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Mel Gibson

Actor, producer, director and writer · Born January 3, 1956 (70) · Peekskill, New York, USA

2 Oscars · Golden Globe winner · BAFTA Award nominee · 2 other major award bodies

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art. After appearing in the "Mad Max" and "Lethal Weapon" series, Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning "Braveheart" (1995). In 2004, he directed and produced "The Passion of the Christ," a controversial yet successful film portraying the last hours in the life of Jesus Christ.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 3, 1956 (70)
From
Peekskill, New York, USA
Works as
Actor, producer, director and writer
Titles
82 on MovieCove · 105 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 9% in 30 days

What are Mel Gibson's films like?

Across their 79 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 77 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 22 · Serious 21 · Dark 34

A split, not a type: Grounded 40 · Stylized 30 · Heightened 7

Gentle 8 · Charged 25 · Intense 44

Steady 18 · Shifting 46 · Whiplash 13

Straight-faced 49 · Some laughs 21 · Funny 7

Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 39 · Relentless 19

Casual 19 · Engaged 47 · Full focus 11

A split, not a type: Easy watch 22 · Affecting 25 · Heavy 30

Resolved 58 · Open-ended 16 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

58 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 36 of 58 analyzed roles.

Hero
36 of 58
Mentor
11 of 58
Shadow
5 of 58
Trickster
4 of 58
Herald
1 of 58
Ally
1 of 58
Show the 58 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
58
Thrilling
23
Dread
26
Melancholic
27
Hopeful
19
Other
65

How their films end · 12 with a twist

  • Happy20
  • Bittersweet41
  • Tragic7
  • Ambiguous11

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Mel Gibson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 56 of their 82 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (25).

Subscription and free streaming for Mel Gibson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

105 credits, 82 with a MovieCove page; 54 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Resurrection of the Christ: Part Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Hunting Season(2025)

    as Bowdrie

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Flight Risk(2025)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • Monster Summer(2024)

    as Gene Carruthers

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Boneyard(2024)

    as Agent Petrovick

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
  • Desperation Road(2023)

    as Mitchell Gaines

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • The Continental(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · as Cormac O'Connor

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
  • Sound of Freedom(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • Confidential Informant(2023)

    as Kevin Hickey

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • On the Line(2022)

    Executive Producer · as Elvis Cooney

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Bandit(2022)

    as Tommy

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Hot Seat(2022)

    as Wallace Reed

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • Father Stu(2022)

    as Bill Long

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Agent Game(2022)

    as Olsen

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
  • Panama(2022)

    as Stark

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • Last Looks(2021)

    as Alastair Pinch

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Dangerous(2021)

    as Dr. Alderwood

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Boss Level(2020)

    as Colonel Clive Ventor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Fatman(2020)

    as Chris

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • Force of Nature(2020)

    as Ray

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
  • The Professor and the Madman(2019)

    Producer · as James Murray

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Dragged Across Concrete(2018)

    as Brett Ridgeman

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Air Strike(2018)

    Creative Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
  • Daddy's Home 2(2017)

    as Kurt

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Hacksaw Ridge(2016)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Blood Father(2016)

    as John Link

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Stonehearst Asylum(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • The Expendables 3(2014)

    as Conrad Stonebanks

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Machete Kills(2013)

    as Voz

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Get the Gringo(2012)

    Producer · Writer · as Driver

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(2012)

    as (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Discovering Hamlet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Hamlet (archive footage)

  • The Beaver(2011)

    as Walter Black

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Edge of Darkness(2010)

    as Craven

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Another Day In Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Producer

  • Carrier(2008)

    Show 10 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
  • The Last Trimate(2008)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • By His Wounds We Are Healed: Making 'The Passion of the Christ' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • Apocalypto(2006)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Clubhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 12 episodes · Producer

  • Complete Savages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 19 episodes · Director · Executive Producer · Story · as Officer Cox

  • Paparazzi(2004)

    Producer · as Anger Management Therapy Patient (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Evel Knievel(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • The Passion of the Christ(2004)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • The Singing Detective(2003)

    Producer · as Dr. Gibbon

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Signs(2002)

    as Graham Hess

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • We Were Soldiers(2002)

    as Lt. Col. Hal Moore

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • Mad Max: Film Phenomenon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Actor

