<Li> Mel Gibson as Benjamin Martin A veteran of the French and Indian War as the hero of the fictional Fort Wilderness and widowed father of seven children , Benjamin does what he can to avoid fighting in the Revolutionary War knowing the implications surrounding it . In addition , he does not want to reveal to his family of what he is capable of in violence . When his oldest son , Gabriel joins up , and his second born son , Thomas is killed , he takes it upon himself to join and fight with the colonial militia . He is nicknamed `` The Ghost '' by the British . He is based on a composite of historical characters which include Thomas Sumter , Daniel Morgan , Nathanael Greene , Andrew Pickens , and Francis Marion . </Li>
<Li> Mel Gibson as Benjamin Martin A veteran of the French and Indian War as the hero of the fictional Fort Wilderness and widowed father of seven children , Benjamin does what he can to avoid fighting in the Revolutionary War knowing the implications surrounding it . In addition , he does not want to reveal to his family of what he is capable of in violence . When his oldest son , Gabriel joins up , and his second born son , Thomas is killed , he takes it upon himself to join and fight with the colonial militia . He is nicknamed `` The Ghost '' by the British . He is based on a composite of historical characters which include Thomas Sumter , Daniel Morgan , Nathanael Greene , Andrew Pickens , and Francis Marion . </Li>
who did mel gibson play in the patriot
who did mel gibson play in the patriot
Benjamin Martin
Benjamin Martin