Mel Gibson: filmography. Mel Gibson's best films and starring roles

On January 3, 1956, Mel Gibson was born in a suburb of New York. In his Irish family he was the sixth of eleven children. When Mel was twelve years old, he moved with his parents, brothers and sisters to live in Australia.

The beginning of the creative path

The youth's dream was the profession of a journalist. However, on his behalf, the sister sent a petition to the acting faculty of the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. Initially, Mel did not know about this, but nevertheless agreed to pass all the introductory tests and was enrolled in an educational institution as a student.

The future actor Mel Gibson showed outstanding abilities that did not go unnoticed.

Early work

In his student years, the young man got a role in one of the adaptations. However, his creative debut was almost imperceptible. Did not bring the actor fame and lightweight "beach" film called "Summer City". He became his debut in the movie. Nevertheless, the beautiful, blue-eyed Mel Gibson (an actor's growth of 177 centimeters) drew attention of Australian directors after this picture.

At the last courses of the institute Mel Gibson starred in the movie "Hot Summer". The next picture brought the actor an Australian award. It was the drama "Tim". In this film, the twenty-two-year-old actor played splendidly a mentally retarded, gentle young man. Award "Sammy", received for this film, is one of the highest awards of the entertainment industry in Australia.

Mel Gibson, whose filmography currently has thirty-seven paintings, has gained worldwide fame after his role in the fantastic action movie "Mad Max." On the tests as the main character, the actor got completely by accident. He went there with a friend. As a result, the role of the policeman went to him.

Mel Gibson took a new filming in 1983. In the film "A Year Dangerous for Life" by Peter Weier, the actor played brilliantly a brutal reporter who covered the bloody Indonesian battles. This director Gibson filmed two years earlier in the military drama "Gallipoli."

The fantastic insurgent "Mad Max" was the first part of the trilogy. Later, such films were shot: "Mad Max-2: Road Warrior", as well as "Mad Max-3: Under the Dome of Thunder". The film received three prizes at once from the film institute of Australia. It was noted for sound, music and editing.

Upon termination of these works Mel Gibson got married. His future wife, the actor found with the help of a marriage agency. The wedding took place in 1980. During the period of his life, Mel Gibson's wife, Robin, gave birth to five sons and two daughters.

Return to America

In the early eighties the actor received an invitation from Hollywood. He returned to America, already having international fame. In Hollywood Mel Gibson, the filmography of which is increasingly replenished, starred in such films as "Generosity", "Bounty", "River" and "Mrs. Soffel". The serial about insane Max has received the continuation. The main character was also played by Mel Gibson. The filmography of the well-known actor was enriched by the paintings "The Warrior of the Roads", and also "Mad Max outside the Thunder Dome". In the last film, Gibson played along with Tina Turner. These works finally cemented the star of Hollywood role of the eternal policeman.

After the third part of the "Mad Max" was filmed, Mel Gibson did not play movies for two years. After that, the actor appeared in the series "Lethal Weapon", which brought him unprecedented popularity. In this triumphal hit, he appeared with Danny Glover, playing a policeman, shocked by the death of his wife. This role confirmed the position of the actor as one of the best in Hollywood and finally selected the hope for roles in the paintings of other genres.

Films with Mel Gibson show his extraordinary talent, manifested in the performance of the roles of people who live in extreme conditions. Characters actor sometimes nervous and tough. They frighten the audience with their unpredictable actions. But all the characters that Mel Gibson plays are very nice and charming people in the human plane.

Crucial moment

The long-awaited offer for the actor still arrived. He was invited to appear in the film Tequila Sunrise. The drug dealer is the role that Mel Gibson played. The filmography of the actor was replenished with criminal drama. The main role that Gibson played in the film was not known to be negative. The actor's character is a living person who has his own shortcomings and virtues. Fate turned his life in such a way that he is forced to improperly earn a living.

F. Zeffirelli invited Gibson to the role of Hamlet. This message caused a lot of gossip. Of course, between the Danish prince and the policeman, the distance is incredibly huge. Unfortunately, the film did not become a masterpiece. However, the actor's fault in this is meager. More reproaches were received by the director himself, who moved very far from the Shakespeare original.

