Richard Gere
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1949-08-31
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.
Movies:
Pretty Woman
Sommersby
Breathless
Chicago
The Cotton Club
Primal Fear
Unfaithful
Autumn in New York
The Mothman Prophecies
Mr. Jones
An Officer and a Gentleman
I'm Not There
American Gigolo
And the Band Played On
Dr. T & the Women
Shall We Dance?
Runaway Bride
The Jackal
Final Analysis
The Hunting Party
Internal Affairs
Rhapsody in August
First Knight
Yanks
Bee Season
Amelia
Red Corner
Brooklyn's Finest
No Mercy
The Hoax
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
The Flock
Report to the Commissioner
The Buddha
Nights in Rodanthe
King David
Arbitrage
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Days of Heaven
Oh, Canada
Intersection
Power
The Honorary Consul
Miles from Home
The Double
Compassion in Emptiness
Movie 43
Bloodbrothers
Strike Force
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Longing
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
Maybe I Do
This Emotional Life
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Mustang: Journey of Transformation
Time Out of Mind
Baby Blue Marine
Henry & Me
Night of 100 Stars III
Rachel: An American Conscience
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
The Benefactor
Live 8
The Concert for New York City
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche
The Dinner
Reporters
Junket Whore
Three Christs
The Simpsons: Christmas
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion
It Takes a Lunatic
Project Happiness
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
The Making Of
Unzipped
Left Seat
Monk with a Camera
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