as Self
1984 Mrs. Soffel as Ed Biddle
1984 The River as Tom Garvey
1984 The Bounty as Fletcher Christian
1982 The Year of Living Dangerously as Guy Hamilton
1982 Attack Force Z as Captain Kelly
1981 Mad Max 2 as Max Rockatansky
1981 Gallipoli as Frank Dunne
1980 The Chain Reaction as Bearded mechanic (uncredited)
1979 Tim as Tim Melville
1979 Mad Max as Max Rockatansky
1979 The Hero as Captain White / Rob Mulligan
1977 Summer City as Scollop
7.51 TV Movie 4
7.40 Unknown 1
7.05 History 10
6.98 Science Fiction 8
6.92 War 8
6.90 Western 1
6.87 Animation 2
6.73 Documentary 26
6.68 Drama 43
6.68 Horror 2
6.54 Adventure 15
6.52 Romance 9
6.39 Family 5
6.38 Comedy 14
6.38 Mystery 9
6.33 Crime 19
6.30 Action 42
6.15 Thriller 40
5.99 Fantasy 6
5.47 Music 3