Mel Gibson Biography (1956-)

Full name, Mel Columcille (Gaelic for "dove of the Church") Gerard Gibson; born January 3, 1956, in Peekskill, NY; immigrated to Australia, 1968; son of Hutton (a railroad brake operator) and Ann (maiden name, Reilly) Gibson; married Robyn Moore (a nurse's aide), 1980; children: Hannah, Edward and ChristianThomas (twins), William, Louis, Milo, Thomas. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.;Publicist: Rogers & Cowan PR, 1888 Century Park East, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90067.; Office: Icon Productions, 5555 Melrose Ave. Wilder Building,2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90038.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, producer
Birth Details: January 3, 1956; Peeksill, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Scollop, Summer City (also known as Coast of Terror), Avalon Films, 1976
Title role, Tim, Satori, 1979
"Mad" Max Rockatansky (title role), Mad Max, American International Pictures, 1979
(Uncredited) Bearded mechanic, The Chain Reaction (also known as Nuclear Run), 1980
"Mad" Max Rockatansky, The Road Warrior (also known as Mad MaxII, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, and Mad Max 2), Warner Bros., 1981
Frank Dunne, Gallipoli, Paramount, 1981
Captain Paul Kelly, Attack Force Z (also known as The Z Menand Z-tzu te kung tui), Virgin Vision, 1981
Guy Hamilton, Australian Broadcast System correspondent, The Year of Living Dangerously, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
Fletcher Christian, Master's Mate, The Bounty, Orion, 1983
Ed Biddle, Mrs. Soffel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
Tom Garvey, The River, Universal, 1984
"Mad" Max Rockatansky, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (also known asMad Max 3), Warner Bros., 1985
Sergeant Martin Riggs, Lethal Weapon, Warner Bros., 1987
Dale McKussic, Tequila Sunrise, Warner Bros., 1988
Detective Sergeant Martin Riggs, Lethal Weapon 2, Warner Bros., 1989
Rick Jarmin, Bird on a Wire, Universal, 1990
Title role, Hamlet, Warner Bros., 1990
Gene Ryack, Air America, TriStar, 1990
Captain Daniel McCormick, Forever Young, Warner Bros., 1992
Detective Sergeant Martin Riggs, Lethal Weapon 3, Warner Bros., 1992
Justin McLeod, The Man without a Face, Warner Bros., 1993
The Chili Con Carne Club, 1993
Bret Maverick (title role), Maverick, Warner Bros., 1994
William Wallace (title role), Braveheart, Paramount, 1995
Voice of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas (animated), Buena Vista, 1995
(Uncredited) Himself, Casper, Universal, 1995
Tom Mullen, Ransom, Buena Vista, 1996
Jerry Fletcher, Conspiracy Theory, Warner Bros., 1997
(Uncredited) Scott (the body piercer), Father's Day, Warner Bros.,1997
Frances's father, Fairytale--A True Story (also known as FairyTale and Illumination), Paramount, 1997
Detective Sergeant Martin Riggs, Lethal Weapon 4 (also known as Lethal 4), Warner Bros., 1998
Porter, Payback, Paramount, 1999
Agent Skinner, The Billion Dollar Hotel (also known as The Million Dollar Hotel), Icon Entertainment, 1999
Himself, Forever Hollywood, 1999
Colonel Benjamin Martin, The Patriot (also known as Der Patriot), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2000
Voice of Rocky Rhodes, Chicken Run (animated; also known as C:R-1), DreamWorks, 2000
Nick Marshall, What Women Want, Paramount, 2000
Graham Hess, Signs, Buena Vista, 2002
Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore, We Were Soldiers, Paramount, 2002
Film Work
Stunt performer, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, (also known as Mad Max 3), Warner Bros., 1985
Executive producer, Forever Young, Warner Bros., 1992
(Uncredited) Executive producer, Airborne, 1993
Director, The Man without a Face, Warner Bros., 1993
Producer and director, Braveheart, Paramount, 1995
Producer, Ordinary Decent Criminal, Miramax, 1999
Producer, We Were Soldiers, Paramount, 2002
Television Appearances
Series
Rick Monroe, Punishment, 1981
Himself, Drama School, 2000

