Richard Gere
Acting
- Born:
- 1949-08-31
- Place of birth:
- 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
A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms
Together for Palestine
Oh, Canada
The Agency
Longing
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
The Super Models
Maybe I Do
Beau geste
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
It Takes a Lunatic
MotherFatherSon
Three Christs
The Dinner
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
The Benefactor
Time Out of Mind
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Henry & Me
Monk with a Camera
Cosmos
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew
Movie 43
Arbitrage
The Double
Project Happiness
Compassion in Emptiness
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
The Buddha
Brooklyn's Finest
This Emotional Life
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
Amelia
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Mustang: Journey of Transformation
Nights in Rodanthe
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
I'm Not There
The Hunting Party
The Flock
The Graham Norton Show
The Hoax
On Life & Enlightenment
Live 8
Bee Season
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Rachel: An American Conscience
Koffee with Karan
Shall We Dance?
Che tempo che fa
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Celebrities Uncensored
Chicago
Unfaithful
The Mothman Prophecies
The Concert for New York City
Dr. T & the Women
Autumn in New York
The Early Show
Runaway Bride
Sternstunde Religion
Junket Whore
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
The Jackal
Red Corner
The View
Leute heute
The Daily Show
Primal Fear
The Frank Skinner Show
Unzipped
Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche
First Knight
Inside the Actors Studio
Intersection
Mr. Jones
And the Band Played On
Sommersby
Blast 'Em
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Final Analysis
Charlie Rose
Rhapsody in August
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Night of 100 Stars III
Pretty Woman
Internal Affairs
The Simpsons
Miles from Home
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Sacrée soirée
No Mercy
Power
King David
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion
The Cotton Club
Goldene Kamera
The Honorary Consul
Reading Rainbow
Breathless
An Officer and a Gentleman
Reporters
American Gigolo
Yanks
Bloodbrothers
Days of Heaven
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Everyman
Baby Blue Marine
Strike Force
Report to the Commissioner
Kojak
Chelsea D.H.O.
Film '72
The Dick Cavett Show
The Oscars
The Making Of
Left Seat
Asymmetry
The Off Weeks