Mel Gibson filmography

Gibson at the 1990 Air America premiere

Mel Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, film 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. Gibson was a part of the Australian film renaissance of the 1970s and 1980s, beginning his acting career with a role on TV series The Sullivans, before starring in the film Mad Max (1979). In the late 1980s, he commenced acting in American films, including Lethal Weapon (1987), Maverick (1994), Braveheart (1995), Ransom (1996), What Women Want and The Patriot (2000), and Signs (2002).

After establishing a successful career as an actor, Gibson made his directorial debut with the 1993 film The Man Without a Face, which he also produced. The second film directed by Mel Gibson was the 1995, Academy Award-winning Braveheart. 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. In 2006, Gibson directed the film Apocalypto.

Australian television

Gibson began his career with an appearance on the Australian television series The Sullivans.^[1]

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Ref
1976	Sullivans, TheThe Sullivans	Ray Henderson		[2]
—	Cop Shop	—		[3]
1981	Punishment	Rick Monroe		[2]

Film

Gibson's first film role was in the Australian film Summer City. Over more than three decades, films starring, directed, or produced by Mel Gibson have been nominated for and won multiple awards, as well as earning more than $2.5 billion, in the United States alone.^[4][5]

Year	Title	Credited as				Role	Notes
		Actor	Director	Producer	Writer
1977	Summer City					Scallop
1977	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden					Baseball Player	Uncredited
1979	Tim					Tim	Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1979	Mad Max					Max Rockatansky	Originally released in Australia; U.S. release in 1980
1980	Chain Reaction, TheThe Chain Reaction					Bearded mechanic	Uncredited
1981	Mad Max 2					Max Rockatansky	a.k.a. The Road Warrior
1981	Gallipoli					Frank Dunne	Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1982	Year of Living Dangerously, TheThe Year of Living Dangerously					Guy Hamilton
1982	Attack Force Z					Captain P.G. (Paul) Kelly
1984	Mrs. Soffel					Ed Biddle
1984	River, TheThe River					Tom Garvey
1984	Bounty, TheThe Bounty					Fletcher Christian
1985	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome					Max Rockatansky
1987	Lethal Weapon					Sergeant Martin Riggs
1988	Tequila Sunrise					Dale "Mac" McKussic
1989	Lethal Weapon 2					Martin Riggs
1990	Hamlet					Prince Hamlet
1990	Air America					Gene Ryack
1990	Bird on a Wire					Rick Jarmin
1992	Forever Young					Captain Daniel McCormick	Uncredited as executive producer
1992	Lethal Weapon 3					Martin Riggs	MTV Movie Awards for Best Action Sequence & Best On-Screen Duo
1993	Man Without a Face, TheThe Man Without a Face					Justin McLeod
1994	Maverick					Bret Maverick
1995	Pocahontas					John Smith	Voice
1995	Braveheart					William Wallace	Academy Awards for Best Director & Best Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Director
1996	Ransom					Tom Mullen
1997	Fathers' Day					Scott the Body Piercer	Uncredited cameo
1997	Conspiracy Theory					Jerry Fletcher
1997	FairyTale: A True Story					Frances' Father	Uncredited
1998	Lethal Weapon 4					Martin Riggs
1999	Payback					Porter
2000	Chicken Run					Rocky Rhodes	Voice
2000	Patriot, TheThe Patriot					Ben Martin	People's Choice Award—Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Drama[6]
2000	What Women Want					Nick Marshall
2000	Million Dollar Hotel, TheThe Million Dollar Hotel					Detective Jack Skinner
2002	We Were Soldiers					Lt. Col. Hal Moore
2002	Signs					Rev. Graham Hess
2003	Singing Detective, TheThe Singing Detective					Dr. Gibbon
2004	The Passion of the Christ						People's Choice Award—Favorite Motion Picture Drama
2004	Paparazzi					Anger management therapy patient	Uncredited
2005	Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
2006	Apocalypto
2010	Edge of Darkness					Tom Craven
2011	Beaver, TheThe Beaver					Walter Black
2012	Get the Gringo					Driver aka "The Gringo"
2013	Machete Kills					Luther Voz
2014	The Expendables 3					Conrad Stonebanks
2016	Blood Father					John Link
2016	Hacksaw Ridge						Filming

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2000	Three Stooges, TheThe Three Stooges	Executive producer
2001	Invincible	Executive producer
2003	Family Curse	Executive producer
2008	Another Day in Paradise

References

General

• "Mel Gibson filmography". AllMovie. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
• "Mel Gibson filmography". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
• "Mel Gibson – Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
• "Mel Gibson filmography". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 21 July 2010.

Specific

1. "Mel Gibson: Action hero gets serious". BBC News. February 25, 2004. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
2. "Mel Gibson's Biography/Filmography". FoxNews.com. August 8, 2006. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
3. Atterton, Margot. (Ed.) The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Australian Showbiz, Sunshine Books, 1984. ISBN 0-86777-057-0 p 86
4. "Mel Gibson Movie Box Office Results – Actor". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
5. "Mel Gibson Movie Box Office Results – Director". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
6. "People's Choice Awards Nominees & Winners: 2001". PeoplesChoice.com. Retrieved 21 July 2010.

External links

• Mel Gibson at the Internet Movie Database