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 (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.
Acting (78 movies)
Pretty Woman
1990
Sommersby
1993
Breathless
1983
Chicago
2002
The Cotton Club
1984
Primal Fear
1996
Unfaithful
2002
Autumn in New York
2000
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
Mr. Jones
1993
An Officer and a Gentleman
1982
I'm Not There
2007
American Gigolo
1980
And the Band Played On
1993
Dr. T & the Women
2000
Shall We Dance?
2004
Runaway Bride
1999
The Jackal
1997
Final Analysis
1992
The Hunting Party
2007
Internal Affairs
1990
Rhapsody in August
1991
First Knight
1995
Yanks
1979
Bee Season
2005
Amelia
2009
Red Corner
1997
Brooklyn's Finest
2010
No Mercy
1986
The Hoax
2006
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
The Flock
2007
Report to the Commissioner
1975
The Buddha
2010
Nights in Rodanthe
2008
King David
1985
Arbitrage
2012
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
2010
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
Days of Heaven
1978
Oh, Canada
2024
Intersection
1994
Power
1986
The Honorary Consul
1983
Miles from Home
1988
The Double
2011
Compassion in Emptiness
2011
Movie 43
2013
Bloodbrothers
1978
Strike Force
1975
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
2009
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
1998
Longing
2024
Maybe I Do
2023
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
Mustang: Journey of Transformation
2009
Time Out of Mind
2014
Baby Blue Marine
1976
Henry & Me
2014
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Rachel: An American Conscience
2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
The Benefactor
2015
Live 8
2005
The Concert for New York City
2001
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
2009
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016
The Dinner
2017
Reporters
1981
Junket Whore
1998
Three Christs
2017
The Simpsons: Christmas
2003
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion
1985
It Takes a Lunatic
2019
Project Happiness
2011
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
Unzipped
1995
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Final Analysis | 1992 | Producer |
| Sommersby | 1993 | Executive Producer |
| Mr. Jones | 1993 | Producer |
| Dreaming Lhasa | 2007 | Executive Producer |
| Hachi: A Dog's Tale | 2009 | Producer |
| Time Out of Mind | 2014 | Producer |
| Wisdom of Happiness | 2024 | Executive Producer |