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Richard Gere

Richard Gere

Actor · Born August 31, 1949 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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.

Acted in 66

2020s

  1. 2026

    The Basics of Philosophy

    Movie

  2. La vida és Verdi

    Movie

  3. 2024
  4. 2023

1970s

  1. 1979

    Yanks

    Matt Dyson

  2. 1978

    Bloodbrothers

    Stony De Coco

  3. 1977

    Looking for Mr. Goodbar

    Tony

  4. 1976

    Baby Blue Marine

    Raider

  5. 1975

    Strike Force

    Trooper Walter Spenser

  6. 1973

Produced 8

2020s

  1. 2025

    Eyes on Ukraine

    Executive Producer

  2. 2024

    Wisdom of Happiness

    Executive Producer

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2007

    Dreaming Lhasa

    Executive Producer

Appearances52

2020s

  1. 2026

    Terrence Malick - Filming the Invisible

    Self - actor

  2. 2025

    A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms

    Self · 1 episode

  3. Together for Palestine

    Self

  4. 2023
  5. 2020

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2014

    Monk with a Camera

    Self

  3. Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew

    Self

  4. 2011

    Project Happiness

    Self

  5. Compassion in Emptiness

    Self

  6. 2010
  7. Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet

    Narrator (voice)

  2. My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story

    Self

  3. Mustang: Journey of Transformation

    Narrator

  4. 2008
  5. Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

    Self · 1 episode

  6. 2007
  7. 2006

    On Life & Enlightenment

    Self

  8. 2005

    Live 8

    Self

  9. Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

    Self - Presenter

  10. Rachel: An American Conscience

    Self

  11. 2004
  12. 2003
  13. Celebrity Naked Ambition

    Self (archive footage)

  14. Celebrities Uncensored

    Self · 1 episode

  15. 2001

    The Concert for New York City

    Self

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. 1998
  3. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

    Self - Host · 4 episodes

  4. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies

    Self / Host

  5. 1997
  6. 1996
  7. 1995
  8. Unzipped

    Self

  9. 1994

    Inside the Actors Studio

    Self · 1 episode

  10. 1992

    Blast 'Em

    Self (uncredited)

  11. 1991
  12. 1990

    Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

    Self (uncredited)

  13. Night of 100 Stars III

    Self

1980s

  1. 1988
  2. Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

    Self

  3. 1987
  4. 1985

    Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion

    Narrator (English language version)

  5. 1983
  6. 1981

    Reporters

    Self