Mel Gibson played a lead role in a movie.
Mad Max (franchise) . Mel Gibson starred in the first three films and Tom Hardy took over the titular role in the fourth film . The series follows the adventures of Max Rockatansky , a police officer in a future Australia which is experiencing societal collapse due to war and critical resource shortages . 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 .