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> Mel Gibson
> born 1956, New York, sixth of eleven children
> father moved the whole family to Australia after a lawsuit and compensation settlement
> his sister secretly applied to drama school on his behalf without telling him
> at the time he was working in an orange juice bottling factory
> got accepted, moved out, later shared a flat with Geoffrey Rush
> had zero acting experience before drama school
> got the Mad Max role after showing up to auditions with a face beaten up from a fight
> casting directors photographed him, told him to come back in three weeks
> came back three weeks later, face healed, looked handsome, got the lead
> Mad Max made on $350,000, grossed $100 million worldwide
> won Best Actor at the Australian Film Institute twice in a row
> hollywood came calling, moved to America
> named People magazine's first ever Sexiest Man Alive, 1985
> Lethal Weapon made him the biggest action star on the planet
> wanted to direct, nobody would let him
> asked to direct Braveheart, studio said only if he starred in it too
> directed, produced and starred in it himself
> won Best Director and Best Picture at the Oscars, 1996
> only the sixth actor in history to win Best Director
> hollywood told him The Passion of the Christ was unmarketable
> nobody would fund it
> put in $45 million of his own money
> it made $370 million at the box office
> highest grossing R-rated film of the year
> july 2006, pulled over for drink driving in Malibu
> said that "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." to the arresting officer
> the asked him "Are you a Jew?"
> it went public
> dropped by his agency the same day
> blacklisted by Hollywood
> spent ten years on the outside
> came back with Hacksaw Ridge, 2016
> nominated for Best Director Oscar again
> his films have made over $2.5 billion in the US alone
> net worth $425 million
Still making movies at 70, never fully went away..
