Richard Gere

Born: 1949-08-31, 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.

Filmography

• The Simpsons (1989)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
• The Agency (2024)
• Cosmos (2014)
• Unfaithful (2002)
• Kojak (1973)
• Pretty Woman (1990)
• The Jackal (1997)
• Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
• Primal Fear (1996)
• Movie 43 (2013)
• First Knight (1995)
• An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
• Runaway Bride (1999)
• The Buddha (2010)
• Arbitrage (2012)
• Chicago (2002)
• Red Corner (1997)
• American Gigolo (1980)
• Brooklyn's Finest (2010)
• The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
• Maybe I Do (2023)
• Shall We Dance? (2004)
• Final Analysis (1992)
• The Cotton Club (1984)
• Oh, Canada (2024)
• Autumn in New York (2000)
• Internal Affairs (1990)
• Sommersby (1993)
• No Mercy (1986)