At the time, Robyn was a dental nurse and Mel was an unknown actor working for the South Australian Theatre Company. Today, Mel remains an international superstar mogul, continuously topping the Hollywood power lists as well as the Most Beautiful and Sexiest lists.

In a 1990 interview with Barbara Walters, Gibson said: "God is the only one who knows how many children we should have, and we should be ready to accept them. While on a business trip to Singapore in September 2007, Gibson donated to a local charity for children with chronic and terminal illnesses. After finding fame in Australia with only his second film, "Mad Max" (1979), Gibson vaulted onto the international scene with the superior sequel, "The Road Warrior" (1981). The film's depiction of the Prince of Wales as an effeminate homosexual caused the film to be attacked by the Gay Alliance. Gibson's paternal grandmother was opera contralto Eva Mylott (1875–1920), who was born in Australia to Irish parents, [12] while his paternal grandfather, John Hutton Gibson, was a millionaire tobacco businessman from the Southern United States.In a joint statement, the Gibsons declared, "Throughout our marriage and separation we have always striven to maintain the privacy and integrity of our family and will continue to do so. Gibson's Icon Productions originally agreed to finance Moore's film but later sold the rights to Miramax Films. Director Jodie Foster opined that the film did not do well with American audiences because it was a dramedy, and "very often Americans are not comfortable with [that]". 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. Following a one-year hiatus from film acting after the birth of his twin sons, Gibson took on the role of Fletcher Christian in The Bounty (1984).

Gibson made his directorial debut in 1993 with The Man Without a Face, followed two years later by Braveheart, which earned Gibson the Academy Award for Best Director. Still, the film was a relative box-office success, powered by largely good reviews, particularly for Gibson’s direction, which was cited by many critics for its expert pacing of challenging material and for its expressive visual style.

In 1995, Gibson produced, directed, and starred in Braveheart, a historical epic, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Director, and the Academy Award for Best Picture. Gibson had long planned to direct a remake of Fahrenheit 451, but in 1999 the project was indefinitely postponed because of scheduling conflicts. 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. 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. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.

Gibson's roles in the Mad Max series of films, Peter Weir's Gallipoli (1981), and the Lethal Weapon series of films earned him the label of "action hero". Oksana Grigorieva, Mel Gibson's Ex-Girlfriend, Suing Her Former Attorneys", The Huffington Post, January 18, 2013.But it just stopped the film in the first act so much that you thought, "When's this story going to start? Reflecting in 2003 and 2004, Gibson said that despair in his mid-30s led him to contemplate suicide, and he meditated on Christ's Passion to heal his wounds.