
Richard Gere
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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
Credits

Unfaithful (2002)
as Edward Sumner

Pretty Woman (1990)
as Edward Lewis

Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
as Parker Wilson

Primal Fear (1996)
as Martin Vail

Movie 43 (2013)
as Robert (segment "iBabe")

The Honorary Consul (1983)
as Dr. Eduardo Plarr

The Jackal (1997)
as Declan Mulqueen

Chicago (2002)
as Billy Flynn

Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (2010)
as Self

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
as Zack Mayo

Red Corner (1997)
as Jack Moore

First Knight (1995)
as Lancelot

Sommersby (1993)
as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend

Shall We Dance? (2004)
as John Clark

Runaway Bride (1999)
as Ike Graham

Arbitrage (2012)
as Robert Miller

I'm Not There (2007)
as Billy

American Gigolo (1980)
as Julian Kaye

Days of Heaven (1978)
as Bill

The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
as John Klein

Brooklyn's Finest (2010)
as Off. Eddie Dugan

Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
as Paul

The Hunting Party (2007)
as Simon Hunt

Autumn in New York (2000)
as Will Keane

The Cotton Club (1984)
as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

Maybe I Do (2023)
as Howard

Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)

The Buddha (2010)
as Narrator

Final Analysis (1992)
as Isaac Barr

No Mercy (1986)
as Eddie Jillette

Longing (2024)
as Daniel Bloch

Internal Affairs (1990)
as Dennis Peck

The Double (2011)
as Paul Shepherdson

Breathless (1983)
as Jesse

Dr. T & the Women (2000)
as Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
as Guy Chambers

Junket Whore (1998)
as Self

Mr. Jones (1993)
as Mr. Jones

And the Band Played On (1993)
as The Choreographer

Three Christs (2017)
as Dr. Alan Stone

Unzipped (1995)
as Self

Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
as Tony

Intersection (1994)
as Vincent Eastman

Yanks (1979)
as Matt Dyson

Together for Palestine (2025)
as Self

Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet (2009)
as Narrator (voice)

Amelia (2009)
as George Putnam

The Concert for New York City (2001)
as Self

The Dinner (2017)
as Stan Lohman

King David (1985)
as King David

Bee Season (2005)
as Saul

The Flock (2007)
as Erroll Babbage

Oh, Canada (2024)
as Leo Fife

Rhapsody in August (1991)
as Clark (Kane's Nephew)

Time Out of Mind (2015)
as George

Live 8 (2005)
as Self
Asymmetry (—)
as Ezra

Reporters (1981)
as Self

Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self

Baby Blue Marine (1976)
as Raider

The Benefactor (2015)
as Franny

La vida és Verdi (2026)
Actor

It Takes a Lunatic (2019)
as Self

Miles from Home (1988)
as Frank Roberts

Power (1986)
as Pete St. John

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016)
as Norman Oppenheimer

Blast 'Em (1992)
as Self (uncredited)

Report to the Commissioner (1975)
as Billy

Rachel: An American Conscience (2005)
as Self

Strike Force (1975)
as Trooper Walter Spenser

On Life & Enlightenment (2006)
as Self

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (1988)
as Self
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (2010)
as Self
Chelsea D.H.O. (1973)
as Milo

Bloodbrothers (1978)
as Stony De Coco

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast (2005)
as Self - Presenter

Compassion in Emptiness (2011)
as Self
The Making Of (—)
Actor

The Hoax (2006)
as Clifford Irving

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (2020)
as Self

Henry & Me (2014)
as Henry

Monk with a Camera (2014)
as Self
This Emotional Life (2010)
as Self

Project Happiness (2011)
as Self

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990)
as Self (uncredited)

Terrence Malick - Suche nach dem Unsichtbaren (2026)
as Self - actor

Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew (2014)
as Self

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story (2009)
as Self

Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion (1985)
as Narrator (English language version)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998)
as Self / Host

Mustang: Journey of Transformation (2009)
as Narrator
Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche (1995)
as Narrator
Left Seat (—)
Actor





