Richard Gere

American actor

Photo by: Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:August 31, 1949

Age:77

Zodiac Sign:Virgo

Children:4

Born in:Philadelphia, United States

Languages:English

Film Actor Voice Actor Photographer Actor Film Director Television Actor Stage Actor Film Producer Human Rights Defender

Related People

Spouse: Cindy Crawford(1991–1995)

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Photo credits (2)

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Photo by: Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Famous For

Movies & TV

ChicagoPretty WomanHachi: A Dog's TalePrimal FearThe Jackal

Awards

Donostia Award (2007)Marian Anderson Award (2007)Geuzenpenning (2005)Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (2003)Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble (2002)

Richard Gere

American actor

Biography

Richard Tiffany Gere ( GHEER; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began appearing in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and a starring role in Days of Heaven (1978). Gere came to prominence with his role in the film American Gigolo (1980), which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. Gere's other films include An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), The Cotton Club (1984), Internal Affairs (1990), Pretty Woman (1990), Sommersby (1993), First Knight (1995), Primal Fear (1996), The Jackal (1997), Red Corner (1997), Runaway Bride (1999), Unfaithful (2002), Shall We Dance? (2004), I'm Not There (2007), Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009), Arbitrage (2012) and Norman (2016). For portraying Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago (2002), he won a Golden Globe Award.

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Photos

Actor Richard Gere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival

Oh, Canada Actor, Richard Gere, at 2024 Cannes Film Festival press conference

Richard Gere (The Dinner) bei der Berlinale 2017

DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 28JAN05 - Richard Gere, President, Gere Foundation, USA, watching the plenary after receiving the Crystal Award during the session 'Presentation of the Crystal Awards' at the Annual Meeting 2005 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 28, 2005. Copyright by World Economic Forum swiss-image.ch/Photo by Andy Mettler