Mel Gibson filmography

Mel Gibson, AO, is an American actor director producer and filmmaker who made his acting debut on the Australian television drama series The Sullivans (1976–1983).[1][2] While a student at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, he was given an uncredited role in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden and subsequently appeared as a leading actor in the micro budget surf drama Summer City (both in 1977).[3][4] Gibson rose to prominence during the Australian New Wave cinema movement in the early 1980s, having appeared in his breakthrough role in George Miller's dystopian action film Mad Max (1979), portraying the eponymous hero. He reprised the role in its sequels, Mad Max 2 (1981) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985).[3][5] He appeared in Peter Weir's war drama Gallipoli (1981) and the romantic drama The Year of Living Dangerously (1982).[5] Five years later he played Martin Riggs in the buddy cop action comedy Lethal Weapon alongside Danny Glover—a role he later reprised in its sequels Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), and Lethal Weapon 4 (1998).[4]
Gibson starred in Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet in 1990, as the eponymous characterof the Shakespearean tragedy of the same name.[6] It was the first film produced by Icon Productions, a production company he co-founded with Bruce Davey.[2]Gibson's directorial debut was The Man Without a Face (1993), an adaptation of Isabelle Holland's novel of the same name.[7] Two years later he directed and produced Braveheart, a historical epic drama in which he also portrayed Sir William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish knight.[3] The film earned him a Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Director, and the film won an Academy Award for Best Picture.[8] Gibson went on to star in Ransom (1996), Payback (1999), What Women Want and The Patriot (both in 2000), and We Were Soldiers (2002).[3][4]
Gibson co-wrote, directed and produced The Passion of the Christ in 2004, a Biblical epic drama which chronicled the Passion of Jesus.[9] On its release, the film garnered mixed reviews as well as notoriety for its graphic violence and alleged anti-Semitic undertones from critics.[10] Nevertheless, it grossed $370.3 million in the United States and $611.4 million worldwide, making it Gibson's highest-grossing film to date.[11] Two years later he co-wrote, directed and produced Apocalypto, an epic adventure set in Central America depicting the last days of Mayan civilization before Spanish arrival in the 16th century.[12][13] Gibson then took a ten-year hiatus from directing during which time he landed roles in Edge of Darkness (2010), Machete Kills (2013), The Expendables 3 (2014), and Blood Father (2016).[14][15] He directed Hacksaw Ridge in 2016, a biographical war drama focusing on American World War II veteran Desmond Doss, the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor. The film garnered praise from critics and audiences alike,[15] as well as various accolades.
== Film ==
Film credits of Gibson
Title 	Year	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as	Role 	Notes 	Refs.
Title 	Year	Actor 	Director 	Producer 	Writer 	Role 	Notes 	Refs.
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden	1977	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Baseball Player 	Uncredited 	[4]
Summer City 	1977	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Scallop 	 	[16]
Mad Max 	1979	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Max Rockatansky 	 	[3]
Tim 	1979	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Tim 	 	[17]
The Chain Reaction 	1980	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Mechanic 	Uncredited 	[18]
Attack Force Z 	1981	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Paul Kelly 	 	[19]
Gallipoli 	1981	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Frank Dunne 	 	[20]
Mad Max 2 	1981	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Max Rockatansky 	Also known as The Road Warrior 	[5]
The Year of Living Dangerously 	1982	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Guy Hamilton 	 	[21]
The Bounty 	1984	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Fletcher Christian 	 	[22]
The River 	1984	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Tom Garvey 	 	[23]
Mrs. Soffel 	1984	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Ed Biddle 	 	[24]
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 	1985	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Max Rockatansky 	 	[25]
Lethal Weapon 	1987	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Martin Riggs 	 	[26]
Tequila Sunrise 	1988	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Dale McKussic 	 	[27]
