Richard Gere
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-08-31 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Richard Gere
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.
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Acting
Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
Oh, Canada
as Leo Fife
(2024)
Longing
as Daniel Bloch
(2023)
Maybe I Do
as Howard
(2020)
(2019)
It Takes a Lunatic
as Self
(2017)
Three Christs
as Dr. Alan Stone
(2017)
The Dinner
as Stan Lohman
(2016)
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
as Norman Oppenheimer
(2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Guy Chambers
(2015)
The Benefactor
as Franny
(2014)
Time Out of Mind
as George
(2014)
Henry & Me
as Henry
(2013)
Movie 43
as Robert (segment "iBabe")
(2012)
Arbitrage
as Robert Miller
(2011)
The Double
as Paul Shepherdson
(2011)
Project Happiness
as Self
(2011)
Compassion in Emptiness
as Self
(2010)
Brooklyn's Finest
as Off. Eddie Dugan
(2010)
The Buddha
as Narrator
(2010)
(2010)
(2010)
This Emotional Life
as Self
(2009)
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
as Parker Wilson
(2009)
Amelia
as George Putnam
(2009)
(2009)
Mustang: Journey of Transformation
as Narrator
(2009)
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
Nights in Rodanthe
as Paul
(2007)
I'm Not There
as Billy
(2007)
The Hunting Party
as Simon Hunt
(2007)
The Flock
as Erroll Babbage
(2006)
The Hoax
as Clifford Irving
(2005)
Live 8
as Self
(2005)
Bee Season
as Saul
(2005)
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
as Self - Presenter
(2005)
(2004)
Shall We Dance?
as John Clark
(2003)
(2002)
Unfaithful
as Edward Sumner
(2002)
Chicago
as Billy Flynn
(2002)
The Mothman Prophecies
as John Klein
(2001)
(2000)
Autumn in New York
as Will Keane
(2000)
Dr. T & the Women
as Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T
(1999)
Runaway Bride
as Ike Graham
(1998)
Junket Whore
as Self
(1998)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
as Self / Host
(1997)
The Jackal
as Declan Mulqueen
(1997)
Red Corner
as Jack Moore
(1996)
Primal Fear
as Martin Vail
(1995)
First Knight
as Lancelot
(1995)
Unzipped
as Self
(1995)
(1994)
Intersection
as Vincent Eastman
(1993)
Sommersby
as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
(1993)
Mr. Jones
as Mr. Jones
(1993)
And the Band Played On
as The Choreographer
(1992)
Final Analysis
as Isaac Barr
(1991)
Rhapsody in August
as Clark (Kane's Nephew)
(1990)
Pretty Woman
as Edward Lewis
(1990)
Internal Affairs
as Dennis Peck
(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1990)
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
as Self (uncredited)
(1988)
Miles from Home
as Frank Roberts
(1986)
No Mercy
as Eddie Jillette
(1986)
Power
as Pete St. John
(1985)
King David
as King David
(1985)
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion
as Narrator (English language version)
(1984)
The Cotton Club
as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
(1983)
Breathless
as Jesse
(1983)
The Honorary Consul
as Dr. Eduardo Plarr
(1982)
An Officer and a Gentleman
as Zack Mayo
(1981)
Reporters
as Self
(1980)
American Gigolo
as Julian Kaye
(1979)
Yanks
as Matt Dyson
(1978)
Days of Heaven
as Bill
(1978)
Bloodbrothers
as Stony De Coco
(1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Tony
(1976)
Baby Blue Marine
as Raider
(1975)
Report to the Commissioner
as Billy
(1975)
Strike Force
as Trooper Walter Spenser
Crew
(2024)
Wisdom of Happiness
Executive Producer
(2014)
Time Out of Mind
Producer
(2009)
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Producer
(2007)
Dreaming Lhasa
Executive Producer
(1993)
Sommersby
Executive Producer
(1993)
Mr. Jones
Producer
(1992)
Final Analysis
Producer