Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles as an action hero, including his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three episodes of the post-apocalyptic action series Mad Max and as Martin Riggs in the series. action cops. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson and his parents moved to Sydney, Australia at the age of 12. He studied theater at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he performed alongside Judy Davis in Romeo and Juliet. In the 1980s, he founded Icon Entertainment, a production company, which the independent director Atom Egoyan called "an alternative to the studio system". Director Peter Weir chose him as one of the main actors in the Gallipoli film during World War I, which earned Gibson the Australian Film Institute's Best Actor award, as well as a reputation as an Australian Film Institute. serious and versatile actor.
Braveheart, a 1995 film in which he directed and starred, received the Academy Award for Best Picture. Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon series and the title character in the Mad Max series are two of his most well-known performances as an actor. He also directed the critically acclaimed films Apocalypto and Hacksaw Ridge and appeared in The Patriot.
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