Richard Gere

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-08-31 (76 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 (...

Acting

1990

Pretty Woman

as Edward Lewis

1993

Sommersby

as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend

1983

Breathless

as Jesse

2002

Chicago

as Billy Flynn

1984

The Cotton Club

as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

1996

Primal Fear

as Martin Vail

2002

Unfaithful

as Edward Sumner

2000

Autumn in New York

as Will Keane

2002

1993

Mr. Jones

as Mr. Jones

2007

1980

American Gigolo

as Julian Kaye

1993

And the Band Played On

as The Choreographer

2000

Dr. T & the Women

as Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T

2004

Shall We Dance?

as John Clark

1999

Runaway Bride

as Ike Graham

1997

The Jackal

as Declan Mulqueen

1992

Final Analysis

as Isaac Barr

2007

The Hunting Party

as Simon Hunt

1990

Internal Affairs

as Dennis Peck

1991

Rhapsody in August

as Clark (Kane's Nephew)

1995

First Knight

as Lancelot

1979

Yanks

as Matt Dyson

2005

Bee Season

as Saul

2009

Amelia

as George Putnam

1997

Red Corner

as Jack Moore

2010

Brooklyn's Finest

as Off. Eddie Dugan

1986

No Mercy

as Eddie Jillette

2006

The Hoax

as Clifford Irving

2009

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

as Parker Wilson

2007

The Flock

as Erroll Babbage

2010

The Buddha

as Narrator

1985

King David

as King David

2012

Arbitrage

as Robert Miller

1978

2024

Oh, Canada

as Leo Fife

1994

Intersection

as Vincent Eastman

1986

Power

as Pete St. John

1983

The Honorary Consul

as Dr. Eduardo Plarr

1988

Miles from Home

as Frank Roberts

2011

The Double

as Paul Shepherdson

2013

Movie 43

as Robert (segment "iBabe")

1978

Bloodbrothers

as Stony De Coco

1975

Strike Force

as Trooper Walter Spenser

2024

Longing

as Daniel Bloch

2023

Maybe I Do

as Howard

2014

1976

2014

Henry & Me

as Henry

2015

2005

Live 8

as Self

2017

The Dinner

as Stan Lohman

1981

Reporters

as Self

1998

2017

Three Christs

as Dr. Alan Stone

1985

Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion

as Narrator (English language version)

1995

Unzipped

as Self

2025

4'33

as (Archive footage)

Production

1993

Sommersby

as Executive Producer

1993

Mr. Jones

as Producer

1992

Final Analysis

as Producer

2009

2014

Time Out of Mind

as Producer

2007

Dreaming Lhasa

as Executive Producer

2024

Wisdom of Happiness

as Executive Producer

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