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Mel Gibson
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Born: Jan 3, 1956
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Mel Gibson was the sixth of his parents' eleven kids. He lived in New York City , until the age of 12, when the family from the United States to his mother's native Sydney, Australia. Gibson graduated from a Catholic high school with dreams of becoming a chef or a journalist, but instead landed at the National Institute of Dramatic Art at the University of New South Wales . Gibson earned his film debut in a cheap flick called Summer City. After graduation, he joined the State Theatre Company of South Australia and appeared in a number of classical and contemporary productions. Director George Miller invited Gibson to audition for the title role in his post-apocalyptic action film Mad Max. The 1980 film became the highest-grossing Aussie movie in history, and in 1982, the even more successful sequel, The Road Warrior, was released in the States to ecstatic crowds. Gibson's star had become visible from all continents.
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