Before 1991 , Mel Gibson participated in Bird on a Wire , Air America , and Hamlet produced by Icon Productions .
He landed his breakthrough role in the buddy cop action comedy film Lethal Weapon ( 1987 ) as Martin Riggs , and reprised the role in its sequels Lethal Weapon 2 ( 1989 ) , Lethal Weapon 3 ( 1992 ) , and Lethal Weapon 4 ( 1998 ) .In 1990 , three films were starred by Gibson back to back : Bird on a Wire , Air America , and Hamlet which was produced by Icon Productions , a production company he co-founded alongside Bruce Davey .
Mel Gibson filmography