Mel Gibson Relationships
| Family:
Robyn Moore (wife); Hannah, Edward, Christian, William, Louis, Milo, and Thomas (children)
Divorced from Robyn in 2009
Gibson met his wife Robyn Moore in the late 1970's soon after filming Mad Max when they were both tenants at the same house in Adelaide. At the time, Robyn was a dental nurse and Mel was an unknown actor working for the South Australian Theatre Company. On June 7 1980, they married in a Catholic Church in Forestville, New South Wales. Gibson has referred to his wife as 'my Rock of Gibraltar, only much prettier' and said, 'life is about love and commitment and screw anyone who thinks that's a cliché.' They have one daughter, six sons, and one grandchild. Their seven children are Hannah (born 1980), twins Edward and Christian (born 1982), William (born 1985), Louis (born 1988), Milo (born 1990), and Thomas (born 1999).
Daughter Hannah Gibson married Blues musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd on September 16, 2006. Mel Gibson's spokesman had previously denied the rumor that Hannah was planning to become a nun.
Gibson has an avid interest in real estate investments, with multiple properties in Malibu, CA, several locations in Costa Rica, a private island in Fiji and properties in Australia. In December 2004, Gibson sold his 300-acre Australian ranch in the Kiewa Valley for $6 million. Also in December 2004, Gibson purchased Mago Island in Fiji from Tokyu Corporation of Japan for $15 million. Descendants of the original native inhabitants of Mago (who were displaced in the 1860s) have protested the purchase. Gibson stated it was his intention to retain the pristine environment of the undeveloped island. In early 2005, he sold his 45,000-acre Montana ranch to a neighbor for an undisclosed multimillion dollar sum. In April 2007 he purchased a 400-acre ranch in Costa Rica for $26 million, and in July 2007 he sold his 76-acre Tudor estate in Connecticut (which he purchased in 1994 for $9 million) for $40 million to an unnamed buyer. Also that month, he sold a Malibu property for $30 million that he had purchased for $24 million two years before.
In keeping with his interest in organic foods, Gibson has used his ranch properties to produce all-organic beef.
Mel Gibson has eclectic tastes in music and is particularly fond of Italian opera. He is a lover of Italian Renaissance art and a special admirer of the Baroque artist Caravaggio. Much of the cinematography of "The Passion of the Christ" was designed to evoke the painter's style.
Gibson's height is disputed. Varied sources place him from 5'6' (170 cm) to 5'11' (180 cm). In 2002 Gibson stood toe-to-to with Michael Parkinson (5'11') and demonstrated that they were about the same height.
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| Romance(s):
Mel Gibson has been married to Robyn Moore since 1980. They have seven children together: Hannah, Edward, Christian, William, Louis, Milo, and Thomas.
Expecting a child with his girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva in the late fall [May 26, 2009]. | Frequent collaborator(s):
Danny Glover
Richard Donner
Jodie Foster
George Miller
Rene Russo
Robert Downey Jnr
Bruce Spence
Brian Helgeland
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