Portrait of Richard Gere

Richard Gere

Acting

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.

Born: August 31, 1949

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Filmography

2024
Oh, Canada

as Leo Fife

2024
The Agency: Central Intelligence

as James 'Bosko' Bradley

2024
Longing

as Daniel Bloch

2023
2023
Maybe I Do

as Howard

2023
Beau geste

as Self

2019
MotherFatherSon

as Max Finch

2017
Three Christs

as Dr. Alan Stone

2017
The Dinner

as Stan Lohman

2015
2014
2014
Henry & Me

as Henry

2014
Cosmos

as Clair Patterson (voice)

2013
Movie 43

as Robert (segment "iBabe")

2012
Arbitrage

as Robert Miller

2011
The Double

as Paul Shepherdson

2010
The Buddha

as Narrator

2010
Brooklyn's Finest

as Off. Eddie Dugan

2009
Amelia

as George Putnam

2009
Hachi: A Dog's Tale

as Parker Wilson

2007
2007
The Hunting Party

as Simon Hunt

2007
The Flock

as Erroll Babbage

2006
The Hoax

as Clifford Irving

2005
Live 8

as Self

2005
Bee Season

as Saul

2004
Shall We Dance?

as John Clark

2002
Chicago

as Billy Flynn

2002
Unfaithful

as Edward Sumner

2002
2000
Dr. T & the Women

as Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T

2000
Autumn in New York

as Will Keane

1999
The Early Show

as Self - Guest

1999
Runaway Bride

as Ike Graham

1998
1997
The Jackal

as Declan Mulqueen

1997
Red Corner

as Jack Moore

1996
1996
Primal Fear

as Martin Vail

1995
Unzipped

as Self

1995
First Knight

as Lancelot

1994
Intersection

as Vincent Eastman

1993
Mr. Jones

as Mr. Jones

1993
And the Band Played On

as The Choreographer

1993
Sommersby

as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend

1992
Final Analysis

as Isaac Barr

1991
1991
Rhapsody in August

as Clark (Kane's Nephew)

1990
Pretty Woman

as Edward Lewis

1990
Internal Affairs

as Dennis Peck

1989
The Simpsons

as Richard Gere (voice)

1988
Miles from Home

as Frank Roberts

1988
1987
1986
No Mercy

as Eddie Jillette

1986
Power

as Pete St. John

1985
King David

as King David

1985
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion

as Narrator (English language version)

1984
The Cotton Club

as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

1983
The Honorary Consul

as Dr. Eduardo Plarr

1983
Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1983
Breathless

as Jesse

1981
Reporters

as Self

1980
American Gigolo

as Julian Kaye

1979
Yanks

as Matt Dyson

1978
Bloodbrothers

as Stony De Coco

1978
1976
1975
Strike Force

as Trooper Walter Spenser

1973
Kojak

as Geno Papas

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1953
The Oscars

as Self