Specials
Himself, The Making of "The Bounty," 1984
Himself, The Making of "Mrs. Soffel," 1984
Himself, The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson, ABC, 1987
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood's Stuntmen, ABC, 1988
Premiere: Inside the Summer Blockbusters, Fox, 1989
The Siskel and Ebert Special, CBS, 1990
Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (also known as Frank Sinatra: 75th Birthday Celebration and Frank Sinatra: The Best Is Yet to Come), CBS, 1990
The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1990
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School, HBO, 1991
Classic Mel: The Making of Mel Gibson's Hamlet, HBO, 1991
"Australia: Continent of Dreams," Cousteau's Rediscovery of the World, TBS, 1991
Host, MTV's 10th Anniversary Special, ABC, 1991
Himself, Mel Gibson's Video Diary 2: Lethal Weapon 3, 1991
Hollywood Hotshots, Fox, 1992
HBO's 20th Anniversary--We Hardly Believe It Ourselves, CBS and HBO, 1992
Fox/MTV Guide to Summer, Fox, 1992
Voice, The Year of the Generals, CBS, 1992
"What Is This Thing Called Love," The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1993
Voice, Earth and the American Dream, HBO, 1993
Behind Closed Doors with Joan Lunden, ABC, 1994
Narrator, "Australia's Outback: The Vanishing Frontier," ABC's World of Discovery, ABC, 1995
The Warner Bros. Story: No Guts, No Glory: 75 Years of Stars, TNT,1998
The Warner Bros. Story: No Guts, No Glory: 75 Years of Award Winners, TNT, 1998
The Warner Bros. Story: No Guts, No Glory: 75 Years of Blockbusters, TNT, 1998
Hollywood & Vinyl: Disney's 101 Greatest Musical Moments, VH1,1998
Poultry in Motion: The Making of Chicken Run, NBC, 2000
(Uncredited; in archive footage) Himself, Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood, 2001
Narrator, Quest for Captain Kidd, The Disney Channel, 2001
Cast, Independence Day 2001, ABC, 2001
The Great American History Quiz: America at War, History Channel,2001
Narrator, The Face: Jesus in Art, PBS, 2001
Narrator, Breaking the News, CBS, 2001
Awards Presentations
The 60th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1988
Presenter, The 62nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1990
Presenter, The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards, CBS, 1992
Presenter, 1993 MTV Movie Awards, 1993
Presenter, The 1993 World Music Awards, ABC, 1993
The 1996 ShoWest Awards, 1996
Presenter, The 68th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1996
Presenter, The 69th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1997
Presenter, The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1997
Presenter, The 55th Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1998
Presenter, The Essence Awards 2000, Fox, 2000
Presenter, The 72nd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2000
Presenter, The 2000 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2000
The 13th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, 2000
Presenter, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002
Presenter, The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2002
Episodic
Himself, Dame Edna's Hollywood, 1991
"The Entertainment Business," Bravo Profiles, Bravo, 1998
Voice of himself, "Beyond Blunderdome," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1999
Himself, "Wallace & Gromit Go Chicken," Omnibus, BBC, 2000
Interviewee, History vs. Hollywood, History Channel, 2001
Himself, Parkinson, 2002
Also appeared in Revealed with Jules Asner, E! Entertainment Television; as Australian Naval Officer, The Sullivans; in The Oracle.
Television Work
Movies
Executive producer, The Three Stooges, ABC, 2000
Pilots
Executive producer, Invincible, TBS, 2001
Television Director
Specials
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School, HBO, 1991
Stage Appearances
Juliet, Romeo and Juliet (all-male production), National Instituteof Dramatic Arts, Sydney, Australia, 1976
Oedipus, South Australian Theatre Company, Sydney, 1978
Henry IV, South Australian Theatre Company, 1978
Cedoona, South Australian Theatre Company, 1978
Waiting for Godot, Australian production, 1979
Also appeared in Death of a Salesman, Nimrod Theatre Company.
Radio Appearances
Host and occasional performer, Rabbit Ears Radio, Public Radio International, 1994
RECORDINGS
Videos
Himself, We Were Soldiers: Getting It Right, 2002

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Carrick, Peter, Mel Gibson, Robert Hale & Company, 1999
Clarkson, Wensley, Mel Gibson: Living Dangerously, Thunder's MouthPress, 1998
Lewis, Jon E., and Sandy Noble, Mel Gibson (Superstar of Film), Chelsea House Publishing, 1998
McCarty, John, The Films of Mel Gibson, Citadel Press, 1997
Pendreigh, Brian, Mel Gibson and His Movies, Bloomsbury Pub. Ltd.,1997
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St. James Press, 2000

Periodicals

Advocate, March 4, 1997, p. 25
Entertainment Weekly, August 20, 1993, p. 20; November 8, 1996, p.20; December 27, 1996, p. 20; February 21, 1997, p. 25; May 8, 1998, p. 47
Harper's, August, 1990, p. 32
Ladies' Home Journal, August, 1997, p. 68
People Weekly, November 11, 1996, p. 118; July 27, 1998, p. 86
Premiere, September, 1993, p. 46
Rolling Stone, January 12, 1989, p. 38
Saturday Evening Post, November/December, 1993, p. 40

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