Mel Gibson
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Mel Gibson at the premiere of Air America in 1990 | |
| Birth name | Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson |
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| Birth | 3 January 1956 (1956-01-03) (age 55) Peekskill , New York , United States |
| Nationality |  U.S. |
| Occupation (s) | Actor Producer Director Scriptwriter |
| Notable Films | Mad Max The Year of Living Dangerously Lethal Weapon Maverick Braveheart The Ransom The Patriot Signs The Passion of Christ Apocalypto |
| Honors | Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor Oscar Best Film Oscar Best Director Golden Globe Best Director |
| Website | http://www.melgibsonsite.com/ |
Mel Gibson is an actor , director , screenwriter and film producer American , born 3 January 1956 in Peekskill , in the State of New York. It is famous for having held the roles of subtitles Mad Max and Lethal Weapon , but it is also recognized for his achievements as the Oscar-winning Braveheart and the controversial The Passion of Christ.
The films in which Mel Gibson played reported 2,359,979,028 in the U.S. and 4,656,246,953 in the world , making him one of the most profitable players in the history of cinema Youth Mel Gibson is the sixth of eleven children (six girls and five boys) of Hutton Gibson and Anne Reilly Gibson. His mother was of Irish descent and her paternal grandmother, Eva Mylott, was a singer of opera in Australia. One of his brothers, Donal, is also an actor. In 1968 , the Gibson family moved to Australia when Mel was only twelve. The father had just won his trial for accident against his employer and had received 145,000 in compensation. The emigration to Australia was a sign of protest against the Vietnam War at a time when the elder Gibson might be called to carry out his military service. It was also Hutton Gibson, a Catholic devotee, a way to protest against the moral decay he saw in the changing mores of American society In 1977 , Mel Gibson is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney. He began his career as an actor in the television series The Sullivans and the film Summer City. It does not take long to find success when he played the hero in Mad Max 's director George Miller. This movie sci-fi low-budget meeting with unexpected success, bringing hundreds of millions of dollars around the world. Mel Gibson is then propelled him to star in the film and will resume the character of Max in the 2 suites ( Mad Max 2 and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome ). Despite its new status, he does not hesitate to vary his roles reflected his performance of mentally retarded in Tim and a young soldier unconscious Gallipoli from Peter Weir. These two benefits enable it to earn its stripes as critical as two Best Actor Awards from the Australian Film Institute. He then returned under the direction of Peter Weir The Year of Living Dangerously. In 1984 , Mel Gibson leaves the Australia and resumed the role of Fletcher Christian in The Bounty , alongside renowned actors like Anthony Hopkins , Liam Neeson and Daniel Day-Lewis. The following year he was the first to be elected "Sexiest Man of the World" by People magazine . In 1987 , it definitely gets popular in the United States for his role as cop suicide in Lethal Weapon (Lethal Weapon) by Richard Donner. This action film is a huge worldwide success and will be followed by 3 suites, which will be a hit at every exit. His duet with hectic Danny Glover forever mark the American cinema and it is now one of the highest paid actors of Hollywood. In 1990 , Mel Gibson is moving towards the tragedy by taking up the classic role of Hamlet in the film by Franco Zeffirelli. It starts shortly after the production (through his company Icon Productions ) with Forever Young , then moves to the realization with The Man Without a Face. At the height of his popularity, he found the director Richard Donner for western Maverick. In 1995 , Mel Gibson tackles his most ambitious work, the historical film Braveheart , in which he plays the warlike Scots William Wallace. This great public and critical success revives interest in epic films (mixture of battles , of romance and adventure ) and earned him the Oscar for best film and best director , and the Golden Globe for best director. After this triumph, he went thrillers ( Ransom , Conspiracy Theory , Payback ) while trying his hand at film writer with The Million Dollar Hotel of Wim Wenders. In 2000 , Mel Gibson returns to the war movie with The Patriot by Roland Emmerich , and We Were Soldiers by Randall Wallace , the screenwriter of Braveheart. Meanwhile, he tried his hand at romantic comedy with What Women Want for Nancy Meyers and eventually be faced with an invasion alien in Signs of M. Night Shyamalan , who became the biggest hit of his career as an actor and he can win a whopping 25,000,000 Projects According to rumors, the next film by Mel Gibson as a director would again be an epic movie, this time based on the