Mel Gibson came out of Australia with Mad Max and Gallipoli, then built an enormous Hollywood career on the Lethal Weapon films, where he played instability as comedy.
Braveheart won him Best Director and Best Picture, and The Passion of the Christ, which he financed himself, became one of the highest-grossing independent films ever made and one of the most argued about.
His career effectively stopped in 2006 following recorded antisemitic remarks during an arrest, and subsequent recordings of abusive language. He has worked steadily again since Hacksaw Ridge, which earned him a directing nomination.
The films and the conduct are both part of the record and any account that omits either is incomplete.
Danny GloverA suicidal LAPD detective is partnered with a family-man veteran during a Christmas drug investigation that turns into open warfare. Lethal Weapon is Richard Donner's 1987 American action film about a suicidal Los Angeles Police Department narcotics detective who is…
Angus MacfadyenMel Gibson's 1995 William Wallace biopic. Historical accuracy abandoned for emotional impact.
Delroy Lindo1996 Ron Howard thriller with Mel Gibson as a wealthy father whose kidnapped son demands a different kind of response. Ransom is Ron Howard's 1996 American thriller.
Gregg HenryBrian Helgeland's 1999 Mel Gibson crime thriller. Maria Bello plays Rosie, a prostitute and former Porter associate.
Bill HunterGallipoli is one of the great anti-war films and one of the great Australian films. Mel Gibson and Mark Lee play Frank Dunne and Archy Hamilton, two young men from Western Australia who enlist in the Light Horse for different…
Chris CooperThe Patriot is a Roland Emmerich film about the American Revolutionary War starring Mel Gibson. He fights a guerrilla war against the British.
Jane HorrocksChicken Run is one of the great British animated productions of the early twenty-first century and the feature debut of Aardman Animations as substantial. Aardman Animations had been working primarily in short subject and television animated production before Chicken Run.
Ashley JohnsonWhat Women Want made $374 million worldwide. Mel Gibson hearing women's thoughts.
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