The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department launched a domestic violence investigation against Gibson, [152] later dropped when Gibson pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge.

Today, Mel remains an international superstar mogul, continuously topping the Hollywood power lists as well as the Most Beautiful and Sexiest lists. Gibson got his breakthrough role as the leather-clad post-apocalyptic survivor in George Miller's Mad Max. The couple reportedly did not have a prenuptial agreement; because California is a community property state, [141] Robyn Gibson received half of everything her husband had earned during their marriage. In winning the Academy Award for Best Director, Gibson became only the sixth actor-turned-filmmaker to do so.Weir’s tale of friendship under fire was moving (also thanks in large part to the performances of Lee and Gibson, in particular), and when the ultimately tragic battle takes place, it has the impact of a punch to the gut.

Director Peter Weir cast Gibson as one of the leads in the World War I drama Gallipoli (1981), which earned Gibson another Best Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute. Records of Gibson using offshore accounts and business were revealed in the Jersey Leaks, records of more than 20,000 individuals held with the wealth management firm Kleinwort Benson. 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.Braveheart influenced the Scottish nationalist movement and helped to revive the film genre of the historical epic; the Battle of Stirling Bridge sequence is considered by critics to be one of the all-time best-directed battle scenes. When Gibson, who was coming off two “Lethal Weapon” movies was first announced as esteemed director Franco Zeffirelli’s choice to play Shakespeare’s famous Melancholy Dane, let’s just say that there was some skepticism in the film community.

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. I don't blame some people for thinking that though, from the garbage they heard on those leaked tapes, which have been edited. At the time of his 2006 arrest, Gibson was notoriously dropped by Ari Emanuel, with whom he’s since made amends. Gibson starred in The Beaver, a domestic drama about a depressed alcoholic directed by former Maverick costar Jodie Foster.Eventually, he was chosen to star in the films Mad Max (1979) and Tim (1979), co-starring Piper Laurie.