RECENT CREDITS
Apocalypto (FILM)  Dec. 8, 2006
Tonight Show With Jay Leno (TV)  Dec. 7, 2006
Inside Edition (TV)  Sep. 6, 2006
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (FILM)  Jun. 21, 2006
Complete Savages (TV)  Jun. 17, 2005


HIGHLIGHTS
The sixth of 11 children (he has five brothers and five sisters).
Though he considers himself an Australian, he was 12 when he moved Down Under with his family.
The night before his Mad Max audition, a bar fight left him with a black eye and stitches — the exact apocalyptic, world-weary look that director George Miller was seeking. When the
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Actor
Film


Apocalypto  2006
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


Producer, Executive Producer
Film


Paparazzi  2004
Producer
Film


Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Film


The Singing Detective  2003 -Dr. Gibbon
Producer, Actor
Film


Signs  2002 -Graham Hess
Actor
Film


We Were Soldiers  2002 -Lt. Col. Harold G. Moore
Actor
Film


The Million Dollar Hotel  2001 -Skinner
Actor
Film


What Women Want  2000 -Nick Marshall
Actor
Film


The Patriot  2000 -Benjamin Martin
Actor
Film


Chicken Run  2000 -Rocky
Voice
Film


Payback  1999 -Porter
Actor
Film


Lethal Weapon 4  1998 -Martin Riggs
Actor
Film


Forever Young  1992 -Daniel
Actor
Film


Lethal Weapon 3  1992 -Martin Riggs
Actor
Film


Air America  1990 -Gene Ryack
Actor
Film


Bird on a Wire  1990 -Rick Jarmin
Actor
Film


Lethal Weapon 2  1989 -Martin Riggs
Actor
Film


Tequila Sunrise  1988 -Dale McKussic
Actor
Film


Lethal Weapon  1987 -Martin Riggs
Actor
Film


Executive Producer
TV


Complete Savages  2004-2005 -Off. Cox
Executive Producer, Actor
TV
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Executive Producer
TV


Narrator
TV


Host
TV
Expand


Mad Max  2000 -Mad Max
Actor
Film


Fairy Tale: A True Story  1997 -Frances' Father
Actor
Film


Conspiracy Theory  1997 -Jerry Fletcher
Actor
Film


Anna Karenina  1997
Producer
Film


Ransom  1996 -Tom Mullen
Actor
Film


Pocahontas  1995 -John Smith
Voice
Film


Braveheart  1995 -William Wallace
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


Casper  1995 -Himself (uncredited)
Actor
Film


Maverick  1994 -Bret Maverick
Actor
Film


The Man without a Face  1993 -Justin McLeod
Director, Actor
Film


Hamlet  1990 -Hamlet
Actor
Film


Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome  1985 -Mad Max
Actor
Film


The Bounty  1984 -Fletcher Christian
Actor
Film


The Year of Living Dangerously  1983 -Guy Hamilton
Actor
Film


Attack Force Z  1982 -Capt. Paul Kelly
Actor
Film


Gallipoli  1981 -Frank Dunne
Actor
Film


Tim  1979 -Tim Melville
Actor
Film


Summer City  1976 -Scollop
Actor
Film


The Chain Reaction   -Bearded Mechanic
Actor
Film


The Face: Jesus in Art   -Narrator
Voice
Film


The River   -Tom Garvey
Actor
Film


The Road Warrior   -Mad Max
Actor
Film


Executive Producer
Film


Mrs. Soffel   -Ed Biddle
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film




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Highlights

The sixth of 11 children (he has five brothers and five sisters).
Though he considers himself an Australian, he was 12 when he moved Down Under with his family.
The night before his Mad Max audition, a bar fight left him with a black eye and stitches — the exact apocalyptic, world-weary look that director George Miller was seeking. When the
His father was involved with the Alliance for Catholic Tradition, a group opposed to the more liberal philosophies of the post-Vatican II Catholic Church; this influenced Mel'
A renowned practical joker, he has famously played pranks on costars including Rene Russo and Julia Roberts, and director Ron Howard.
Was arrested in 1984 for drunk driving while filming Mrs. Soffel, 22 years before his much more infamous DUI arrest in 2006.
Named People magazine's first Sexiest Man Alive in 1985 and has been frequently cited in their annual Most Beautiful People issue.  
  • In 2004, his self-financed The Passion of the Christ sparked a debate about its possible anti-Semitic slant while breaking box-office records.


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    Aired: Jun. 17, 2005

    Paparazzi
    Released: Sep. 3, 2004

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