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| Birth Name(s) : Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson |
Date of Birth: January 3, 1956 |
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Actor |
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Easily one of the sexiest stars alive, Mel Gibson has enchanted men and women alike with his action roles and rugged good looks. His cinematic debut was in "Summer City" (1976), but it wasn't until "Mad Max" (1979) that critics realized he was well on his way to super-stardom.
Mel has gone on to varied roles from a well-played title role in "Hamlet" (1990) to light-hearted comedic fare in the "Lethal Weapon" trilogy. "Braveheart" (1995) remains his epic piece, in which he starred, directed and produced. As former Willam Wallace, he can do no wrong in many fans' eyes. |
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Additional Mel Gibson Biography
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American-Australian actor, Academy Award winning director and producer. Born in the U.S., he moved to Australia when he was 12 years old and he later studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. After establishing himself as a household name with the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon series, Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning Braveheart. Gibson's direction of Braveheart made him the sixth actor-turned-filmmaker to receive an Oscar for Best Director. In 2004, he directed and produced The Passion of the Christ, a blockbuster movie that portrayed the last hours of the life of Jesus. Gibson is an honorary Officer of the Order of Australia and was ranked the world's most powerful celebrity in the annual list by Forbes magazine in 2004.
Gibson graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney in 1977. His acting career began in Australia with appearances in television series, including The Sullivans, Cop Shop and Punishment. He made his film debut in the 1977 Australian film Summer City.
The film met with critical and marketing success and remains steady in DVD sales. It also marked the transformation of Mel Gibson from action hero to serious actor and filmmaker.
On his decision to cut the scene in which Caiaphas says "his blood be on us and on our children" soon after Pontius Pilate washes his hands of Jesus, Gibson said in mid-2003:I wanted it in. My brother said I was wimping out if I didn't include it. But, man, if I included that in there, they'd be coming after me at my house. They'd come to kill me.
Daughter Hannah Gibson married Blues musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd on September 16, 2006. Mel Gibson's spokesman had previously denied the rumor that Hannah was planning to become a nun.
Mel Gibson has eclectic tastes in music and is particularly fond of Italian opera. He is a lover of Italian Renaissance art and a special admirer of the Baroque artist Caravaggio. Much of the cinematography of The Passion of the Christ was designed to evoke the painter's style.
Gibson also referred to him as “Pope John Paul II” in a 2004 Reader’s Digest interview, and acquaintance William Fulco has said that Gibson denies neither the pope nor Vatican II. Gibson has expressed the belief that God is pointing out his path, particularly with respect to the making of The Passion of the Christ. In 2003, he told The New Yorker
"There is no salvation for those outside the Church … I believe it. Put it this way. My wife is a saint. She's a much better person than I am. Honestly. She's, like, Episcopalian, Church of England. She prays, she believes in God, she knows Jesus, she believes in that stuff. And it's just not fair if she doesn't make it, she's better than I am. But that is a pronouncement from the chair. I go with it.”
However, Gibson’s assent to this dogma does not mean he thinks that non-Catholics or non-Christians will go to hell. When Gibson was asked at Willow Creek church whether John 14:6 is an intolerant position, he said that “through the merits of Jesus' sacrifice… even people who don't know Jesus are able to be saved, but through him.” Gibson also told Diane Sawyer that he believes non-Catholics can go to heaven.
In a July 1995 interview with Playboy magazine, Gibson said President Bill Clinton was a "low-level opportunist" and someone was "telling him what to do". He said he thought Clinton and other politicians who had won Rhodes Scholarships were part of a "stealth" trend of Rhodes scholars becoming politicians who were striving for a "new world order." He said this was a form of Marxism.
In March 2005, he issued a statement condemning the ending of Terri Schiavo's life, referring to her death as "state-sanctioned murder" on Sean Hannity's radio show.
Criticisms have been leveled at the historical accuracy of the Gibson-directed Braveheart, including its portrayal of English lords asserting Droit de seigneur. Gibson has acknowledged the reliance on anachronistic elements and the legends about William Wallace to make Braveheart more cinematically compelling. Furthermore, Gibson has dissociated himself from Scottish nationalists using the film to campaign for separation from England.
In 1985, Gibson retreated to his Australian farm for over a year to recover, but he continued to struggle with drinking. In a 2004 Primetime interview with Diane Sawyer, Gibson admitted at one point to drinking five pints of beer before work. Gibson said in 2003 that his despair in his mid-thirties led him to contemplate suicide, and he meditated on Christ’s Passion to heal his wounds. In 1992, Gibson provided financial support to Hollywood's Recovery Center, saying, "Alcoholism is something that runs in my family. It's something that's close to me. People do come back from it, and it's a miracle."Main article: Mel Gibson DUI incident
While filming the movie Apocalypto in the jungles of Mexico's Veracruz state, Mel Gibson donated one million dollars to the Rotary Club () to build houses for poor people in the region after some severe flooding wiped out many homes, stating:
In the 2007 film Epic Movie when Kal Penn's character is in the jail cell his cellmate has a close resemblance to Mel Gibson, and is apparently in jail because of a DUI incident. |
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