Acting
Richard Gere
EN, CA, DE, UK cinema · 97 credits
Born
31 August 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Richard Tiffany Gere
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
Terrence Malick - Filming the Invisible
as Self - actor
Eyes on Ukraine
Executive Producer
Oh, Canada
as Leo Fife
Longing
as Daniel Bloch
Wisdom of Happiness
Executive Producer
Maybe I Do
as Howard
The Dinner
as Stan Lohman
Three Christs
as Dr. Alan Stone
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
as Norman Oppenheimer
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Guy Chambers
Time Out of Mind
as George, Producer
The Benefactor
as Franny
Henry & Me
as Henry (voice)
Movie 43
as Robert (segment "iBabe")
Arbitrage
as Robert Miller
The Double
as Paul Shepherdson
Brooklyn's Finest
as Off. Eddie Dugan
The Buddha
as Narrator
Amelia
as George Putnam
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
as Parker Wilson, Producer
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
as Narrator (voice)
I'm Not There
as Billy
The Hunting Party
as Simon Hunt
The Flock
as Erroll Babbage
Dreaming Lhasa
Executive Producer
The Hoax
as Clifford Irving
Bee Season
as Saul
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self - Presenter
Live 8
as Self
Shall We Dance?
as John Clark
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
Chicago
as Billy Flynn
Unfaithful
as Edward Sumner
The Mothman Prophecies
as John Klein
Autumn in New York
as Will Keane
Dr. T & the Women
as Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T
Runaway Bride
as Ike Graham
Junket Whore
as Self
The Jackal
as Declan Mulqueen
Red Corner
as Jack Moore
Primal Fear
as Martin Vail
First Knight
as Lancelot
Unzipped
as Self
Intersection
as Vincent Eastman
Sommersby
as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend, Executive Producer
Mr. Jones
as Mr. Jones, Producer
And the Band Played On
as The Choreographer
Final Analysis
as Isaac Barr, Producer
Blast 'Em
as Self (uncredited)
Rhapsody in August
as Clark (Kane's Nephew)
Pretty Woman
as Edward Lewis
Internal Affairs
as Dennis Peck
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
as Self (uncredited)
Miles from Home
as Frank Roberts
No Mercy
as Eddie Jillette
Power
as Pete St. John
King David
as King David
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion
as Narrator (English language version)
The Cotton Club
as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
Breathless
as Jesse
The Honorary Consul
as Dr. Eduardo Plarr
An Officer and a Gentleman
as Zack Mayo
Reporters
as Self
American Gigolo
as Julian Kaye
Yanks
as Matt Dyson
Days of Heaven
as Bill
Bloodbrothers
as Stony De Coco
Baby Blue Marine
as Raider
Strike Force
as Trooper Walter Spenser