Lethal Weapon 2 	1989	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Martin Riggs 	 	[28]
Bird on a Wire 	1990	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Rick Jarmin 	 	[29]
Air America 	1990	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Gene Ryack 	 	[30]
Hamlet 	1990	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Prince Hamlet 	 	[6]
Forever Young 	1992	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Daniel McCormick 	 	[31]
Lethal Weapon 3 	1992	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Martin Riggs 	 	[32]
The Man Without a Face 	1993	Yes 	Yes 	No 	No 	Justin McLeod 	Directorial debut 	[7]
Maverick 	1994	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Bret Maverick 	 	[33]
Braveheart 	1995	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	No 	William Wallace 	 	[34]
Casper 	1995	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Himself 	Cameo 	[35]
Pocahontas 	1995	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	John Smith 	Voice role 	[36]
Ransom 	1996	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Tom Mullen 	 	[37]
Fathers' Day 	1997	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Scott the Body Piercer 	Uncredited cameo 	[4]
Conspiracy Theory 	1997	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Jerry Fletcher 	 	[38]
FairyTale: A True Story 	1997	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Frances' Father 	Uncredited cameo 	[4]
Lethal Weapon 4 	1998	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Martin Riggs 	 	[39]
Payback 	1999	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Porter 	 	[40]
Chicken Run 	2000	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Rocky 	Voice role 	[41]
The Patriot 	2000	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Benjamin Martin 	 	[42]
What Women Want 	2000	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Nick Marshall 	 	[43]
The Million Dollar Hotel 	2000	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Agent Skinner 	 	[44]
We Were Soldiers 	2002	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Lt. Col Hal Moore 	 	[45]
Signs 	2002	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Father Graham Hess 	 	[46]
The Singing Detective 	2003	Yes 	No 	Yes 	No 	Dr. Gibbon 	 	[47]
The Passion of the Christ 	2004	No 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	None 	 	[9]
Paparazzi 	2004	Yes 	No 	Yes 	No 	Anger Management Therapy Patient	Uncredited cameo 	[48]
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man 	2005	No 	No 	Yes 	No 	 	Documentary 	[49]
Apocalypto 	2006	No 	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	None 	 	[13]
Edge of Darkness 	2010	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Thomas Craven 	 	[50]
The Beaver 	2011	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Walter Black 	 	[51]
Get the Gringo 	2012	Yes 	No 	Yes 	Yes 	Driver 	Formerly titled as How I Spent My Summer Vacation	[52]
Machete Kills 	2013	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Luther Voz 	 	[53]
The Expendables 3 	2014	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Conrad Stonebanks 	 	[54]
Stonehearst Asylum 	2014	No 	No 	Yes 	No 	 	 	[55]
Blood Father 	2016	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	John Link 	 	[56]
Hacksaw Ridge 	2016	No 	Yes 	No 	No 	 	 	[15]
Daddy's Home 2 	2017	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Kurt Mayron 	 	[57]
Dragged Across Concrete 	2018	Yes 	No 	No 	No 	Brett Ridgeman 	 	[58]
== Television ==
Television credits of Gibson
Title 	Year 	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as	Role 	Notes 	Refs.
Title 	Year 	Actor 	Director 	Producer 	Role 	Notes 	Refs.
The Sullivans 	1976–1983	Yes 	 	 	Ray Henderson	 	[1]
Cop Shop 	1977–1984	Yes 	 	 	Unknown 	 	[4]
The Hero 	1979 	Yes 	 	 	Unknown 	 	[1]
Punishment 	1981 	Yes 	 	 	Rick Munro 	Pilot episode 	[1]
[61]
Saturday Night Live	1989 	Yes 	 	 	Host 	Episode: "Mel Gibson / Living Colour" 	[62]
World of Discovery 	1995 	Yes 	 	 	Narrator 	Episode: "Australia's Outback: The Vanishing Frontier"	[63]
The Simpsons 	1999 	Yes 	 	 	Himself
(voice role)	Episode: "Beyond Blunderdome" 	[64]
The Three Stooges 	2000 	 	 	Yes 	None 	 	[1]
Invincible 	2001 	 	 	Yes 	None 	 	[65]
Family Curse 	2003 	 	 	Yes 	None 	 	[66]
Complete Savages 	2004–2005	Yes 	Yes 	Yes 	Officer Cox 	 	[67]
Clubhouse 	2004–2005	 	 	Yes 	None 	 	[67]
Carrier 	2008 	 	 	Yes 	None 	 	[68]
==Roles in Idea Wiki ==
Title 	Year	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as	Credited as 	Role 	Notes	Refs.
Title 	Year	Actor 	Director 	Producer 	Writer 	Role 	Notes	Refs.
Greenhouse	2010	Yes 	 	 	Leo's Father 	Episode: "Lethal Moron" 	[69] 	
Greenhouse	2015	Yes 	 	 	Clayne Greenhouse	Episode: "Lethal Moron 3"	[70]