List of awards and nominations received by Mel Gibson

Last updated January 25, 2024

This is a list of awards and nominations received by actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson. Gibson is best known as an action hero, for roles such as Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon buddy cop film series, and Max Rockatansky in the first three films in the Mad Max post-apocalyptic action series. He produced, directed, and starred in the epic historical drama film Braveheart , for which he won the Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for Best Director, along with the Academy Award for Best Picture. He later directed and produced the financially successful and controversial, biblical drama film The Passion of the Christ . He received further critical notice for his directorial work of the action-adventure film Apocalypto , which is set in Mesoamerica during the early 16th century. After a 10-year hiatus from directing, Gibson returned with the critically praised and financially successful Hacksaw Ridge , which won the Academy Awards for Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing and earned Gibson his second nomination for Best Director.

Major associations

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, or "Oscars" are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The awards, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), were first held in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.^[1] Gibson has received two awards from three nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Braveheart	Best Picture	Won
1996	Braveheart	Best Director	Won
2017	Hacksaw Ridge	Best Director	Nominated

British Academy Film Awards

The British Academy Film Award is an annual award show presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The awards were founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell and others.^[2] Gibson has received two nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Braveheart	Best Director	Nominated
2007	Apocalypto	Best Film Not in the English Language	Nominated

Directors Guild Awards

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Directors Guild in 1936, the group merged with the Radio and Television Directors Guild in 1960 to become the modern Directors Guild of America. Gibson has received one nomination.

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Braveheart	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.^[3] Gibson has won once in four nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Braveheart	Best Director	Won
1997	Ransom	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Nominated
2001	What Women Want	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Nominated
2017	Hacksaw Ridge	Best Director	Nominated

Other awards and nominations

Australian Film Critics Association

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2017	Hacksaw Ridge	Best Director	Nominated

Australian Film Institute / AACTA Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1979	Tim	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Won
1981	Gallipoli		Won
1982	The Year of Living Dangerously		Nominated
2002	—	Global Achievement Award	Won
2016	Hacksaw Ridge	Best Direction	Won
2017	Hacksaw Ridge	Best International Direction	Won

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1997	Ransom	Favorite Actor - Suspense	Won
1998	Conspiracy Theory	Favorite Actor - Suspense	Won
1999	Lethal Weapon 4	Favorite Duo - Action/Adventure	Nominated
2000	Payback	Favorite Actor - Action	Nominated
2001	The Patriot	Favorite Actor - Drama	Won
2001	What Women Want	Favorite Actor - Comedy/Romance	Nominated

Critic's Choice Awards

The Critics' Choice Movie Awards have been presented annually since 1995 by the Broadcast Film Critics Association for outstanding achievements in the film industry.^[4] Gibson has received one award from two nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Braveheart	Best Director	Won
2016	Hacksaw Ridge	Best Director	Nominated

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2003	Signs	Best Actor	Nominated

Film Critics Circle of Australia

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2017	Hacksaw Ridge	Best Director	Nominated

Golden Raspberry Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2015	The Expendables 3	Worst Supporting Actor	Nominated
2017	Hacksaw Ridge	Razzie Redeemer Award	Won
2018	Daddy's Home 2	Worst Supporting Actor	Won
2022	Dangerous		Nominated
2024	Confidential Informant		Pending

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2014	—	Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema	Won

Hollywood Film Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2004	The Passion of the Christ	Producer of the Year	Won
2016	Hacksaw Ridge	Producer of the Year	Won

Irish Film & Television Academy

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2008	—	Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema	Won

Jupiter Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1996	Braveheart	Best International Director	Won

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1993	Lethal Weapon 3	Best On-Screen Duo	Won
		Best Action Sequence	Won
		Most Desirable Male	Nominated
		Best Kiss	Nominated
1996	Braveheart	Best Male Performance	Nominated
1996	Braveheart	Most Desirable Male	Nominated
1999	Lethal Weapon 4	Best Action Sequence	Nominated
2001	The Patriot	Best Male Performance	Nominated

National Board of Review

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1995	Braveheart	Special Filmmaking Achievement	Won

Kids' Choice Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2001	Chicken Run	Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie	Nominated

North Texas Film Critics Association

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2017	Hacksaw Ridge	Best Director	3rd Place

People's Choice Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1991	—	Favorite Motion Picture Actor	Won
1997		Favorite Motion Picture Actor	Won
2001		Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Drama	Won
2001		Favorite Motion Picture Actor	Won
2003			Won
2004			Won

Phoenix Film Critics Society

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2016	Hacksaw Ridge	Best Director	Nominated

Satellite Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2005	The Passion of the Christ	Best Director	Won
2017	Hacksaw Ridge	Best Director	Nominated

Saturn Awards

The Saturn Awards are presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror films, television and home video. Gibson has received three nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1983	Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior	Best Actor	Nominated
2007	Apocalypto	Best Director	Nominated
2019	Dragged Across Concrete	Best Actor	Nominated

References

↑ "About the Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
↑ Newcomb, Horace (February 3, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television. Taylor & Francis. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-135-19479-6.
↑ "History of the Golden Globes". Hollywood Foreign Press Association . Retrieved July 8, 2015.
↑ "Critics' Choice Movie Awards". Critics' Choice Movie Award. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2015.

External links

Mel Gibson at IMDb
Mel Gibson at AllMovie

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[1] "About the Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2015.

