Mel Gibson filmography

Mel Gibson filmography

File:Mel Gibson Cannes 2016.jpg Mel Gibson at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival
Film	58
Television series	14
Theatre	13

Mel Gibson is an American actor, director, and producer, who made his acting debut on the Australian television drama series The Sullivans (1976–1983). 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). 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). He appeared in Peter Weir's war drama Gallipoli (1981) and the romantic drama The Year of Living Dangerously (1982). 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).

Gibson starred in Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet in 1990, as the eponymous character of the Shakespearean tragedy of the same name. It was the first film produced by Icon Productions, a production company he co-founded with Bruce Davey. Gibson's directorial debut was The Man Without a Face (1993), an adaptation of Isabelle Holland's novel of the same name. 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. 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. Gibson went on to star in Ransom (1996), Payback (1999), What Women Want and The Patriot (both in 2000), and We Were Soldiers (2002).

Gibson co-wrote, directed and produced The Passion of the Christ in 2004, a Biblical epic drama which chronicled the Passion of Jesus. On its release, the film garnered mixed reviews as well as notoriety for its graphic violence from critics. It grossed $370.3 million in the United States and $611.4 million worldwide, making it Gibson's highest-grossing film to date. 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. 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). 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, as well as various accolades.

Film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes	Ref(s)
1993	The Man Without a Face	Yes	No	No
1995	Braveheart	Yes	Yes	No
2003	The Singing Detective	No	Yes	No
2004	The Passion of the Christ	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Paparazzi	No	Yes	No
2005	Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man	No	Yes	No	Documentary
2006	Apocalypto	Yes	Yes	Yes
2012	Get the Gringo	No	Yes	Yes	Formerly titled as How I Spent My Summer Vacation
2014	Stonehearst Asylum	No	Yes	No
2016	Hacksaw Ridge	Yes	No	No
2019	The Professor and the Madman	No	Yes	No

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1977	Summer City	Scallop
1979	Mad Max	Max Rockatansky
	Tim	Tim
1980	The Chain Reaction	Mechanic	Uncredited
1981	Attack Force Z	Paul Kelly
	Gallipoli	Frank Dunne
	Mad Max 2	Max Rockatansky	Also known as The Road Warrior
1982	The Year of Living Dangerously	Guy Hamilton
1984	The Bounty	Fletcher Christian
	The River	Tom Garvey
	Mrs. Soffel	Ed Biddle
1985	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	Max Rockatansky
1987	Lethal Weapon	Martin Riggs
1988	Tequila Sunrise	Dale McKussic
1989	Lethal Weapon 2	Martin Riggs
1990	Bird on a Wire	Rick Jarmin
	Air America	Gene Ryack
	Hamlet	Prince Hamlet
1992	Forever Young	Daniel McCormick
	Lethal Weapon 3	Martin Riggs
1993	The Man Without a Face	Justin McLeod
1994	Maverick	Bret Maverick
1995	Braveheart	William Wallace
	Casper	Himself	Cameo
	Pocahontas	John Smith	Voice role
1996	Ransom	Tom Mullen
1997	Fathers' Day	Scott the Body Piercer	Uncredited cameo
	Conspiracy Theory	Jerry Fletcher
	FairyTale: A True Story	Major Sergeant Griffiths	Uncredited cameo
1998	Lethal Weapon 4	Martin Riggs
1999	Payback	Porter
2000	Chicken Run	Rocky	Voice role
	The Patriot	Benjamin Martin
	What Women Want	Nick Marshall
	The Million Dollar Hotel	Agent Skinner
2002	We Were Soldiers	Lt. Col. Hal Moore
	Signs	Father Graham Hess
2003	The Singing Detective	Dr. Gibbon
2004	Paparazzi	Anger Management Therapy Patient	Uncredited cameo
2010	Edge of Darkness	Thomas Craven
2011	The Beaver	Walter Black
2012	Get the Gringo	Driver	Formerly titled as How I Spent My Summer Vacation
2013	Machete Kills	Luther Voz
2014	The Expendables 3	Conrad Stonebanks
2016	Blood Father	John Link
2017	Daddy's Home 2	Kurt Mayron
2018	Dragged Across Concrete	Brett Ridgeman
2019	The Professor and the Madman	James Murray
2020	Force of Nature	Ray Barrett
	Fatman	Chris Cringle
2021	Boss Level	Colonel Clive Ventor
	Dangerous	Dr.Alderwood
2022	Last Looks	Alastair Pinch
	Panama	Stark
	Agent Game	Olsen
	Father Stu	Bill Long
	Hot Seat	Wallace Reed
	Bandit	Tommy
	On the Line	Elvis Cooney
2023	Confidential Informant	Kevin Hickey
	Boys of Summer		Post-production
TBA	Desperation Road	Mitchell	Post-production

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Notes	Ref(s)
2000	The Three Stooges	No	Yes	TV movie
2001	Invincible	No	Yes
2003	Family Curse	No	Yes	TV movie
2004–2005	Complete Savages	Yes	Yes	Directed 3 episodes
2004–2005	Clubhouse	No	Yes
2008	Carrier	No	Yes	Miniseries

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1976–1983	The Sullivans	Ray Henderson
1977–1984	Cop Shop	Peter Lang
1979	The Hero	Unknown
1981	Punishment	Rick Munro	Pilot episode
1989	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: "Mel Gibson / Living Colour"
1995	World of Discovery	Narrator	Episode: "Australia's Outback: The Vanishing Frontier"
1999	The Simpsons	Himself (voice role)	Episode: "Beyond Blunderdome"
2004–2005	Complete Savages	Officer Cox
2023	The Continental: From the World of John Wick	Cormac

Theatre

Year	Title	Venue	Notes
1976	Le Chateau d'Hydro-Therapie Magnetique	Jane Street Theatre, Sydney	With Steve Bisley
1977	Mother and Son	NIDA Theatre, Sydney	With Steve Bisley and Judy Davis
	The Hostage	NIDA Theatre, Sydney	With Steve Bisley
	Once in a Lifetime	NIDA Theatre, Sydney	With Steve Bisley and Judy Davis
1978	Oedipus the King	Adelaide Festival of the Arts	With Colin Friels
	Cedoona	Adelaide Festival of the Arts	With Colin Friels and Judy Davis
	The Les Darcy Show	Adelaide Festival of the Arts	With Colin Friels and Judy Davis
1979	Romeo and Juliet	Perth & Sydney	With Angela Punch-McGregor
	Waiting for Godot		With Geoffrey Rush
	On Our Selection	Sydney	Directed by George Whaley
1981	No Names, No Pack Drill	Sydney	With Noni Hazelhurst
1982	Death of a Salesman	Sydney	Directed by George Ogilvie
1993	Love Letters by A. R. Gurney	Telluride, Colorado	With Sissy Spacek

External links

• Mel Gibson at the Internet Movie Database