After appearing in the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon series, Mel Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning Braveheart. In 2004, Mel Gibson directed and produced The Passion of the Christ, a controversial, yet successful, film portraying the last hours in the life of Jesus Christ. Outside his career, drunken remarks by Mel Gibson have generated accusations of homophobia and anti-semitism -- Mel Gibson has previously attributed the statements to his battle with alcoholism. Mel Gibson
After appearing in the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon series, Mel Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning Braveheart. In 2004, Mel Gibson directed and produced The Passion of the Christ, a controversial, yet successful, film portraying the last hours in the life of Jesus Christ. Outside his career, drunken remarks by Mel Gibson have generated accusations of homophobia and anti-semitism -- Mel Gibson has previously attributed the statements to his battle with alcoholism.