At present, Mel remains an international superstar mogul, continuously topping the Hollywood power lists as well as the Most Beautiful and Sexiest lists.The blue eyed and 5' 9" tall hunk though was born in New York but got immigrated to Australia in his teens. On January 3, 1956, he was born as Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson in Peekskill, New York, USA as the sixth of eleven children to parents Hutton Gibson (a railroad brakeman) and Ann Gibson. After his high school, Gibson continued his studies at University of New South Wales in Sydney. Alongside future films thespians Judy Davis and Geoffrey Rush, he was a great performer at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts. After getting through with his college, he starred on a few TV shows and even had few turns on stage.

As an effect, he was selected to star in Mad Max (1979). That same year, in order to give a good start to his career, he played a role of a retarded handyman in love with Piper Laurie in Tim. With the coming of Lethal Weapon in 1987, the film shoved Gibson to embrace superstardom. In addition to it he generated two sequels, in which he has given a portrayal of modern action hero. It seems that opportunities which he comes across, opens a door of variety of roles waiting for him to enact.

Though Mad Max was a small budgeted movie but it was this movie only which earned him an award from the Australian Film Institute (equivalent to the Oscar) for Best Actor.

A series of acknowledgements then added fame to his name. Peter Weir's war drama Gallipoli (1981) made Mel a bankable star in Australia. Unlike other Hollywood stars, Mel is an exception as he is still together with the women, whom he had married in 1980.

Mrs. Gibson, yes, Robyn Moore and Mel have seven children. His The Bounty (1984) is a less fortunate American feature debut in which there is a reluctantly mutinous Fletcher Christian opposite Anthony Hopkins' Captain Bligh. That same year, he was featured in two more films.

In another bigger budget, a weighty satire with less action, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mel tried to enfold the Mad Max series with it. In Lethal Weapon (1987), he played Martin Riggs and that eventually became his signature series. He also gathered critical praise with his starring role in Hamlet (1990/I). Forever Young (1992), an appealing production and also The Man Without a Face (1993), a disturbing production are both produced by Gibson.

 For his role as Sir William Wallace in Braveheart (1995), he won two Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director. This very achievement labeled year 1995, as Gibson's Year. The Patriot (2000), Ransom (1996), and Payback (1999), are his box office hits. The latest milestone for actor's salaries is $25 million paycheck for The Patriot (2000) is the latest milestone for actor's salaries.