At the age of 23, he gained world fame after the release of the film Mad Max, in 39 he received an Oscar for the film Braveheart as the best director,

in 48 he shocked the audience with the sadistic scenes of his film The Passion of the Christ. And because of his divorce with his wife, who gave him 7 children,

for a Russian woman, how he once again destroyed his reputation and became an outcast in Hollywood.

Mel Gibson grew up in a large family of Irish Catholics. He was 6 of 11 children. When he was 12 years old, they left America.

The father was afraid that his sons would be taken to fight in Vietnam. The family went to Australia, the homeland of Mel’s grandmother, opera singer Eva Milot.

At first, Mel did not even think about the acting profession. To get rid of shyness, he wanted to enter the Faculty of Journalism, but his sister decided his fate.

Secretly from him, she sent a petition on his behalf to the acting faculty of the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Despite not only having no experience, but little idea of ​​what would be required of him in the entrance exams, Mel braved the audition and passed.

Mel Gibson returned to the USA. He has already appeared in Hollywood in the status of a world-class star, and the main roles began to be offered to him one after another.

True, they were all similar, and it was difficult for the audience to imagine the actor in any other genre than an action movie, and in any other character than a policeman.

The images of cruel heroes, unpredictable, brave and unrestrained, he managed to do best. And his royalties were already not in thousands, but in millions.

In the same 1990, the actor continued experiments in other fields as well.He founded his film company and tried his hand at directing.

His debut film in that capacity became The Man Without a Face, and already his next work brought him not only world recognition, but also ‘Oscar’ for best director and 4 other nominations.

Mel Gibson made a dizzying acting career in Hollywood in a very short period of time and quickly fell from Olympus.

His reputation was ruined by his addiction to alcohol, due to which the actor repeatedly appeared in very unpleasant history.

For the first time, he was deprived of his driver’s license in the mid-1980s for drunken driving.

And in 2006, Gibson not only drank and got behind the wheel, but also started shouting anti-Semitic expressions during his arrest.

Later, the actor issued a public apology. And once the recording of a telephone conversation was posted on the Internet, where the actor expresses his racist views.

In Hollywood, the directors refused to work with him, the agencies broke the contracts.2003-2010 he starred in only 4 films.

The boycott was organized against him also because he completely ruined his reputation as an exemplary family.

The father of 9 children and a scheming husband
The actor got married for the first time in 1980, and his wife,

Robin Moore, had seven children. For a long time it was considered a model family, they spent more than 25 years together.

And suddenly, in 2009, news appeared that the couple had not been living together for a long time, and Robin had divorced.

And a few days later, the actor presented himself to the public with his new chosen one.
In the same autumn of 2009, the couple had a daughter, but a year later their union collapsed.

The girl accused him of shaking hands, which ultimately ruined the actor’s reputation.

The court did not end in his favor, Gibson was sentenced to 3 years of probation, and many people put a cross on his career at that time.