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Mel Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American-born Australian-reared movie actor, director, and producer best known for his role in the Lethal Weapon series and Braveheart.
Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York as one of 11 children, but raised in Australia from the age of 12. He maintained his U.S. citizenship.
In 1996 he received two Academy Awards (Best Director and Best Picture) for the film Braveheart (1995).
Gibson's father, Hutton, moved his family to Australia after a victory on the Jeapardy! game show. He made this move in protest against the Vietnam War, and due to what he believed as a conflict between American society and his strongly traditionalist, and often controversial, sedevancantist Catholic beliefs.
Mel is said not to be as fervent a believer as his father. He is working on The Passion, a 12-hour film in the Aramaic language. The movie has received praise by many conservative Christians, but also raised concern for not being sufficiently respectful to Jewish sensitivities.
Mel Gibson has also financed the construction of a traditionalist cathedral in Malibu, California called Holy Family.
Selected Filmography
- Signs (2002)
- We Were Soldiers (2002)
- Chicken Run (2000)
- The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
- The Patriot (2000)
- What Women Want (2000)
- PayBack (1999)
- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
- Conspiracy Theory (1997)
- Fairy Tale: A True Story (1997, uncredited)
- Father's Day (1997, uncredited)
- Ransom (1996)
- Braveheart (1995, also directed)
- Pocahontas (1995, voice)
- Maverick (1994)
- The Man Without a Face (1993, also directed)
- Forever Young (1992)
- Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
- Air America (1990)
- Bird on a Wire (1990)
- Hamlet (1990)
- Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
- Tequila Sunrise (1998)
- Lethal Weapon (1987)
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
- The Bounty (1984)
- Mrs. Soffle (1984)
- The River (1984)
- Attack Force Z (1982)
- The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
- Gallipoli (1981)
- Mad Max (1979)
- Tim (1979)
- Summer City (1977)