[Newcomb2014-2] Newcomb, Horace (February 3, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television. Taylor & Francis. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-135-19479-6.

[3] "History of the Golden Globes". Hollywood Foreign Press Association . Retrieved July 8, 2015.

[4] "Critics' Choice Movie Awards". Critics' Choice Movie Award. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2015.

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v t e Mel Gibson
Films directed	The Man Without a Face (1993) Braveheart (1995) The Passion of the Christ (2004) Apocalypto (2006) Hacksaw Ridge (2016) The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection (2024) Lethal Finale (TBA) Flight Risk (TBA)
Films written	Get the Gringo (2012, also produced)
Produced only	The Singing Detective (2003) Paparazzi (2004) Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2005) Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
Characters	Martin Riggs Max Rockatansky
Related articles	Filmography Awards and nominations Icon Productions Donal Gibson

v t e Academy Award for Best Director
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1976–2000	John G. Avildsen (1976) Woody Allen (1977) Michael Cimino (1978) Robert Benton (1979) Robert Redford (1980) Warren Beatty (1981) Richard Attenborough (1982) James L. Brooks (1983) Miloš Forman (1984) Sydney Pollack (1985) Oliver Stone (1986) Bernardo Bertolucci (1987) Barry Levinson (1988) Oliver Stone (1989) Kevin Costner (1990) Jonathan Demme (1991) Clint Eastwood (1992) Steven Spielberg (1993) Robert Zemeckis (1994) Mel Gibson (1995) Anthony Minghella (1996) James Cameron (1997) Steven Spielberg (1998) Sam Mendes (1999) Steven Soderbergh (2000)
2001–present	Ron Howard (2001) Roman Polanski (2002) Peter Jackson (2003) Clint Eastwood (2004) Ang Lee (2005) Martin Scorsese (2006) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007) Danny Boyle (2008) Kathryn Bigelow (2009) Tom Hooper (2010) Michel Hazanavicius (2011) Ang Lee (2012) Alfonso Cuarón (2013) Alejandro González Iñárritu (2014) Alejandro González Iñárritu (2015) Damien Chazelle (2016) Guillermo del Toro (2017) Alfonso Cuarón (2018) Bong Joon-ho (2019) Chloé Zhao (2020/21) Jane Campion (2021) Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)

v t e Golden Globe Award for Best Director
1943–1975	Henry King (1943) Leo McCarey (1944) Billy Wilder (1945) Frank Capra (1946) Elia Kazan (1947) John Huston (1948) Robert Rossen (1949) Billy Wilder (1950) László Benedek (1951) Cecil B. DeMille (1952) Fred Zinnemann (1953) Elia Kazan (1954) Joshua Logan (1955) Elia Kazan (1956) David Lean (1957) Vincente Minnelli (1958) William Wyler (1959) Jack Cardiff (1960) Stanley Kramer (1961) David Lean (1962) Elia Kazan (1963) George Cukor (1964) David Lean (1965) Fred Zinnemann (1966) Mike Nichols (1967) Paul Newman (1968) Charles Jarrott (1969) Arthur Hiller (1970) William Friedkin (1971) Francis Ford Coppola (1972) William Friedkin (1973) Roman Polanski (1974) Miloš Forman (1975)
1976–2000	Sidney Lumet (1976) Herbert Ross (1977) Michael Cimino (1978) Francis Ford Coppola (1979) Robert Redford (1980) Warren Beatty (1981) Richard Attenborough (1982) Barbra Streisand (1983) Miloš Forman (1984) John Huston (1985) Oliver Stone (1986) Bernardo Bertolucci (1987) Clint Eastwood (1988) Oliver Stone (1989) Kevin Costner (1990) Oliver Stone (1991) Clint Eastwood (1992) Steven Spielberg (1993) Robert Zemeckis (1994) Mel Gibson (1995) Miloš Forman (1996) James Cameron (1997) Steven Spielberg (1998) Sam Mendes (1999) Ang Lee (2000)
2001–present	Robert Altman (2001) Martin Scorsese (2002) Peter Jackson (2003) Clint Eastwood (2004) Ang Lee (2005) Martin Scorsese (2006) Julian Schnabel (2007) Danny Boyle (2008) James Cameron (2009) David Fincher (2010) Martin Scorsese (2011) Ben Affleck (2012) Alfonso Cuarón (2013) Richard Linklater (2014) Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015) Damien Chazelle (2016) Guillermo del Toro (2017) Alfonso Cuarón (2018) Sam Mendes (2019) Chloé Zhao (2020) Jane Campion (2021) Steven Spielberg (2022) Christopher Nolan (2023)

v t e Satellite Award for Best Director
1990s	Joel Coen (1996) James Cameron (1997) Terrence Malick (1998) Michael Mann (1999)
2000s	Steven Soderbergh (2000) Baz Luhrmann (2001) Todd Haynes (2002) Jim Sheridan (2003) Mel Gibson (2004) Ang Lee (2005) Bill Condon / Clint Eastwood (2006) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007) Danny Boyle (2008) Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
2010s	David Fincher (2010) Nicolas Winding Refn (2011) David O. Russell (2012) Steve McQueen (2013) Richard Linklater (2014) Tom McCarthy (2015) Kenneth Lonergan (2016) Jordan Peele (2017) Alfonso Cuarón (2018) James Mangold (2019)
2020s	Chloé Zhao (2020) Jane Campion (2021) James Cameron (2022)