Mel Gibson is an Australian actor and filmmaker born in 1956. Some of his most notable roles were in the Mad Max films and the Lethal Weapon series. He gained critical acclaim for directing and starring in Braveheart, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Gibson has also directed other successful films like The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto. He is known for often playing angry or deranged characters and has faced controversies over alleged racist and anti-Semitic remarks.

1. NAME: Hugh Michael Jackman
Born: 12 October 1968, Sydney, Australia
Major works (films, hits…): X-man, Australia, Van Helsing…
Career: Australian actor and producer
Did you know he ...?
★ was left by his mother when he was 8
★ has been working as an actor since 1994.
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Marina P.

2. NAME: Mel Gibson
Born: January 3, 1956
Major works (films, hits…): Mad Max, Lethal Weapon series, Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ...
Career: years active - 1976–present, won the Oscar for Braveheart, directed movies like “The Passion
of the Christ” and “Apocalypto”
Did you know he ...?
★ for the first movie “Summertime”, he was paid 400 $
★ his name means “honey” in Portuguese
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Domagoj M.

3. NAME: Mel Gibson
Born: 3 January, 1956
Major works (films, hits…): Mad Max series, Gallipoli, The Year of ,Living Dangerously, The Bounty,
Lethal Weapon serIes, Hamlet, Braveheart,The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypto
Career: Gibson gained very favorable notices from film critics when he first entered the cinematic
scene, as well as comparisons to several classic movie stars. In 1982, Vincent Canby wrote that “Mr.
Gibson recalls the young Steve McQueen... I can't define "star quality," but whatever it is, Mr. Gibson
has it. Gibson has also been likened to “a combination Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart. Gibson's
roles in the "Mad Max" series of films, Peter Weir's Gallipoli, and the "Lethal Weapon" series of films
earned him the label of "action hero". Later, Gibson expanded into a variety of acting projects including
human dramas such as Hamlet, and comedic roles such as those in Maverick and What Women Want.
He expanded beyond acting into directing and producing, with: The Man Without a Face, in 1993;
Braveheart, in 1995; The Passion of the Christ, in 2004; and Apocalypto, in 2006. Jess Cagle of Time
has compared Gibson to Cary Grant, Sean Connery, and Robert Redford. Connery once suggested
Gibson should play the next James Bond to Connery's M. Gibson turned down the role, reportedly
because he feared being typecast.
Did you know he ...?
★ On July 8, 2010, Gibson was alleged to have made an ethnic slur against Latinos using the term
"wetbacks" as he suggested turning in one of his employees to immigration authorities.
★ The July 2010 reports of voice-mail recordings also included alleged racist remarks, with Gibson
using the word "niggers". Civil rights activists commented that Gibson had shown patterns of racism,
sexism and anti-Semitism and called for a boycott of Gibson's movies.
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Luka P. i Franjo Š.

4. NAME: Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
Born: January 3, 1956
Major works (films, hits…): Patriot,Brave heart
Career: an international superstar mogul, continuously topping the Hollywood
power lists as well as the Most Beautiful and Sexiest lists.
Did you know he ...?
★ Often plays angry or deranged characters
★ His family line goes back several generations in Australia, but his ancestors
originally came from Ireland and Scotland
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Vana K.

5. NAME: Mel Gibson
Born: January 3, 1956
Major works (films, hits…): After appearing in the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon series, Gibson went on to direct
and star in the Academy Award-winning Braveheart.
Career: Gibson gained very favorable notices from film critics when he first entered the cinematic scene, as well
as comparisons to several classic movie stars. In 1982, Vincent Canby wrote that “Mr. Gibson recalls the young
Steve McQueen... I can't define "star quality," but whatever it is, Mr. Gibson has it.” Gibson has also been
likened to “a combination Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart.” Gibson's roles in the "Mad Max" series of films,
Peter Weir's Gallipoli, and the "Lethal Weapon" series of films earned him the label of "action hero". Later,
Gibson expanded into a variety of acting projects including human dramas such as Hamlet, and comedic roles
such as those in Maverick and What Women Want. He expanded beyond acting into directing and producing,
with: The Man Without a Face, in 1993; Braveheart, in 1995; The Passion of the Christ, in 2004; and Apocalypto,
in 2006. Jess Cagle of Time has compared Gibson to Cary Grant, Sean Connery, and Robert Redford. Connery
once suggested Gibson should play the next James Bond to Connery's M. Gibson turned down the role,
reportedly because he feared being typecast.
Did you know he ...? Mel Gibson's first American film was Mark Rydell’s 1984 drama The River.
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6. NAME: Nicole Kidman
Born: June 20, 1967, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Usa
Major works (films, hits…): Moulin Rouge, The Others, The Hours, Eyes wide shut
Career: She met Tom Cruise when he invited her to audition for his next film, Days of Thunder. Cruise
quickly divorced Mimi Rogers to make way for Kidman, and they were married before Days of
Thunder was released. Over the next decade Cruise and Kidman were one of American cinema's
power couples.
When people insinuate he's gay, Tom Cruise sues, so we'd never make such an insinuation. But for
years there were whispers that theirs was a sham marriage, that Cruise and possibly Kidman were
both gay, or he was impotent or she sterile. When they adopted two children, the whispers grew
louder. Eyes Wide Shutwas supposed to be sexy, and had lots of sex scenes, but Cruise and Kidman's
scenes together seemed curiously cold. In 2001, when Cruise announced he was dumping her,
Kidman's career really took off. Her paranormal thriller The Others did well at the box office, she sang
and danced in Moulin Rouge, and she won an Oscar for The Hours, portraying Virginia Woolf. She
even sang a lovely duet of "Somethin' Stupid", the old Frank Sinatra standard, with Robbie Williams,
and it hit #1 on the U.K. charts.
Did you know she is...?
★ scared of butterflies
★ a pianist
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