A famous actor, producer and filmmaker, Mel Gibson was born in New York and became the
6th child in a family out of 11.
His father had always dreamt of moving to Australia but lack of money was a stop point.
However, this dream came true in 1968 when a starlet’s dad became a champion in a TV
show Jeopardy! and won a large sum of money.
And so, Mel finished school in Australia and entered a National Institute of Dramatic Arts
in Sydney.
He debuted in the moviemaking world being a student, but worldwide fame and recognition
was brought due to the movie Mad Max and a melodrama called Tim.
Gibson was getting more and more recognized and so he decided to take a crack at film
making, creating IconProductions.
His most famous work was Braveheart that brought him the whole five Oscar Awards.
Nowadays, he is considered to be one of the most talented actors and film-directors of
all time.
The movie star’s paternal grandmother, Eva was into the entertainment industry herself,
being a unique Opera singer.
She passed away unexpectedly at the age of 40, when she was taking a shower, slipped
and broke a neck.
She had two kids that were raised by the husband.
John is a paternal granddad, who was born in a wealthy family and so, became a businessman.
After Eva’s death, he did his best to raise two sons in the best possible way.
The celebrity’s father, Hutton was a WWII veteran and he did his best to move to Australia
so that his sons were not taken to the army during the Vietnam War.
He is also an author of several books and has his own journal.
The mother, Anne was born in Ireland and moved to the US in a search for a better and more
perspective life.
There she met Hutton and had 11 kids with him.
In 1990 Anne died and Hutton remarried a woman named Teddy.
They had been together since 2002 and up till 2013.
According to Teddy, during all years of marriage, Mel and his sister Maura were against her
and she even got a restraining order against him, claiming he used to abuse her verbally.
All in all, the father filed for a divorce in 2012 and within a year they were officially
divorced.
Apart from Mel, there are 10 more blood sisters and brothers in a family.
Patricia is an elder sister, who lives in Australia, being a mother and a wife.
Sheila is another sister to a famous actor.
It was she who foresaw Mel’s bright future and sent his application to the Institute
without even telling him.
If she didn’t do that, he would probably study journalism and would now work in some
magazine or newspaper.
The third sister Mary lives in Australia, raising kids and being a wife.
Maura is one more sister but no information is known about her.
The fifth sister is Anne and it is only known that she lives in Sydney.
Kevin is a brother to the iconic star.
There are also twin brothers, Christopher and Daniel.
Christopher used to have problems with alcohol, saying that he lived in a shadow of Mel.
However, today he is completely sober and is a politician in NSW.
As for Daniel, there is no information about him as he prefers to stay out of the limelight.
Donal is a younger sibling, who is an industrial painter by profession.
Additionally to that, he is an actor, who can be seen in many movies, e.g. Mavericks,
Braveheart, Justice League Unlimited, etc.
And the last brother is Andrew.
He was adopted as soon as the family moved to Australia.
At 22, he came out as gay which devastated the father but Mel supported him.
He is currently working as an executive in one of the insurance companies in Sydney.