Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born on January 3, 1956, in Peekskill, New York, USA as the sixth of eleven children to parents Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Ann Gibson, who was born in Australia and died in December of 1990. Though born in the US, Mel and his family moved to New South Wales...See full bio »
1996The 68th Annual Academy Awards
(TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Picture & Best Director/Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
(also archive footage)