Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Known for
Acting
Born
January 3, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Peekskill, New York, USA

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Every Other Weekend

Every Other Weekend

Movie

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The Canyon poster

The Canyon

Movie · as Joseph

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Coyote poster

Coyote

Movie · as Agent Jack Bradley

2025
Hunting Season poster

Hunting Season

Movie · as Bowdrie

2025
Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller poster

Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller

Movie · as Self

2025
It’s a Mad Max World poster

It’s a Mad Max World

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich poster

Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich

Movie · as Self

2025
Being Bo Widerberg poster

Being Bo Widerberg

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2024
Boneyard poster

Boneyard

Movie · as Agent Petrovick

2024
Monster Summer poster

Monster Summer

Movie · as Gene Carruthers

2023
Desperation Road poster

Desperation Road

Movie · as Mitchell Gaines

2023
Confidential Informant poster

Confidential Informant

Movie · as Kevin Hickey

2023
The Continental: From the World of John Wick poster

The Continental: From the World of John Wick

TV · as Cormac O'Connor · 3 eps

2022
Agent Game poster

Agent Game

Movie · as Olsen

2022
Hot Seat poster

Hot Seat

Movie · as Wallace Reed

2022
Mel Gibson: A Tormented Soul poster

Mel Gibson: A Tormented Soul

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
On the Line poster

On the Line

Movie · as Elvis Cooney

2022
Last Looks poster

Last Looks

Movie · as Alastair Pinch

2022
Panama poster

Panama

Movie · as Stark

2022
Father Stu poster

Father Stu

Movie · as Bill Long

2022
Bandit poster

Bandit

Movie · as Tommy

2021
Boss Level poster

Boss Level

Movie · as Colonel Clive Ventor

2021
Dangerous poster

Dangerous

Movie · as Dr. Alderwood

2021
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy poster

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

TV · as Self · 9 eps

2020
Fatman poster

Fatman

Movie · as Chris

2020
Force of Nature poster

Force of Nature

Movie · as Ray

2019
The Professor and the Madman poster

The Professor and the Madman

Movie · as James Murray

2019
Dragged Across Concrete poster

Dragged Across Concrete

Movie · as Brett Ridgeman

2017
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies poster

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

Movie · as Self

2017
Daddy's Home 2 poster

Daddy's Home 2

Movie · as Kurt

2017
The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge' poster

The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge'

Movie · as Self

2017
Steve McQueen: American Icon poster

Steve McQueen: American Icon

Movie · as Self

2016
Blood Father poster

Blood Father

Movie · as John Link

2016
Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior' poster

Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior'

Movie · as Self

2015
The Madness of Max poster

The Madness of Max

Movie · as Self

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Expendables 3 poster

The Expendables 3

Movie · as Conrad Stonebanks

2014
The Making of The Expendables 3 poster

The Making of The Expendables 3

Movie · as Self

2013
Machete Kills poster

Machete Kills

Movie · as Voz

2013
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot poster

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

Movie · as Self

2012
Casting By poster

Casting By

Movie · as Self

2012
Get the Gringo poster

Get the Gringo

Movie · as Driver

2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen poster

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Movie · as (archive footage)

2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ poster

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' poster

Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'

Movie · as Self

2011
The Beaver poster

The Beaver

Movie · as Walter Black

2011
Discovering Hamlet poster

Discovering Hamlet

Movie · as Hamlet (archive footage)

2010
Edge of Darkness poster

Edge of Darkness

Movie · as Craven

2010
Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon poster

Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2009
Apocalypto Now poster

Apocalypto Now

Movie · as Self (archival footage)

2009
The Jay Leno Show poster

The Jay Leno Show

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
The Last Trimate poster

The Last Trimate

Movie · as Narrator

2007
Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart' poster

Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart'

Movie · as Self

2007
By His Wounds We Are Healed: Making 'The Passion of the Christ' poster

By His Wounds We Are Healed: Making 'The Passion of the Christ'

Movie

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Who Killed the Electric Car? poster

Who Killed the Electric Car?

Movie · as Self

2005
Entrenched: The Making of Gallipoli poster

Entrenched: The Making of Gallipoli

Movie · as Himself

2004
The Big Question poster

The Big Question

Movie · as Self

2004
Paparazzi poster

Paparazzi

Movie · as Anger Management Therapy Patient (uncredited)

2004
ABC Primetime: Mel Gibson's Passion poster

ABC Primetime: Mel Gibson's Passion

Movie · as Self

2004
Complete Savages poster

Complete Savages

TV · as Officer Cox · 3 eps

2003
The Singing Detective poster

The Singing Detective

Movie · as Dr. Gibbon

2003
Declaration of Independence poster

Declaration of Independence

Movie · as Self

2003
Making 'Signs'

Making 'Signs'

Movie · as Self / Rev. Graham Hess

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2002
We Were Soldiers poster

