Mel Gibson

American-born, Australian motion-picture actor, who achieved renown in a variety of action roles. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his family to Australia at the age of 12. He made his motion-picture debut in 1977 in Summer City, an Australian film that featured rock-and-roll music, before achieving fame as the invincible hero in Mad Max (1979), a science-fiction action movie that garnered a devoted following and spawned two sequels, Mad Max 2, released in the United States as The Road Warrior (1981), and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985).

Leading roles in two highly acclaimed films by Australian director Peter Weir, Gallipoli (1981) and The Year of Living Dangerously (1983), established Gibson’s reputation beyond action pictures. However, neither of Gibson’s first two performances in American motion pictures, in Mrs. Soffel (1984) and The River (1984), were well regarded. By contrast, the successful Lethal Weapon (1987), in which Gibson plays a tough police officer alongside American actor Danny Glover, led to three sequels, Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), and Lethal Weapon 4 (1998).

Gibson’s other motion-picture roles include a repentant narcotics dealer in Tequila Sunrise (1988); the title role as the Prince of Denmark in Hamlet (1990); a poker-playing gambler in the comedy-western Maverick (1994); an American Revolutionary War soldier in The Patriot (2000); and a widower fighting off alien invaders in Signs (2002).

In addition to acting, Gibson also became an award-winning director. After his debut effort, The Man Without a Face (1993), Gibson directed and starred in Braveheart (1995), the story of the legendary 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace. Braveheart won several Academy Awards, including best director and best picture. In 2004 Gibson directed, but did not appear in, the controversial motion picture The Passion of the Christ, which depicts the last hours of the life of Jesus Christ. Despite some protests that the film was historically inaccurate, excessively violent, and anti-Semitic, The Passion was a huge box-office success.

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