On January 3, 1956, Mel Gibson was born in the suburbs of New York. In his Irish family, he was the sixth of eleven children. When Mel was twelve years old, he moved with his parents, brothers and sisters to live in Australia.
The beginning of the creative path
The young man's dream was the profession of a journalist. However, on his behalf, the sister sent a petition to the acting department of the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. Initially, Mel did not know anything about this, but nevertheless agreed to pass all entrance tests and was enrolled in an educational institution by a student.
The future
actor Mel Gibson showed outstanding abilities that did not go unnoticed.
Early work
In his student years, the young man got a role in one of the adaptations. However, his creative debut was almost imperceptible. The actor did not bring fame to the lightweight “beach” film called “Summer City”. He became his movie debut. Nevertheless, the beautiful, blue-eyed Mel Gibson (actor's height of 177 centimeters) attracted the attention of Australian directors after this picture.
In the last year of the institute, Mel Gibson starred in the movie Hot Summer. The following picture brought the actor an Australian award. It was the drama "Tim." In this film, a twenty-two-year-old actor perfectly played a mentally retarded meek young man. The Sammy Award for this film is one of Australia's top entertainment industry awards.
Mel Gibson, whose filmography currently has thirty-seven paintings, gained worldwide fame after playing a role in the fantastic action movie Mad Max. The actor came to audition as the main character by accident. He went there with a friend. As a result, the role of a policeman went to him.
New filming took place with Mel Gibson in 1983. In Peter Weier’s “Life-threatening Year”, the actor played a brilliant reporter covering the bloody Indonesian battles. This director Gibson starred in two years earlier in the military drama "Gallipoli".
The fantastic action movie Mad Max was the first part of the trilogy. Subsequently, such films were shot: “Mad Max-2: Road Warrior”, as well as “Mad Max-3: Under the Dome of Thunder”. The film immediately went to three prizes of the Australian Film Institute. She was noted for sound, music and editing.
At the end of these works, Mel Gibson got married. The actor found his future wife with the help of a marriage agency. The wedding took place in 1980. During the period of life together, Mel Gibson's wife, Robin, gave birth to five sons and two daughters.
Return to America
In the early eighties, the actor received an invitation from Hollywood. He returned to America, already having international fame. In Hollywood, Mel Gibson, whose filmography was increasingly replenished, starred in such films as Generosity, Bounty, River, and Mrs. Soffel. Received its continuation and the series about the mad Max. The main character was also played by Mel Gibson. The filmography of the famous actor was enriched by the paintings “Road Warrior”, as well as “Mad Max Outside the Dome of Thunder”. In the last film, Gibson played with Tina Turner. These works finally assigned the role of the eternal policeman to the Hollywood star.
After the third installment of Mad Max was filmed, Mel Gibson did not play a movie for two years. After that, the actor appeared in the series "Lethal Weapon", which brought him unprecedented popularity. In this triumphant hit, he appeared with Danny Glover, playing a policeman shocked by the death of his wife. This role confirmed the position of the actor as one of the best in Hollywood and finally selected the hope for roles in films of other genres.
Films with Mel Gibson show his extraordinary talent, manifested in the roles of people who live in extreme conditions. The characters of the actor are sometimes nervous and tough. They scare the audience with their unpredictable actions. But all the characters played by Mel Gibson are very nice and charming people in human terms.
Crucial moment
The long-awaited proposal for the actor still arrived. He was invited to star in the movie Tequila Sunrise. The drug dealer is the part played by Mel Gibson. The filmography of the actor replenished with a criminal drama. The main role that Gibson played in the film was not deliberately negative. The character of an actor is a living person who has his own shortcomings and advantages. Fate turned his life in such a way that he was forced by an unseemly pursuit to earn a living.
F. Zeffirelli invited Gibson to the role of Hamlet. This news caused a lot of gossip. Of course, the distance between the Danish prince and the policeman is incredibly vast. Unfortunately, the film did not become a masterpiece. However, the fault of the actor in this minuscule. The director himself received more reproaches, who moved very far from the Shakespearean original.
