Mel Gibson
Acting1956Peekskill, 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
Acting History
Future
Gracie
as Self
Lethal Weapon 5
as Martin Riggs
Coyote
as Agent Jack Bradley
Lethal Weapon 5
Director
Siege of Malta
TVProducer
2025
Hunting Season
as Bowdrie
It’s a Mad Max World
as Self (archive footage)
Flight Risk
Director
Flight Risk
Producer
2024
Boneyard
as Agent Petrovick
Monster Summer
as Gene Carruthers
2023
Desperation Road
as Mitchell Gaines
Confidential Informant
as Kevin Hickey
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
TVas Cormac O'Connor• 3 eps
Sound of Freedom
Executive Producer
2022
Mel Gibson: A Tormented Soul
as Self (archive footage)
Agent Game
as Olsen
Bandit
as Tommy
Father Stu: Reborn
as Bill Long
Panama
as Stark
Hot Seat
as Wallace Reed
On the Line
as Elvis Cooney
Last Looks
as Alastair Pinch
Wahl Street
TVas Self (uncredited)• 2 eps
On the Line
Executive Producer
2021
Dangerous
as Dr. Alderwood
Boss Level
as Colonel Clive Ventor
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
TVas Self• 9 eps
2020
Force of Nature
as Ray
Fatman
as Chris
2019
Dragged Across Concrete
as Brett Ridgeman
The Professor and the Madman
as James Murray
The Professor and the Madman
Producer
2018
Air Strike
Creative Producer
2017
Daddy's Home 2
as Kurt
Steve McQueen: American Icon
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
2016
2015
The Madness of Max
as Self
2014
The Expendables 3
as Conrad Stonebanks
Stonehearst Asylum
Producer
2013
Machete Kills
as Voz
2012
Casting By
as Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Get the Gringo
as Driver
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self (archive footage)
Get the Gringo
Writer
Get the Gringo
Producer
2011
Discovering Hamlet
as Hamlet (archive footage)
The Beaver
as Walter Black
2010
Edge of Darkness
as Craven
Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon
as Self (archive footage)
The Jay Leno Show
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
2008
2006
Who Killed the Electric Car?
as Self
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Producer
Apocalypto
Director
Apocalypto
Producer
Apocalypto
Writer
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TVas Self• 2 eps
2004
The Big Question
as Self
Paparazzi
as Anger Management Therapy Patient (uncredited)
Complete Savages
TVas Officer Cox• 3 eps
Paparazzi
Producer
Evel Knievel
Executive Producer
The Passion of the Christ
Screenplay
The Passion of the Christ
Director
The Passion of the Christ
Producer
Complete Savages
TVDirector• 3 eps
Clubhouse
TVProducer• 12 eps
Complete Savages
TVExecutive Producer• 19 eps
Complete Savages
TVStory• 1 eps
2003
Making 'Signs'
as Self / Rev. Graham Hess
The Singing Detective
as Dr. Gibbon
Declaration of Independence
as Self
The Singing Detective
Producer
2002
Signs
as Graham Hess
We Were Soldiers
as Lt. Col. Hal Moore
Parkinson
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TVas Self• 3 eps
2001
Invincible
Executive Producer
2000
Chicken Run
as Rocky (voice)
The Patriot
as Benjamin Martin
What Women Want
as Nick Marshall
The Million Dollar Hotel
as Detective Skinner
The Patriot: The Art of War
as Self
The Three Stooges
Producer
1999
Payback
as Porter
Forever Hollywood
as Self
Jet Li: Li-Thal Weapon
as Self
The Simpsons
TVas Mel Gibson (voice)• 1 eps
1998
1997
Conspiracy Theory
as Jerry Fletcher
FairyTale: A True Story
as Frances' Father (uncredited)
Fathers' Day
as Scott the Body Piercer (uncredited)
One Eight Seven
Executive Producer
1996
1995
Casper
as Mel Gibson (uncredited)
Pocahontas
as John Smith (voice)
Braveheart
as William Wallace
Yo! MTV Raps
TVas Self• 1 eps
Braveheart
Producer
Braveheart
Director
1994
Maverick
as Bret Maverick
1993
1992
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
Lethal Weapon 3
as Martin Riggs
Forever Young
as Capt. Daniel McCormick
Rabbit Ears - David and Goliath
as Narrator (voice)
HBO First Look
TVas Self• 1 eps
Forever Young
Executive Producer
1991
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
Director
1990
Bird on a Wire
as Richard 'Rick' Jarmin
Hamlet
as Hamlet
Air America
as Gene Ryack
A Night on Mount Edna
as Self
1989
Lethal Weapon 2
as Martin Riggs
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host• 1 eps
1988
Tequila Sunrise
as Dale "Mac" McKussic
cascadeurs de stars
as Self
1987
Lethal Weapon
as Martin Riggs
1985
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
as Max Rockatansky
Spécial Mad Max
as Self
Spécial cinéma
TVas Self• 2 eps
Wogan
TVas Self• 1 eps
1984
1982
Attack Force Z
as Captain Kelly
The Year of Living Dangerously
as Guy Hamilton
1981
1980
The Chain Reaction
as Bearded mechanic (uncredited)
1977
Summer City
as Scollop
1976
The Sullivans
TVas Ray Henderson• 4 eps