Gibson rose to prominence during the Australian New Wave cinema movement in the early 1980s, having appeared in his breakthrough role in George Miller's dystopian action film Mad Max (1979), portraying the eponymous hero. They also supported the restoration of Renaissance artwork [173] and gave millions of dollars to NIDA. The same white male privilege and power that props up a bigot like Gibson also safeguards a system that holds back so many talented, diverse artists. The Gay Alliance was especially enraged by a scene in which King Edward I murders his son's male lover by throwing him out of a castle window. Set to be released by Lionsgate, the film will star Wahlberg as "a pilot transporting a dangerous criminal for trial.

S., that became a critical and box-office sensation that established Miller and Gibson as the premier action team of the 1980s. He subsequently established himself as a top box office draw with Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and the action-packed Lethal Weapon series, which began in 1987. In a 2006 interview with Diane Sawyer, Gibson stated that he feels that his "human rights were violated" by the often vitriolic attacks on his person, his family, and his religious beliefs which were sparked by The Passion. A movie with an anti-Semitic bias is released internationally, not just in America, and that’s sobering.Gibson joined GLAAD in hosting 10 lesbian and gay filmmakers for an on-location seminar on the set of the movie Conspiracy Theory in January 1997.

During the same month, Gibson pledged to give financial assistance to a Malaysian company named Green Rubber Global for a tire recycling factory located in Gallup, New Mexico.Two years later he starred as a renegade cop seeking revenge in George Miller’s futuristic action film Mad Max. In 1995, Gibson directed, produced, and starred in Braveheart, a biographical film of Sir William Wallace, a Scottish nationalist who was executed in 1305 for " high treason" against King Edward I of England.

In his second successful collaboration with director Peter Weir, Gibson portrays Guy Hamilton, an Australian journalist who is plunked into the midst of a an attempted government coup in 1965 in Indonesia. He directed Hacksaw Ridge in 2016, a biographical war drama focusing on American World War II veteran Desmond Doss, the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor. Mel Gibson criticizes Iraq war at film fest – Troubled filmmaker draws parallels to collapsing Mayan civilization".com, made by his former National Institute of Dramatic Art colleague Sally McKenzie, Gibson said, "I had really good highs but some very low lows.

As students, Gibson and actress Judy Davis played the leads in Romeo and Juliet, and Gibson played the role of Queen Titania in an experimental production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 2016, Mel Gibson received a 10-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival where he premiered “Hacksaw Ridge,” which, propelled by a rapturous reception in Italy, went on to receive six Oscar nominations. Newcomer Mark Lee was recruited to play the idealistic Archy Hamilton after participating in a photo session for the director.Guy has no contacts among other foreign correspondents stationed there, so he must rely on his local photographer contact, a male dwarf named Billy Kwan (Linda Hunt, who won an Oscar for her performance), who has important contacts within the dangerous political world there. On July 28, 2006, Gibson was arrested by Sheriff's Deputy James Mee of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for driving under the influence (DUI) while speeding in his vehicle with an open container of alcohol. Gibson followed the footsteps of Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, and Marlon Brando by starring as Fletcher Christian in a cinematic retelling of the Mutiny on the Bounty.