The film "Air America", which belongs to the adventure comedy genre, was shot in 1990 by director Roger Spottyswood. Thanks to the participation of Mel Gibson, the picture became a cash register. This once again became a confirmation that the name of the famous actor on the poster guarantees good fees. Mel Gibson returned to the adventure comedy genre five years later when the film Maverick was shot.
Own film studio
In 1990, Mel Gibson decided to do directorial work. To do this, he opened his own studio "ICON Production". In 1993, the first picture was presented to the audience, where the actor acted as a director. Gibson made the film Man Without a Face. Although the film did not receive a special ovation, but, according to critics, it became a successful start for the novice director.
Academy Award"
In 1995, the film Braveheart was shot. Mel Gibson played a major role in it, and also acted as a director and producer of the picture. Combining all the functions, the actor achieved the high quality of this historical drama. The film takes place in Scotland. The historical period is the end of the thirteenth century. The freedom-loving highlanders, led by their leader William Wallace, are ready to fight against tyrants for their independence.
The film was nominated for an Oscar at the same time in ten different nominations. True, only five were noted. The picture became the best in the installation of sound effects, in the work of the director, make-up artists, operator. In addition, she became the best film of the year. After this, the actor and director began to be attributed to the rank of outstanding film masters.
New masterpiece
The list, which includes the best films of Mel Gibson, in 2004 was replenished with a new picture. This is the film "Passion of Christ." She became the cinematic embodiment of the event, which occupies a central place in the Christian religion. According to critics, Gibson's film broke the tradition that Christ and his disciples were portrayed as clean and well-groomed middle-level businessmen. These people not only lived in poor lands, but they themselves were poor.
Gibson's film made millions. However, this did not happen because the audience who came to him had a good time. Viewing this picture for each person was a personal message with radical properties.
For Mel Gibson, the film served as an attempt to recreate events that are important not only for him, but for all Christians. The director at the service of his faith and beliefs put all his talent, as well as money.
The audience was captivated by the skill of the actors and the depth of their feelings, as well as the magnificent music of the film. For a full understanding of the picture, awareness of the idea itself is necessary. She helps to feel the "Passion of Christ." Gibson insists on this idea, with a sense of his own conviction.
Actor's career in the nineties
The best films with Mel Gibson that were shot at the end of the last century are Redemption (1996) and Conspiracy Theory (1997). Thanks to them, the actor gained even greater popularity among the audience. A little earlier, in 1994, the films “Reckoning” and “Deadly Weapon-4” caused an unprecedented triumph.
Further career
In 2000, the actor played the main character in the romantic comedy "What Women Want." Although Mel Gibson did not appear in films of this genre so often, the superbly performed role received the Golden Globe nomination. She was awarded for best acting. This award confirmed the talent of an actor who perfectly copes with various roles.
Great success came to the actor after voicing the rooster in the animated film “Escape from the Coop” by Peter Lord and Nick Park. In the same 2000, the Hollywood star was offered the main role in the epic blockbuster "Patriot" Roland Emmerich.
Once again, Mel Gibson took up arms in the drama "We Were Soldiers," filmed in 2002. In the same year, the actor played a major role in a fantastic thriller called “Signs”. Gibson's character is a heartbroken head of the family, whose measured rural existence was destroyed by mysterious circles that appeared on the fields.
Films of recent years
In 2006, Mel Gibson acted as a director, screenwriter, and producer in the Apocalypse movie. The heroes of this picture communicate in the authentic language of the era highlighted in the film. Moreover, as in The Passion of Christ, Gibson did not act in this picture himself. The film "Apocalypse" tells the story of the life of the great Mayan civilization and its fall. The tape received the British BAFTA Award as the best film in a foreign (non-English) language. She was also awarded the Golden Globe nomination.
A return to the perky bokviki occurred in 2012, when Mel Gibson starred in the title role of the film "Fun Holidays." In this case, the producer and screenwriter lost the director’s chair to Adrian Grünberg.
Currently, a talented director plans to make a film about the Vikings. It will be dedicated to the culture of this people.