Mel Gibson
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.
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Acting History
2025
Hunting Season as Bowdrie
2025Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich as Self
2025Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller as Self
2025It’s a Mad Max World as Self (archive) - actor
2024Monster Summer as Gene Carruthers
2024Boneyard as Agent Petrovick
2023Desperation Road as Mitchell Gaines
2023The Continental: From the World of John Wick as Cormac O'Connor
2023Confidential Informant as Kevin Hickey
2022On the Line as Elvis Cooney
2022Bandit as Tommy
2022Mel Gibson: A Tormented Soul as Self (archive footage)
2022Hot Seat as Wallace Reed
2022Father Stu as Bill Long
2022Agent Game as Olsen
2022Panama as Stark
2022Last Looks as Alastair Pinch
2021Dangerous as Dr. Alderwood
2021Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy as Self
2021Wahl Street as Self (uncredited)
2021Boss Level as Colonel Clive Ventor
2020Fatman as Chris
2020Force of Nature as Ray
2019The Professor and the Madman as James Murray
2019Dragged Across Concrete as Brett Ridgeman
2017Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies as Self
2017Daddy's Home 2 as Kurt
2017Steve McQueen: American Icon as Self
2017The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge' as Self
2016Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior' as Self
2016Blood Father as John Link
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015The Madness of Max as Self
2014The Making of The Expendables 3 as Self
2014The Expendables 3 as Conrad Stonebanks
2013Machete Kills as Luther Voz
2013Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
2012Casting By as Self
2012Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' as Self
2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self (archive footage)
2012Get the Gringo as Driver
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2011Discovering Hamlet as Hamlet (archive footage)
2011The Beaver as Walter Black
2010Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon as Self (archive footage)
2010Edge of Darkness as Craven
2009The Jay Leno Show as Self
2009The Jay Leno Show as Self - Guest
2008The Last Trimate as Narrator
2007Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart' as Self
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007By His Wounds We Are Healed: Making 'The Passion of the Christ'
2006Who Killed the Electric Car? as Self
2004Complete Savages as Officer Cox
2004Paparazzi as Anger Management Therapy Patient (uncredited)
2004The Big Question as Self
2003The Singing Detective as Dr. Gibbon
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003Declaration of Independence as Self
2003Making 'Signs' as Self / Rev. Graham Hess
2002We Were Soldiers: Getting It Right as Self
2002Signs as Graham Hess
2002We Were Soldiers as Lt. Col. Hal Moore
2000What Women Want as Nick Marshall
2000The Patriot: The Art of War as Self
2000Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion as Self
2000The Simpsons: America's First Family as Self
2000The Patriot as Benjamin Martin
2000Chicken Run as Rocky (voice)
2000The Million Dollar Hotel as Detective Skinner
1999Jet Li: Li-Thal Weapon as Self
1999Payback as Porter
1999Forever Hollywood as Self
1998Lethal Weapon 4 as Martin Riggs
1998The Magic Hour as Self
1998The Entertainment Biz as Self
1998Parkinson as Self
1997FairyTale: A True Story as Frances' Father (uncredited)
1997Conspiracy Theory as Jerry Fletcher
1997Fathers' Day as Scott the Body Piercer (uncredited)
1996Ransom as Tom Mullen
1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
1995Pocahontas as John Smith (voice)
1995Casper as Mel Gibson (uncredited)
1995Braveheart as William Wallace
1994Maverick as Bret Maverick
1993The Man Without a Face as Justin McLeod
1993The Chili Con Carne Club
1992Forever Young as Capt. Daniel McCormick
1992Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
1992Rabbit Ears - David and Goliath as Narrator (voice)
1992HBO First Look as Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1992Lethal Weapon 3 as Martin Riggs
1991Mel Gibson Goes Back to School as Self
1990Hamlet as Hamlet
1990A Night on Mount Edna as Self
1990Air America as Gene Ryack
1990Bird on a Wire as Richard 'Rick' Jarmin
1989The Simpsons as Mel Gibson (voice)
1989Lethal Weapon 2 as Martin Riggs
1988Tequila Sunrise as Dale "Mac" McKussic
1988Yo! MTV Raps as Self
1988cascadeurs de stars as Self
1987Lethal Weapon as Martin Riggs
1987The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson as Self
1985Spécial Mad Max as Self
1985Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome as Max Rockatansky
1985The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' as Self
1984Mrs. Soffel as Ed Biddle
1984The River as Tom Garvey
1984Aspel & Company
1984The Bounty as Fletcher Christian
1982The Year of Living Dangerously as Guy Hamilton
1982Attack Force Z as Captain Kelly
1982Wogan as Self
1981Mad Max 2 as Max Rockatansky
1981Gallipoli as Frank Dunne
1981Punishment as Rick Monroe
1981Wetten, dass..? as Self
1980The Chain Reaction as Bearded mechanic (uncredited)
1979Tim as Tim Melville
1979Mad Max as Max Rockatansky
1979The Hero as Captain White / Rob Mulligan
1977Summer City as Scollop
1976The Sullivans as Ray Henderson
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1974Spécial cinéma as Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1953The Oscars as Self
—Gracie as Self
—Coyote as Agent Jack Bradley
—Lethal Weapon 5 as Martin Riggs
—Every Other Weekend
—The Canyon