Mel Gibson
Actor and director
Date of Birth: January 3, 1956
Place of Birth: New York
His brother: Donald Gibson
His wife: Robyn Moore, since June 7, 1980
Children: 7: Edouard, Chretien, Hanna, William, Louis, Milo and Tommy.
His father: Hutton Gibson
His mother: Ann Gibson
He was the sixth of eleven children
Mel's family moved to New South Wales in Australia.
Mel Gibson therefore attended the University of New South Wales and he performed at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts.
1979 Mel Gibon starred in the film Mad Max and he also acted with Piper Laurie in the film Tim. Thanks to this film, he received the Best Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute.
1980 She got married with Robyn Moore.
1984 Mel Gibson acted in the american film The Bounty, with Anthony Hopkins
1987 Mel Gibson became famous thanks to his role of Martin Riggs in the film Lethal Weapon.
1993 He acted in the film Man Without a Face, playing the role of Justin McLeod, this was also the first film he directed
1995 Mel Gibson won two Oscars (Best Picture and Best Director) for the film Braveheart, where he also played the role of Sir William Wallace
2000 Mel Gibson received a $25 million profits for his film The Patriot.
2004 Premiere in US of the film The Passion of Christ, a very polemic film about the life of Christ, directed by Mel Gibson.
Filmography
2011 How I Spent My Summer Vacation - Adrian Grunberg
2010 The Beaver - Jodie Foster
2010 Edge of Darkness - Martin Campbell
2005 Complete Savages (3 episodes, 2004-2005)
2006 Apocalypto - Mel Gibson
2004 Paparazzi - Paul Abascal
2003 The Singing Detective - Keith Gordon
2004 Mad Max: Fury Road - George Miller
2004 The Passion of Christ
- Mel Gibson
2003 The Singing detective - Keith Gordon
2002 Signs
- M. Night Shyamalan
2002 We Were Soldiers
- Randall Wallace
2001 What women want
- Nancy Meyers
2000 The Patriot
- Roland Emmerich
2000 Chicken run
- Peter Lord, Nick Park
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel
- Wim Wenders
1999 Payback
- Brian Helgeland
1998 Lethal weapon
de Richard Donner
1997 Fairy Tale : a true story
- Charles Sturridge
1997 Father's day - Ivan Reitman
1996 Ransom - Ron Howard
1995 Pocahontas - Mike Gabrie
1995 Braveheart - Mel Gibson
1994 Maverick - Richard Donner
1993 The Chili Con Carne Club - Jonathan Kahn
1993 The Man without a face - Mel Gibson
1992 Forever young - de Steve Miner
1992 Earth and the American Dream - Bill Couturié
1992 Lethal Weapon 3 - Richard Donner
1990 Hamlet - Franco Zeffirelli
1990 Air America - Roger Spottiswoode
1990 Bird on a Wire - John Badham
1989 Lethal Weapon 2 - Richard Donner
1988 Tequila sunrise de Robert Towne
1985 Mad Max beyond Thunderdome - George Ogilvie,
1984 Mrs Soffel - Gillian Armstrong
1984 La Rivière (Rio Violento) - Mark Rydell
1984 Le Bounty - Roger Donaldson
1982 The Year of living dangerousl - Peter Weir
1982 Attack Force Z - Tim Burstall
1981 Mad Max 2 - George Miller
1981 Gallipoli - Peter Weir
1980 The Chain Reaction - Ian Barry
1979 Mad Max - George Miller
1979 Tim - Michael Pate
1977 Summer city - Christopher Fraser