Richard Gere
- Acting
- August 31, 1949 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor and producer. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and a starring role in Days of Heaven (1978). He came to prominence with his role in the film American Gigolo (1980), which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He went on to star in many well-received films, including An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), The Cotton Club (1984), Pretty Woman (1990), Sommersby (1993), Primal Fear (1996), Runaway Bride (1999), I'm Not There (2007), Arbitrage (2012) and Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016). For portraying Billy Flynn in the Academy Award-winning musical Chicago (2002), he won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast.
Known for
Filmography
- The Basics of Philosophy
- La vida és Verdi
- Terrence Malick - Filming the Invisible · Self
- Eyes on Ukraine · Executive producer
- A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms · Self
- Together for Palestine · Self
- Oh, Canada · Leo Fife
- The Agency · James 'Bosko' Bradley
- Wisdom of Happiness · Executive producer
- Longing · Daniel Bloch
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma · Self
- The Super Models · Self
- Maybe I Do · Howard
- Beau geste · Self
- The Happy Days of Garry Marshall · Self
- It Takes a Lunatic · Self
- MotherFatherSon · Max Finch
- Three Christs · Dr. Alan Stone
- The Dinner · Stan Lohman
- Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer · Norman Oppenheimer
- The Benefactor · Franny
- Time Out of Mind · George, Producer
- The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel · Guy Chambers
- Henry & Me · Henry (Voice)
- Monk with a Camera · Self
- Cosmos · Clair Patterson (Voice)
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew · Self
- Movie 43 · Robert (segment "iBabe")
- Arbitrage · Robert Miller
- The Double · Paul Shepherdson
- Project Happiness · Self
- Compassion in Emptiness · Self
- When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun · Self
- The Buddha · Narrator
- Brooklyn's Finest · Off. Eddie Dugan
- This Emotional Life · Self
- Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche · Self
- Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet · Narrator (Voice)
- Amelia · George Putnam
- My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story · Self
- Hachi: A Dog's Tale · Parker Wilson, Producer
- Mustang: Journey of Transformation · Narrator
- Nights in Rodanthe · Paul
- The Bonnie Hunt Show · Self
- Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence · Self
- I'm Not There · Billy
- The Hunting Party · Simon Hunt
- The Flock · Erroll Babbage
- Dreaming Lhasa · Executive producer
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- The Hoax · Clifford Irving
- On Life & Enlightenment · Self
- Live 8 · Self
- Bee Season · Saul
- Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast · Self
- Rachel: An American Conscience · Self
- Koffee with Karan · Self
- Shall We Dance? · John Clark
- Che tempo che fa · Self
- Celebrity Naked Ambition · Self
- Celebrities Uncensored · Self
- Chicago · Billy Flynn
- Unfaithful · Edward Sumner
- The Mothman Prophecies · John Klein
- The Concert for New York City · Self
- Dr. T & the Women · Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T
- Autumn in New York · Will Keane
- The Early Show · Self
- Runaway Bride · Ike Graham
- Sternstunde Religion · Self
- Junket Whore · Self
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies · Self
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies · Self / Host
- The Jackal · Declan Mulqueen
- Red Corner · Jack Moore
- The View · Self
- Leute heute · Self
- The Daily Show · Self
- Primal Fear · Martin Vail