  • Invincible(2001)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
  • What Women Want(2000)

    as Nick Marshall

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • The Patriot(2000)

    as Benjamin Martin

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • Chicken Run(2000)

    as Rocky (voice)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • The Three Stooges(2000)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • The Million Dollar Hotel(2000)

    as Detective Skinner

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Payback(1999)

    as Porter

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Lethal Weapon 4(1998)

    as Martin Riggs

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • FairyTale: A True Story(1997)

    as Frances' Father (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Conspiracy Theory(1997)

    as Jerry Fletcher

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • One Eight Seven(1997)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Fathers' Day(1997)

    as Scott the Body Piercer (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Ransom(1996)

    as Tom Mullen

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • TFI Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Pocahontas(1995)

    as John Smith (voice)

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Casper(1995)

    as Mel Gibson (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Braveheart(1995)

    Director · Producer · as William Wallace

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Maverick(1994)

    as Bret Maverick

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • The Man Without a Face(1993)

    Director · as Justin McLeod

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • The Chili Con Carne Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • Forever Young(1992)

    Executive Producer · as Capt. Daniel McCormick

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Earth and the American Dream(1992)

    as Reader (voice)

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Rabbit Ears - David and Goliath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Lethal Weapon 3(1992)

    as Martin Riggs

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Mel Gibson Goes Back to School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Director · as Self

  • Hamlet(1990)

    as Hamlet

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Air America(1990)

    as Gene Ryack

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Bird on a Wire(1990)

    as Richard 'Rick' Jarmin

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • The Simpsons(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Mel Gibson (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
  • Lethal Weapon 2(1989)

    as Martin Riggs

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director · Writer · as Self

  • Tequila Sunrise(1988)

    as Dale "Mac" McKussic

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
  • Lethal Weapon(1987)

    as Martin Riggs

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome(1985)

    as Max Rockatansky

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Mrs. Soffel(1984)

    as Ed Biddle

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • The River(1984)

    as Tom Garvey

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Aspel & Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Bounty(1984)

    as Fletcher Christian

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • The Year of Living Dangerously(1982)

    as Guy Hamilton

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Attack Force Z(1981)

    as Captain Kelly

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • The Road Warrior(1981)

    as Max Rockatansky

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Gallipoli(1981)

    as Frank Dunne

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Punishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 26 episodes · as Rick Monroe

  • The Chain Reaction(1980)

    as Bearded mechanic (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Tim(1979)

    as Tim Melville

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • Mad Max(1979)

    as Max Rockatansky

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • The Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Captain White / Rob Mulligan

  • Summer City(1977)

    as Scollop

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
  • The Sullivans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 4 episodes · as Ray Henderson

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Coyote (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Agent Jack Bradley

  • Every Other Weekend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Lethal Weapon 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · as Martin Riggs

  • Siege of Malta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Producer · Writer

  • The Canyon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Joseph

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 105 titles, 98 of them dated from 1962 to 2025; peak year 2001.

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19622025

Peak 2001 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 51 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting85 of 105: 75 only acting, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thDirecting12 of 105: 2 only directing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score92ndWriting9 of 105: 1 only writing, 8 with another roleProducing24 of 105: 10 only producing, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rd

105 titles, 17 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

1960s1 · acting1970s5 · acting1980s16 · 15 acting · 1 crew1990s22 · 20 acting · 5 crew2000s21 · 12 acting · 12 crew2010s14 · 11 acting · 5 crew2020s19 · 17 acting · 3 crew

Billing

usually 1st · top billed in 67% of 61 roles
79848994990914

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

2 Oscars, a Golden Globe and 1 other major award from 12 major nominations, 1996–2017.

WinNomination
  1. 2017
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Directing
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Director - Motion Picture
  2. 2016
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Director
  3. 2007
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film not in the English Language
  4. 2001
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
  5. 1997
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
  6. 1996
    • Oscar, won · Best Director
    • Oscar, won · Best Picture
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Director - Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, nominated
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
      • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Director

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Mel Gibson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 79; across their 77 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 77

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 77

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 77

Midcredits score across 82 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up22
  • 50th to 74th27
  • 25th to 49th21
  • Below 25th12

Shape of the crowd

40 of their 82 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Universally Panned2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser40
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed21

Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 73 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Mel Gibson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 63 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore54 titles40–93 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity63 titles12–58 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity57 titles26–86 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs50 titles12–64 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense46 titles34–87 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Mel Gibson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mel Gibson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bruce Davey shares the most, 24.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles