Richard Gere
American actor and producer whose magnetic screen presence defined Hollywood leading-man roles across five decades of acclaimed film and television work.
Richard Gere - Personal Information
- Name: Richard Gere
- Date of Birth: August 31, 1949
- Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Executive Producer, Producer
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.
Selected Filmography
A look at Richard Gere's most recent screen appearances across film and television.
- La vida és Verdi (2026)
- A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms (TV - 2025) as Self
- Together for Palestine (2025) as Self
- Oh, Canada (2024) as Leo Fife
- The Agency: Central Intelligence (TV - 2024) as James 'Bosko' Bradley
- Longing (2024) as Daniel Bloch
- Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma (TV - 2023) as Self - Guest
- Maybe I Do (2023) as Howard
- Beau geste (TV - 2023) as Self
- The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (2020) as Self
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