The film "Air America", which belongs to the genre of adventure comedy, was filmed in 1990 by director Roger Spottiswood. Thanks to the participation of Mel Gibson, the picture became a box office. This once again became a confirmation of the fact that the name of the famous actor on the billboard guarantees good fees. Mel Gibson returned to the genre of adventure comedy five years later, when the film "Maverick" was shot.

Own film studio

In 1990, Mel Gibson decided to do director work. For this he opened his own studio "ICON Production". In 1993, the first picture was presented to the audience, where the actor acted as a director. Gibson was shot the film "Man without a face." Although the band did not receive a special ovation, but, in the opinion of critics, it was a successful start of the beginning director.

Academy Award"

In 1995, the film Braveheart was made. Mel Gibson played the main role in it, and also directed and produced the picture. Combining all the functions, the actor achieved the high quality of this historical drama. The film takes place in Scotland. The historical period is the end of the thirteenth century. The freedom-loving highlanders, led by their leader William Wallace, are ready to fight against tyrants for their independence.

The film was nominated for an Oscar at the same time in ten different nominations. However, it was noted only for five. The picture was the best in the installation of sound effects, the work of the director, make-up artists, the operator. In addition, she became the best film of the year. After that, the actor and director began to be ranked as outstanding film masters.

A new masterpiece

The list, which includes the best films by Mel Gibson, was supplemented in 2004 with a new picture. This is the tape of the Passion of Christ. It became a cinematic embodiment of an event that occupies a central place in the Christian religion. According to critics, Gibson's film broke the tradition according to which Christ and his disciples were portrayed as clean and well-groomed middle-class dealers. These people not only lived in poor lands, but they were also poor.

Gibson's film made millions. However, this happened not because the spectators who came to him were having a good time. Viewing this picture for each person was a personal message, possessing radical properties.

For Mel Gibson, the film served as an attempt to recreate events that are important not only for him, but also for all Christians. Directed to the service of his faith and belief was put all the talent, as well as money.

The audience was captivated by the skill of the actors and the depth of their feelings, as well as the magnificent music of the film. To fully understand the picture, it is necessary to realize the idea itself. It helps to feel the "Passion of Christ". Gibson, this idea is being persevered, with a sense of own conviction.

The career of an actor in the nineties

The best films with Mel Gibson, which were filmed at the end of the last century, is "Redemption" (1996), as well as "Conspiracy Theory" (1997). Thanks to them, the actor has become even more popular with viewers. A little earlier, in 1994, an unprecedented triumph was caused by the films "Payback" and "Lethal Weapon-4".

Further career

In 2000, the actor played the main character in the romantic comedy "What Women Want". Although in the films of this genre Mel Gibson was not shot so often, a superbly performed role won the nomination "Golden Globe". She was awarded the best actor's work. This award has confirmed the talent of the actor, who excellently copes with various roles.

Great success came to the actor after the screaming of the cock in the animated film "Escape from the chicken coop" by Peter Lord and Nick Park. In the same year 2000, the Hollywood star was offered the lead role in the epic blockbuster "Patriot" by Roland Emmerich.

Again, Mel Gibson took up arms in the drama "We were soldiers", filmed in 2002. In the same year, the actor played a major role in a fantastic thriller called "Signs." Gibson's character is a heart-broken head of the family, whose measured rural existence was destroyed by mysterious circles appearing on the fields.

Movies of recent years

In 2006, Mel Gibson acted as a director, screenwriter and producer in the film "Apocalypse". The heroes of this picture communicate in the authentic language of the era, illuminated in the film. And, as in the Passion of Christ, Gibson himself did not act in this film. The film "Apocalypse" narrates about the life of the great Maya civilization and its fall. The tape received the British BAFTA award as the best film in a foreign (non-English) language. She was also awarded the Golden Globe nomination.

Return to the frenzied sidequests occurred in 2012, when Mel Gibson starred in the lead role of the film "Cheerful Vacation". In this case, the producer and screenwriter gave way to the chair of the director Adrian Grünberg.

In the present talented director plans to make a film about Vikings. It will be dedicated to the culture of this people.