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Mel Gibson

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Mel Gibson is an American actor and filmmaker who holds dual citizenship in the United States and Ireland and lives in Australia. He became an international star playing Max Rockatansky in the Mad Max trilogy and Detective Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon series. As a director he won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for Braveheart in 1995, becoming only the sixth actor turned filmmaker to win Best Director, and he later directed The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto. His 2016 film Hacksaw Ridge, his directorial comeback, won two Academy Awards. Films starring or directed by Gibson have grossed more than 2.5 billion dollars domestically. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Academy Award for Best Director 1
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Academy Award for Best Picture 1
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AACTA International Award for Best Director 1
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AACTA Award for Best Director 1
Birth Year
1956 1
Defining Contribution
Director of historical films and action hero actor 1
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Directed and starred in Braveheart (1995), released domestically by Paramount Pictures and winner of Best Picture and Best Director.

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1. Mel Gibson (Wikipedia)
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    known for directing historical films as well for his action hero roles
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    Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.
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