We Were Soldiers

Movie · as Lt. Col. Hal Moore

2002
Signs poster

Signs

Movie · as Graham Hess

2002
We Were Soldiers: Getting It Right

We Were Soldiers: Getting It Right

Movie · as Self

2002
Mad Max: Film Phenomenon poster

Mad Max: Film Phenomenon

Movie

2000
The Million Dollar Hotel poster

The Million Dollar Hotel

Movie · as Detective Skinner

2000
The Patriot poster

The Patriot

Movie · as Benjamin Martin

2000
What Women Want poster

What Women Want

Movie · as Nick Marshall

2000
Chicken Run poster

Chicken Run

Movie · as Rocky (voice)

2000
The Patriot: The Art of War poster

The Patriot: The Art of War

Movie · as Self

2000
Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion

Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion

Movie · as Self

2000
The Simpsons: America's First Family poster

The Simpsons: America's First Family

Movie · as Self

2000
Wallace & Gromit Go Chicken

Wallace & Gromit Go Chicken

Movie · as Self

1999
Payback poster

Payback

Movie · as Porter

1999
Forever Hollywood poster

Forever Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1999
Jet Li: Li-Thal Weapon poster

Jet Li: Li-Thal Weapon

Movie · as Self

1998
Lethal Weapon 4 poster

Lethal Weapon 4

Movie · as Martin Riggs

1998
The Magic Hour poster

The Magic Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
The Entertainment Biz

The Entertainment Biz

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1997
Conspiracy Theory poster

Conspiracy Theory

Movie · as Jerry Fletcher

1997
FairyTale: A True Story poster

FairyTale: A True Story

Movie · as Frances' Father (uncredited)

1997
Fathers' Day poster

Fathers' Day

Movie · as Scott the Body Piercer (uncredited)

1996
Ransom poster

Ransom

Movie · as Tom Mullen

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1996
TFI Friday poster

TFI Friday

TV · 1 ep

1995
Braveheart poster

Braveheart

Movie · as William Wallace

1995
Pocahontas poster

Pocahontas

Movie · as John Smith (voice)

1995
Casper poster

Casper

Movie · as Mel Gibson (uncredited)

1994
Maverick poster

Maverick

Movie · as Bret Maverick

1993
The Man Without a Face poster

The Man Without a Face

Movie · as Justin McLeod

1993
The Chili Con Carne Club poster

The Chili Con Carne Club

Movie

1992
Lethal Weapon 3 poster

Lethal Weapon 3

Movie · as Martin Riggs

1992
Forever Young poster

Forever Young

Movie · as Capt. Daniel McCormick

1992
Earth and the American Dream poster

Earth and the American Dream

Movie · as Reader (voice)

1992
Rabbit Ears - David and Goliath

Rabbit Ears - David and Goliath

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1992
HBO First Look poster

HBO First Look

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School poster

Mel Gibson Goes Back to School

Movie · as Self

1990
Bird on a Wire poster

Bird on a Wire

Movie · as Richard 'Rick' Jarmin

1990
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Hamlet

1990
Air America poster

Air America

Movie · as Gene Ryack

1990
A Night on Mount Edna poster

A Night on Mount Edna

Movie · as Self

1989
Lethal Weapon 2 poster

Lethal Weapon 2

Movie · as Martin Riggs

1989
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary poster

Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary

Movie · as Self

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Mel Gibson (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Tequila Sunrise poster

Tequila Sunrise

Movie · as Dale "Mac" McKussic

1988
cascadeurs de stars

cascadeurs de stars

Movie · as Self

1988
Yo! MTV Raps poster

Yo! MTV Raps

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1987
Lethal Weapon poster

Lethal Weapon

Movie · as Martin Riggs

1987
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson

The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson

Movie · as Self

1985
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome poster

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Movie · as Max Rockatansky

1985
The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' poster

The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'

Movie · as Self

1985
Spécial Mad Max poster

Spécial Mad Max

Movie · as Self

1984
The Bounty poster

The Bounty

Movie · as Fletcher Christian

1984
Mrs. Soffel poster

Mrs. Soffel

Movie · as Ed Biddle

1984
The River poster

The River

Movie · as Tom Garvey

1984
Aspel & Company

Aspel & Company

TV · 1 ep

1982
The Year of Living Dangerously poster

The Year of Living Dangerously

Movie · as Guy Hamilton

1982
Attack Force Z poster

Attack Force Z

Movie · as Captain Kelly

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Gallipoli poster

Gallipoli

Movie · as Frank Dunne

1981
Mad Max 2 poster

Mad Max 2

Movie · as Max Rockatansky

1981
Punishment

Punishment

TV · as Rick Monroe · 26 eps

1981
Wetten, dass..? poster

Wetten, dass..?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1980
The Chain Reaction poster

The Chain Reaction

Movie · as Bearded mechanic (uncredited)

1979
Tim poster

Tim

Movie · as Tim Melville

1979
Mad Max poster

Mad Max

Movie · as Max Rockatansky

1979
The Hero poster

The Hero

Movie · as Captain White / Rob Mulligan

1977
Summer City poster

Summer City

Movie · as Scollop

1976
The Sullivans poster

The Sullivans

TV · as Ray Henderson · 4 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1974
Spécial cinéma poster

Spécial cinéma

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 4 eps