Vikings , with output expected in 2012. Leonardo DiCaprio was announced to take a role, but withdrew following the recent scandal in which domestic violence has found Mel Gibson. It should also participate in the film Very Bad Trip 2 in the role of a tattooist, but following a boycott of its presence in the film after his escapades, he is immediately excluded from the project and was replaced by Liam Neeson , . Mel Gibson has lent his voice to John Smith in Pocahontas, an Indian legend in 1995 , and Rocky in Chicken Run in 2000. He also lent his voice to his own character in the television series The Simpsons , in the 1 st episode of the eleventh season of the series, titled Mel Gibson bells. In Quebec , Mel Gibson is doubled by Hubert Gagnon. In France , that Jacques Frantz , who lends his voice and Brittany for the Breton version is Daniel Tangi. Mel Gibson married Robyn Moore on 7 June 1980 in the town of Forestville, in New South Wales ( Australia ). The couple has seven children (six boys and one girl). His daughter, Hannah Gibson married to musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd on 16 September 2006. In April 2009, his wife, Robyn, filed for divorce after 27 years of marriage. On October 30, 2009, his fiancee Oksana Grigorieva gives birth to a girl named Lucia. It is the 8 th child of Mel Gibson. Mel Gibson has never publicly identified with conservative Republicans , despite U.S. statements to the contrary in newspapers like the Washington Times or the site WorldNetDaily. It should produce the film Michael Moore , Fahrenheit 9 / 11 , but was eventually sold its rights to Miramax Films. Moore had said then that the Republicans had intimidated Mel Gibson. In 1995 , in an interview with Playboy magazine, he lashed out at President Bill Clinton in which he saw a low-level opportunist. Opposed to Iraq War , Mel Gibson said in 2006 that certain events or characters in his film Apocalypto , there was a bit of President " George W. Bush and his boys " . Mel Gibson is a traditionalist Catholic , while his ex-wife is Anglican. Very religious, attached to the Tridentine Mass, he publicly denounced the research on stem cells from ' embryos human disconnection of appliances that kept Terri Schiavo alive. It however supports the death penalty by traditionalist design that conceives only for exceptional circumstances. Although not forming special advertising, Mel Gibson is involved in many philanthropic or charity as Healing the Children . The Gibson family did not usually communicate about their humanitarian commitment, yet we knew they supported institutions by giving them substantial sums. Among these institutions is Healing the Children. From Cris Embleton, one of its founders, the Gibsons have given millions of dollars to fund medical treatment for children in need worldwide. The Gibson also supported the arts : they have funded the restoration of works of art from the Renaissance and gave several million dollars at NIDA , where Mel Gibson made his classes. During the filming of Apocalypto in Mexico , Mel Gibson gave 1 million to the Rotary Club to build houses for people who lost their homes after heavy flooding in the region of Yucatan. The director said his gesture: "They have a lot of flooding there. It was like in Louisiana, in these regions further south. They have experienced very severe flooding and something like a million people were left displaced and bereaved. I always think that if you go into the country for someone else to make a movie, you do not go to just enjoy the scene. You bring a gift. It's like going into someone's house. You bring a bottle of wine, a bouquet of flowers or a box of chocolate and it's the same kind of thing on a larger scale when you go into the country from someone and they will help you your movie. You help them first somehow or you give them a gift or you help them as you can. That's why we have somehow helped to damage related to flooding. " Mel Gibson has donated 500,000 dollars to the El Mirador Basin Project to protect the last track through the jungle in Central America and to pursue archaeological research on the civilization of the Mayas. In July 2007 , he revisited the Central America to make donations and organize their use for the indigenous population. He met with President Oscar Arias , President of Costa Rica. He also financed the construction of a church that seats 400 people donate 37 million in the hills of Malibu , where he lives. Also, Mel Gibson owns the company that will do this work. Masses respecting the Tridentine rite are given each morning . Mel Gibson was also involved in a discrete manner by supporting other artists who personally suffered from addiction to addictive substances. It is particularly intervened to support Robert Downey Jr. , his former partner Air America , when he was incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison. The singer of rock Courtney Love thanked Mel Gibson for having saved her from a relapse into drugs after the actor has helped to rehabilitate. Mel Gibson has seen the singer in a hotel in Los Angeles when she was beginning to take drugs. Courtney Love later testified, "I said, slamming the door in his face. There were two drug addicts with me who would not go away, then nobody could take me back to the rehabilitation center. But thanks to Mel, two drug addicts have gone for a bite to eat with him because it was Mel Gibson. While Warren (Boyd, guardian) could get me and put me at center. " Some groups gay denounced the homophobia of Mel Gibson. They are based on an interview in 1992 the actor to the newspaper El Pas , where, against them, he said "They put it in the ass," showing his middle finger. He has always vigorously denied all charges of homosexuality against him ("Have I the voice of a homosexual? Do I talk like them? Do I move like them?" I do not think so. " ). On several occasions he has attempted to show that he was not homophobic by participating in public events for gays and lesbians film . According to Wensley Clarkson, author of an unauthorized biography of Mel Gibson, the actor would experience problems with alcohol since adolescence. In 1984 , he was already arrested for driving while intoxicated in Toronto , in Canada. In 2004 , in an interview with Diane Sawyer , he admitted having abused drugs in the past as well as alcohol. On 28 July 2006 , Mel Gibson was arrested while drunk and holds about anti-Semitic. He will present his sincere apologies, on 1 August 2006, the Jewish community, excuses were accepted by the organization Anti-Defamation League. On 17 August 2006 , he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years probation. He then announced to have entered a detoxification program . Earned him his troubles were being parodied in the television series South Park (episode The Passion of the Jew ), where he is described as a dangerous sado-masochistic , and Epic Movie where he is in jail following his arrest for driving while intoxicated. Career
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Year Film Role Director 1992 Forever Young Executive producer (uncredited) Steve Miner 1995 Braveheart Mel Gibson 2000 The Three Stooges (TV) Executive producer (uncredited) James Frawley 2001 Invincible (film, 2001) Executive producer Jefery Levy 2003 Family Curse (TV) Executive producer Dan Angel and Billy Brown The Singing Detective Executive producer Keith Gordon 2004 The Passion of the Christ (The Passion of the Christ) Mel Gibson Evel Knievel (TV) Executive producer John Badham Paparazzi Paul Abascal The Savages (Complete Savages) (TV) Executive producer Paul Abascal and Mel Gibson Clubhouse (TV) Executive producer Steve Gomer , Gavin O'Connor and Oz Scott Director
Year Film 1993 The Man Without a Face (The Man Without A Face) 1995 Braveheart 2004 The Passion of the Christ (The Passion of the Christ) The Savages (TV) (co-directed by Paul Abascal ) - Season 1, Episode 1, 2 and 11 Apocalypto Writer
Year Film 2004 The Passion of the Christ (The Passion of the Christ) Apocalypto Box Office
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World Mad Max 400 000 2,549,462 entries 99,750,000 Gallipoli 2.6 million U.S. dollars - - Mad Max 2 4,000,000 - - The Year of Living Dangerously 6,000,000 - - The Bounty 25 million U.S. dollars - - River - 11,489,982 - - Mrs. Soffel - 4,385,312 - - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 12 million U.S. dollars 36,230,219 - - Lethal Weapon 15 million U.S. dollars 1,857,521 entries 120 192 350 Tequila Sunrise 23 million U.S. dollars - 105 932 000 Lethal Weapon 2 - 147 253 986 1,844,828 entries 227 300 000 Like a bird on the branch 20 million U.S. dollars - 138 697 012 Air America 35 million U.S. dollars - 32,914,515 Hamlet - 20,710,451 - 22,493,727 Lethal Weapon 3 35 million U.S. dollars 4,385,039 entries 319 700 000 Forever Young - 55,956,187 1,117,152 entries 127 942 530 The Man Without a Face - 24,760,338 - - Maverick - 101 631 272 1,430,843 entries 183 015 237 Braveheart 53 million U.S. dollars - 210 409 945 Pocahontas, an Indian legend 55 million U.S. dollars - 347 100 000 The Ransom 80 million U.S. dollars - 308 700 000 Plotting 75 million U.S. dollars 1,202,722 entries 142 783 718 Lethal Weapon 4 140 000 000 3,309,591 entries 285 400 000 Payback 50 million U.S. dollars - 161 626 121 The Million Dollar Hotel 8,000,000 - 67,631,903 Chicken Run 42 million U.S. dollars 2,945,623 entries 227 793 915 The Patriot, the path to freedom 110 000 000 - 215 300 000 What Women Want 70 million U.S. dollars 2,782,525 entries 372 100 000 We Were Soldiers 75 million U.S. dollars 105 893 entries 114 658 262 Signs 72 million U.S. dollars 1,929,601 entries 408 265 690 Out of control 60 million U.S. dollars 300 230 entries 81,208,697 Awards
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Director The Man Without a Face (1993) Braveheart (1995) The Passion of the Christ (2004) Apocalypto (2006)
Television: The Savages (2004, Season 1, episodes 1, 2 and 11) See also List as an actor List as a producer 
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