Richard Gere

Acting

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

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Unfaithful (2002)
MovieEdward Sumner
Cosmos (2014)
TVClair Patterson (voice)
Pretty Woman (1990)
MovieEdward Lewis
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
MovieParker Wilson
Primal Fear (1996)
MovieMartin Vail
The Jackal (1997)
MovieDeclan Mulqueen
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
MovieZack Mayo
Red Corner (1997)
MovieJack Moore
Sommersby (1993)
MovieJohn Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
Days of Heaven (1978)
MovieBill
The Honorary Consul (1983)
MovieDr. Eduardo Plarr
Breathless (1983)
MovieJesse
American Gigolo (1980)
MovieJulian Kaye