The Big Picture: Mel Gibson Career & Biographical Notes: Has never been nominated for an acting Oscar Has appeared in six films directed by Richard Donner (Conspiracy Theory, Maverick, and the four Lethal Weapon movies) Shares a birthday with J.R.R. Tolkien Often receives annoying text messages from Jim Caviezel in Aramaic

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Mel Gibson Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• 1/15/10-1/21/10
• 1/29/10-2/4/10
• 10/14/11-10/20/11
• 12/23/11-1/5/12
• 3/4/11-3/10/11
• 6/29/12-7/5/12
• Actors and Their Roles II
• Braveheart
• Braveheart
• Chicken Run
• Lethal Weapon 2
• Signs

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Edge of Darkness	1/29/10	N/A
Apocalypto	12/8/06		2465	15.01	50.83	Info
The Passion of the Christ	2/25/04	R	3043	83.85	370.27	Info
The Singing Detective	10/24/03	R	5	0.03	0.34	Info
Signs	8/2/02	PG-13	3264	60.12	227.97	Info
We Were Soldiers	3/1/02	R	3143	20.21	78.12	Info

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Awards:

2002
Signs

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, BOP's Calvin Awards

2000
What Women Want

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

1996
Ransom

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1995
Braveheart

• Win: Best Director, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Director, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Directors' Guild

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