Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson AO is an American actor, film director, and producer. He is best known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films of the post-apocalyptic action series Mad Max and as Martin Riggs in the buddy cop film series Lethal Weapon.
Mel Gibson Bio & Age
Mel Gibson was born on January 3, 1956, in Peekskill, New York to Anne Patricia and Hutton Gibson.
He was raised in a large Irish Catholic family. In fact, he was the sixth of eleven children to be born to his parents.
Gibson has avoided the spiritual wasteland component of Hollywood, and has remained a devout Catholic to this day.
During the earlier years of his life, he received an education by the Congregation of Christian Brothers at a Catholic college in New South Wales.
In 2004, he directed the film The Passion of the Christ, which is a tribute and a testimony to both his religious upbringing and his current belief system.
Mel Gibson Height
- Height: 5.9 ft.
- Weight: 214 lb.
- Hair Color: Dark Brown
- Eye Color: Blue
Mel Gibson Children
Lucia, his daughter, was born in Oct 2009. When she was just one-year-old, her parents separated. Her mother Rosalind Ross welcomed Lars Gerard, her ninth child in January 2017.
They have a close friendship on social media. They live a private life. They share a lot of the same interests as their children. Their father is a critic and writer, and their mother is an artist.
Melody Shepherd was the first Mel Gibson child. Mel was on film in Egypt and was not present for the birth. The child went on to become an actress despite this.
In films like Toisen Kanssa (2014), and The Patriot 2000, she was a star. She is a makeup artist today. Christian Shepherd, Mel’s younger brother, works in the film camera department. He has acted in Were Soldiers (2002), and has worked on projects such as Daddy’s Home 2 or The Equalizer 2.
Mel Gibson Movies
Gibson dove into the world of acting, as he studied at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. He was known in Australia before he was really well known in the United States for his acting career. However, in 1984, he appeared in the Mark Rydell film entitled The River. After this performance, Gibson became very well accepted and received in the acting atmosphere.
He has starred in a laundry list of films; however, some of the most famous titles include:
- Hamlet
- Tequila Sunrise
- Lethal Weapon 2
- Bird on a Wire
- Forever Young
- Maverick
- Braveheart
- Ransom
- Conspiracy Theory
- What Women Want
- The Patriot
- Edge of Darkness
- The Year of Living Dangerously
- Lethal Weapon
Mel Gibson is not just an actor. He has had his fair share of time in both the producing and directing world, where he achieved particular acclaim and recognition for The Passion of the Christ starring Jim Cavaziel, in which the final hours of Jesus Christ’s life are recounted according to the scriptures. As with any religiously or politically charged film, he received both great praise and great criticism.
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