name Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
born January 3, 1956, in Peekskill, N.Y.
heritage irish-catholic
father railroad brakeman
mother former Australian opera singer
siblings Mel is sixth out of eleven children
wife Robyn Moore
children daughter Hannah, twins Edward and Christopher, sons Will, Louis, Milo
awards
* Australian Film Institute Award, best actor "Gallipoli (1981)
* Oscar, Best Director "Braveheart" (the film had 10 nominations)
production co. Icon Productions
education National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney Australia.
childhood moved from NY to Australia in 1968 when Mel was 12. In part so the boys in the family wouldn't be drafted to Vietnam.
TRIVIA
* was declared (much to his embarassment) "the Sexiest Man Alive" in 1985 by People Magazine.
* played Romeo to fellow Australian actress Judy Davis' Juliet in a school production of "Romeo and Juliet".
QUOTES
*(About having both American and Australian citizenship) "I think it's good to be a hybrid. You can be more objective. If you get shifted from one culture to another, you look at something unusual and say, 'What is this?'" Interview Magazine
"I once read in a London paper that I was seeing a therapist because of my obsession with tits. I mean, I am obsessed with tits, but it's certainly nothing I would ever seek help for." Jam Interviews
(about giving interviews) "I've never developed a smooth way of selling myself. I used to be very bad at it. Then I got better, then I didn't give a damn - life's too short. I want to be judged by my work. That's all I really want to put out there. A & E Monthly, Dec 1995
FAN PAGES
The Ages of Mel
Annettes Favorites
Angi's Mel Gibson Page
Charlie's Mel Gibson Index
Krista's Mel Page
Laura's Mel Gibson Page
Liza's Mel Gibson Page
Mel Does Dallas
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson Central
Mel Gibson Fan Page
Mel Gibson's Friends
The MELMan
Mel's Mel Page
My Loving Devotion to Mel Gibson
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