Summary
- Mel Gibson became a top movie star quickly but faced controversies that derailed his career for years.
- Despite a tumultuous past, Gibson's net worth hit around $425 million from his film work.
- The actor/director faced a decade of blacklisting due to various incidents involving racism and abuse.
Mel Gibson was cast in Mad Max as the titular character.
It didn't take long for Gibson to become one of the biggest movie stars in the world and his directing work began to make people think he was a once-in-a-generation talent. However, a series of controversies and arrests in the 2000s derailed the actor/director's career for years. Recently, Mel Gibson has slowly gotten back on track and seems to have put the darker parts of his past behind him. He was only married once, from 1980 to 2011, to Robyn Moore, but he's been in high-profile relationships with Oksana Grigorieva and then Rosalind Ross, who he's currently with.
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Mel Gibson's Net Worth
Mel Gibson Has Around $450 Million
According to CelebrityNetWorth, Mel Gibson has a net worth of somewhere around $425 million, a truly staggering amount. As an actor, director, and producer, Gibson has earned basically all his money in the film industry. He's come a long way with his salary. In his first film, Summer City, Gibson only earned $400 (via TimesLive), but by 1998, he was earning $25 million for Lethal Weapon 4, a salary which extended to multiple films including The Patriot, We Were Soldiers, and Signs, making him one of the highest paid actors in the world (via Biography).
But those acting roles are not where he earned the lion's share of his net worth, that came from producing and directing. For The ion of the Christ, which he retained 50% of the profits on and was able to merchandise, Gibson reportedly earned somewhere around $400 – $475 million (via CelebrityNetWorth). It's also notable that his divorce from Robyn ended with a settlement requiring Gibson to pay $400 million of his $850 million fortune, one of the highest in Hollywood history (via People).
Mel Gibson's Age & Height
Mel Gibson Is A Capricorn
Mel Gibson is 5' 9 3/4" according to IMDb and 5' 9 1/2" according to CelebHeights. He was born on January 3, 1956, making him 68 in the summer of 2024. Gibson is a Capricorn, an earth sign with a mischievous streak (via Allure). Capricorns are resilient, ambitious, and hard-charging even through the most painful strife. As a producer, director, and actor who's had some tough experiences, Gibson exemplifies all of this. Though they may seem restrained at first, they can also be troublemakers, a dual personality that Gibson probably understands all too well.
The Mel Gibson Controversies, Explained
Mel Gibson Was Blacklisted From Hollywood For Over A Decade
Despite his critical and commercial successes, most people will know Mel Gibson for his many controversies that ate up over a decade of his life, beginning in July 2006 when he was arrested for drunk driving which led to a racially charged tirade (via Vanity Fair). This arrest led to others coming forward, revealing past instances of Mel Gibson using racist, homophobic, antisemitic, and sexist language.
Timeline Of Mel Gibson Controversies And Incidents (Via Business Insider) |
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Year |
Alleged Event |
1983 |
Three-month driving ban in Toronto, Canada after a drunk driving incident |
1991 |
Gibson made homophobic remarks to a Spanish newspaper |
1995 |
Gibson made inflammatory remarks about the LGBTQ community to Playboy |
2006 |
Gibson is arrested for drunk driving and goes on an antisemitic tirade |
2010 |
In an interview with GQ, Winona Ryder claimed Gibson made homophobic and antisemitic remarks to her at a party in the '90s |
2010 |
Gibson's ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, acquires a restraining order against Gibson |
2010 |
Audio recordings surfaced of Gibson making abusive and racist remarks to Grigorieva |
2011 |
Gibson pleaded "no contest" to misdemeanor battery after allegations of domestic abuse by Grigorieva |
His problems continued into the 2010s with recorded phone calls of Gibson threatening violence against his then-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, which led to a restraining order. After years on the outs, some actors like Robert Downey Jr. and journalists like Allison Hope Weiner advocated for forgiveness for Mel Gibson, and he's since slowly made his way back into movies. How his net worth will change after so many years is anyone's guess.
