Mel Gibson

1956-

Biography: life and films

Mel Gibson is an American actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Peekskill, New York, USA on 3rd January 1956.

His best films as an actor include George Miller's thriller Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2 (1981), Peter Weir's The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), Richard Donner's crime-thriller Lethal Weapon (1987) and Ron Howard's Ransom (1996), and whose best work as a film director include The Man Without a Face (1993) and Braveheart (1995).

Mel Gibson has so far appeared in 40 films, directed 2 films and scripted 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Richard Donner (6 films), George Miller (3) and Peter Weir (2).

His most frequent genres include: Thriller (17 films), drama (15), crime-thriller (10), history (6), comedy (6), War (6), romance (5), comedy-romance (2) and Animation (2).

Our average rating for Mel Gibson over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

Summer City (1977) [a]

Mad Max (1979) [a]

Tim (1979) [a]

The Chain Reaction (1980) [a]

Gallipoli (1981) [a]

Mad Max 2 (1981) [a]

Attack Force Z (1982) [a]

The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) [a]

Mrs. Soffel (1984) [a]

The Bounty (1984) [a]

The River (1984) [a]

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) [a]

Lethal Weapon (1987) [a]

Tequila Sunrise (1988) [a]

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) [a]

Air America (1990) [a]

Bird on a Wire (1990) [a]

Hamlet (1990) [a]

Forever Young (1992) [a]

Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) [a]

The Man Without a Face (1993) [a,d]

Maverick (1994) [a]

Braveheart (1995) [a,d]

Pocahontas (1995) [a]

Ransom (1996) [a]

Conspiracy Theory (1997) [a]

Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) [a]

Payback (1999) [a]

Chicken Run (2000) [a]

The Million Dollar Hotel (2000) [a]

The Patriot (2000) [a]

What Women Want (2000) [a]

Heartlands (2002) [a]

Signs (2002) [a]

We Were Soldiers (2002) [a]

The Singing Detective (2003) [a]

Edge of Darkness (2009) [a]

The Beaver (2011) [a]

Get the Gringo (2012) [a,w]

Machete Kills (2013) [a]

Blood Father (2016) [a]



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