Mel Gibson has been to Australia.
Mel Gibson . He was born in Peekskill , New York , and moved with his parents to Sydney , Australia , when he was 12 years old . He studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art . Director Peter Weir cast him as one of the leads in the critically acclaimed World War I drama Gallipoli ( 1981 ) , which earned Gibson a Best Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute .