Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson is an American multitalented filmmaker and actor. He was born in Peekskill, New York Click to look into! >> Read More... . He is popular for playing action hero roles like his character as Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon and as Max Rockatansky in Mad Max action series. He studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. He is the founder of a production company Icon Entertainment, which was found in the year 1989. He gets pleasant reviews for his work by film critics and holds his position on their favorable notes. He made his debut into cine industry as a student in 1977 movie Summer City. After that, he did many films which brought him so much fame and experience that he joined Hollywood and acted in his first American drama film “The River” in 1984.

He became popular with super-hit ventures like Mad Max and Lethal Weapon series. After that, being well known as an actor he continued his career as director and producer. His production company Icon Productions has given Hollywood many hit films which made it an International distributor company and film exhibitor in New Zealand and Australia.

This much is not enough yet; his directorial ventures also play an important part in making his career mesmerizing. He made his debut as a director in 1993 with the movie “The Man Without a Face”. His movies made him earn a significant profit for which he is considered to be a wealthy man in the industry. He holds up an excellent series of awards which defines how talented and famous he must be. Also, he is named as “Sexiest Man Alive” by People Magazine. Some of his awards are: 2 Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Actor in a lead role; Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director; 6 People’s Choice Awards for Favorite Motion Picture Actor and Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Comedy; 2 ShoWest awards for Male Star of the Year and Director of the Year.

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Mel Gibson is a well-known Hollywood actor and filmmaker.

He was born as Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson on 3 January 1956 in Peekskill, New York. His parents moved to Sydney when he was 12. He attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art where he worked with Judy Davis and Geoffrey Rush He first appeared in TV Series “Consumer Capers” f >> Read More... . His film debut was in Summer City (1977).
At the early stage of his career, he worked in some TV shows and stage plays and was eventually selected for Mad Max (1979) and Tim (1979). Mad Max gained him worldwide recognition. It was followed by an award winning performance in Gallipoli (1981). He worked in hit sequel Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), Attack Force Z (1982), The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) for which he received critical acclaim. His starred alongside Anthony Hopkins “Freddy Krueger, Jason Vorhees, and Sadako Sofubi >> Read More... in The Bounty (1984). Later, he starred in, The River (1984), Mrs. Soffel (1984) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985).
In 1987, he played Martin Riggs in the movie Lethal Weapon, which shot him to the top of Hollywood. He worked in the sequel Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), played the titular role in Hamlet (1990), Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Forever Young (1992), The Man Without a Face (1993) and some other movies.
He directed and played ‘William Wallace’ in Braveheart (1995). The movie won five Oscars.

He worked in films like Ransom (1996), Lethal Weapon 4(1998), Payback (1999), The Patriot (2000), What Women Want (2000), We Were Soldiers (2002), Signs (2002) and gave his voice in Chicken Run (2000). He returned with Edge of Darkness (2010) and played the antagonist in both Machete Kills (2013) and the Expendables 3 (2014).

He is said to have been considered for the titular role in Batman (1989) and Wolverine in X-Men (2000). His name appears on the list of the greatest actors of all time.