| Formed ICON productions, (formerly known as Gibson Productions) |
1968 | Moved with family to Australia at 12 years old |
1976 | Made TV debut on the Australian series "The Sullivans" |
1976 | Made stage debut opposite Judy Davis in the National Institute of Dramatic Art's production of "Romeo and Juliet" |
1976 | Played a shy surfer in his film debut "Summer City" |
1978 | Joined the State Theatre Company of South Australia in Adelaide |
1979 | Breakthrough role as the leather-clad post-apocalyptic survivor in George Miller's "Mad Max" |
1979 | Played Estragon, opposite Geoffrey Rush, in the Australian production of "Waiting for Godot" |
1979 | Portrayed a developmentally disabled man in "Tim" |
1981 | Cast as one of the leads in Peter Weir's critically-acclaimed World War I drama "Gallipoli" |
1981 | Re-teamed with Miller to reprise role for "Mad Max 2" (released in the U.S. as "The Road Warrior") |
1982 | Re-teamed with Weir to play an Australian journalist in "The Year of Living Dangerously" |
1984 | Co-starred with Anthony Hopkins in "The Bounty" |
1984 | Made American film debut opposite Sissy Spacek in Mark Rydell's "The River" |
1985 | Completed "Mad Max" trilogy with "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" |
1987 | Played the role of Martin Riggs in "Lethal Weapon"; co-starred with Danny Glover and directed by Richard Donner |
1989 | Reprised role as Riggs for "Lethal Weapon 2"; again collaborated with Donner and Glover |
1990 | First film produced by Icon Productions, "Hamlet"; also played the title role |
1991 | Directed and appeared in the HBO special "Mel Gibson Goes Back to School" |
1992 | Reunited with Donner and Glover for "Lethal Weapon 3" |
1993 | Feature directorial debut, "The Man Without a Face"; also starred |
1994 | Again collaborated with Donner on Western comedy "Maverick" |
1995 | Directed and produced the Academy Award winning film "Braveheart"; also played the lead role of legendary Scot, William Wallace |
1995 | Lent his voice to John Smith for the animated feature "Pocahontas" |
1996 | Starred in the Ron Howard directed thriller "Ransom" |
1997 | Co-starred with Julia Roberts in Donner's "Conspiracy Theory" |
1998 | Re-teamed with Donner and Glover for "Lethal Weapon 4" |
1999 | Starred in Brian Helgeland's directorial debut "Payback"; film was later re-cut and re-shot by the request of Gibson and the studio |
2000 | Executive produced the ABC biopic "The Three Stooges" |
2000 | Played the lead role in Roland Emmerich's Revolutionary war saga "The Patriot" |
2000 | Portrayed a chauvinistic ad executive who can hear women's thoughts in Nancy Meyers' "What Women Want" |
2002 | Appeared with Robert Downey Jr. in the musical comedy "The Singing Detective" |
2002 | Executive produced and starred in the Vietnam War drama "We Were Soldiers" |
2002 | Moved ICON from Paramount to 20th Century Fox |
2002 | Starred in M. Night Shyamalan's supernatural drama "Signs" |
2004 | Directed the controversial feature "The Passion of the Christ," based on biblical accounts of the arrest, trial, torture, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus; filmed in Aramaic, Latin, and Hebrew and earned over 600 million worldwide |
2004 | Executive produced and directed several episodes of the short-lived ABC comedy "Complete Savages" |
2006 | Directed the action-adventure film "Apocalypto"; filmed in the Yucatec Maya dialogue; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film |
2010 | Played a homicide detective searching for his daughter's murderer in the film adaptation of "Edge of Darkness" |
2011 | Co-starred with Jodie Foster in "The Beaver"; Foster also directed film |
