He is best known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films of the post-apocalyptic action series Mad Max and as Martin Riggs in the buddy cop film series Lethal Weapon. During the s, he founded Icon Entertainment , a production company, which independent film director Atom Egoyan has called "an alternative to the studio system". He later directed and produced The Passion of the Christ , a biblical drama that was both financially successful and highly controversial. 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 several legal issues and controversial statements leaked to the public, Gibson's public image plummeted significantly, affecting his careers in acting and directing.

Stella Gibson : That's what really bothers you isn't it? The one-night stand? Man fucks woman.

Gillian Anderson is riveting as Stella Gibson, a British detective superintendent brought in from England to help oversee the investigation of a serial murderer named Paul Spector in Belfast. The show is essentially a procedural, a genre distinguished by how its examples address character, mood, and plot. The Fall excels on each count. Both the detective and the murderer are supremely intelligent and wily; both use their complex desires toward different but ultimately complementary ends. The closer they get to their climatic meeting, the more their similarities clarify, which makes their showdown a marvel of acting, writing, and editing by Steve Singleton.