Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. After appearing in the "Mad Max" and "Lethal Weapon" series, Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning "Braveheart" (1995). In 2004, he directed and produced "The Passion of the Christ," a controversial yet successful film portraying the last hours in the life of Jesus Christ.

Filmography

• 2028The Resurrection of the Christ: Part Two — Producer, Director, Writer
• 2027The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One — Writer, Director, Producer
• 2025Flight Risk — Director, Producer
• 2025Hunting Season — Bowdrie
• 2024Boneyard — Agent Petrovick
• 2024Monster Summer — Gene Carruthers
• 2023Confidential Informant — Kevin Hickey
• 2023Desperation Road — Mitchell Gaines
• 2023Sound of Freedom — Executive Producer
• The Continental: From the World of John Wick — Cormac O'Connor
• 2022Agent Game — Olsen
• 2022Bandit — Tommy
• 2022Father Stu — Bill Long
• 2022Hot Seat — Wallace Reed
• 2022Last Looks — Alastair Pinch
• 2022On the Line — Elvis Cooney, Executive Producer
• 2022Panama — Stark
• 2021Boss Level — Colonel Clive Ventor
• 2021Dangerous — Dr. Alderwood
• 2020Fatman — Chris
• 2020Force of Nature — Ray
• 2019Dragged Across Concrete — Brett Ridgeman
• 2019The Professor and the Madman — James Murray, Producer
• 2018Air Strike — Creative Producer
• 2017Daddy's Home 2 — Kurt
• 2016Blood Father — John Link
• 2016Hacksaw Ridge — Director
• 2014Stonehearst Asylum — Producer
• 2014The Expendables 3 — Conrad Stonebanks
• 2013Machete Kills — Voz
• 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)
• 2012Get the Gringo — Driver, Producer, Writer
• 2011Discovering Hamlet — Hamlet (archive footage)
• 2011The Beaver — Walter Black
• 2010Edge of Darkness — Craven
• 2008Another Day In Paradise — Producer
• Carrier — Producer
• 2008The Last Trimate — Narrator
• 2007Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart' — Self, Thanks
• 2007By His Wounds We Are Healed: Making 'The Passion of the Christ'
• 2006Apocalypto — Director, Producer, Writer
• 2006Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man — Producer
• Clubhouse — Producer
• Complete Savages — Officer Cox, Director, Story, Executive Producer
• 2004Evel Knievel — Executive Producer
• 2004Paparazzi — Anger Management Therapy Patient (uncredited), Producer
• 2004The Passion of the Christ — Producer, Director, Screenplay
• 2003The Singing Detective — Dr. Gibbon, Producer
• 2002Mad Max: Film Phenomenon
• 2002Signs — Graham Hess
• 2002We Were Soldiers — Lt. Col. Hal Moore
• 2001Invincible — Executive Producer
• 2000Chicken Run — Rocky (voice)
• 2000The Million Dollar Hotel — Detective Skinner
• 2000The Patriot — Benjamin Martin
• 2000The Three Stooges — Producer
• 2000What Women Want — Nick Marshall
• 1999Payback — Porter
• 1998Lethal Weapon 4 — Martin Riggs
• 1997Conspiracy Theory — Jerry Fletcher
• 1997FairyTale: A True Story — Frances' Father (uncredited)
• 1997Fathers' Day — Scott the Body Piercer (uncredited)
• 1997One Eight Seven — Executive Producer
• 1996Ransom — Tom Mullen
• TFI Friday
• 1995Braveheart — William Wallace, Producer, Director
• 1995Casper — Mel Gibson (uncredited)
• 1995Pocahontas — John Smith (voice)
• 1994Maverick — Bret Maverick
• 1993The Chili Con Carne Club
• 1993The Man Without a Face — Justin McLeod, Director
• 1992Earth and the American Dream — Reader (voice)
• 1992Forever Young — Capt. Daniel McCormick, Executive Producer
• 1992Lethal Weapon 3 — Martin Riggs
• 1992Rabbit Ears - David and Goliath — Narrator (voice)
• 1991Mel Gibson Goes Back to School — Self, Director
• 1990Air America — Gene Ryack
• 1990Bird on a Wire — Richard 'Rick' Jarmin
• 1990Hamlet — Hamlet
• 1989Lethal Weapon 2 — Martin Riggs
• 1989Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary — Self, Director, Writer
• The Simpsons — Mel Gibson (voice)
• 1988Tequila Sunrise — Dale "Mac" McKussic
• 1987Lethal Weapon — Martin Riggs
• 1985Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome — Max Rockatansky
• Aspel & Company
• 1984Mrs. Soffel — Ed Biddle
• 1984The Bounty — Fletcher Christian
• 1984The River — Tom Garvey
• 1982Attack Force Z — Captain Kelly
• 1982The Year of Living Dangerously — Guy Hamilton
• 1981Gallipoli — Frank Dunne
• 1981Mad Max 2 — Max Rockatansky
• Punishment — Rick Monroe
• 1980The Chain Reaction — Bearded mechanic (uncredited)
• 1979Mad Max — Max Rockatansky
• 1979The Hero — Captain White / Rob Mulligan
• 1979Tim — Tim Melville
• 1977Summer City — Scollop
• The Sullivans — Ray Henderson
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
• Coyote — Agent Jack Bradley
• Every Other Weekend
• Lethal Weapon 5 — Martin Riggs, Director
• Siege of Malta — Producer, Writer
• The Canyon — Joseph

Appearances as themselves (53)

• 2025Being Bo Widerberg — Self (archive footage)
• 2025It’s a Mad Max World — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller — Self
• 2025Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich — Self
• 2022Mel Gibson: A Tormented Soul — Self (archive footage)
• Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy — Self
• 2017Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies — Self
• 2017Steve McQueen: American Icon — Self
• 2017The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge' — Self
• 2016Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior' — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015The Madness of Max — Self
• 2014The Making of The Expendables 3 — Self
• 2013Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot — Self
• 2012Casting By — Self
• 2012Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' — Self
• 2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Apocalypto Now — Self (archival footage)
• The Jay Leno Show — Self, Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2006Who Killed the Electric Car? — Self
• 2005Entrenched: The Making of Gallipoli — Himself
• 2004ABC Primetime: Mel Gibson's Passion — Self
• 2004The Big Question — Self
• 2003Declaration of Independence — Self
• 2003Making 'Signs' — Self / Rev. Graham Hess
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002We Were Soldiers: Getting It Right — Self
• 2000Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion — Self
• 2000The Patriot: The Art of War — Self
• 2000The Simpsons: America's First Family — Self
• 1999Forever Hollywood — Self
• 1999Jet Li: Li-Thal Weapon — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• The Entertainment Biz — Self
• The Magic Hour — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
• HBO First Look — Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• 1990A Night on Mount Edna — Self
• Yo! MTV Raps — Self
• 1988cascadeurs de stars — Self
• 1987The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson — Self
• 1985Spécial Mad Max — Self
• 1985The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' — Self
• Wogan — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• Spécial cinéma — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Gracie — Self