
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 |