Mel Gibson net worth:

Mel Gibson is an Australian/American actor, screenwriter, director, producer and investor who has a net worth of $425 million. Mel Gibson grew up in Peekskill, New York, and moved with his family to Australia at the age of twelve. He was educated by the Christian Brothers and attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, working on stage before transitioning into the Australian film scene. Gibson's first major roles were in the Mad Max series. He earned his first $1 million paycheck from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

His first American film was the 1984 drama The River. He then appeared in 1987's Lethal Weapon, which placed him squarely on the Hollywood A-list. Notable films for Gibson include Braveheart—for which he won two Academy Awards, including Best Picture—Ransom, Conspiracy Theory, The Patriot, What Women Want, and Signs. Gibson directed his first film, The Man Without a Face, in 1993, and went on to win the Oscar for Best Director with Braveheart. He directed The Passion of the Christ in 2004 and Apocalypto in 2006. Gibson married Robin Moorein 1980 and the couple had seven children before divorcing in 2009. Gibson has a daughter with his former girlfriend, Russian musician Oksana Grigorieva.

Some of his other notable film roles include starring in We Were Soldiers, Edge of Darkness, and The Expendables 3. Gibson directed the movie Hacksaw Ridge in 2016 which received 14 award nominations including an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Directing and a Golden Globe for Best Director – Motion Picture. Gibson won six awards for the film including a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Director and a Hollywood Film Award for Director of the Year. His ninth child was born in 2017 to girlfriend Rosalind Ross.