Richard Gere
Born: 1949-08-31 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2026
- La vida és Verdi
- Terrence Malick - Suche nach dem Unsichtbaren as Self - actor
2025
- Together for Palestine as Self
- A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms as Self
- Eyes on Ukraine ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- The Agency: Central Intelligence as James 'Bosko' Bradley
- Oh, Canada as Leo Fife
- Longing as Daniel Bloch
- Wisdom of Happiness ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Beau geste as Self
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- The Super Models as Self (archive footage)
- Maybe I Do as Howard
2020
- The Happy Days of Garry Marshall as Self
2019
- MotherFatherSon as Max Finch
- It Takes a Lunatic as Self
2017
- Three Christs as Dr. Alan Stone
- The Dinner as Stan Lohman
2016
- Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer as Norman Oppenheimer
2015
- The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Guy Chambers
- The Benefactor as Franny
- Time Out of Mind as George
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Cosmos as Clair Patterson (voice)
- Henry & Me as Henry
- Monk with a Camera as Self
- Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew as Self
2013
- Movie 43 as Robert (segment "iBabe")
2012
- Arbitrage as Robert Miller
2011
- The Double as Paul Shepherdson
- Project Happiness as Self
- Compassion in Emptiness as Self
2010
- Brooklyn's Finest as Off. Eddie Dugan
- The Buddha as Narrator
- When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun as Self
- This Emotional Life as Self
- Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche as Self
2009
- Hachi: A Dog's Tale as Parker Wilson
- Amelia as George Putnam
- My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story as Self
- Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet as Narrator (voice)
- Mustang: Journey of Transformation as Narrator
2008
- The Bonnie Hunt Show as Self
- Nights in Rodanthe as Paul
- Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- I'm Not There as Billy
- The Hunting Party as Simon Hunt
- The Flock as Erroll Babbage
- Dreaming Lhasa ... (Executive Producer)
2006
- The Hoax as Clifford Irving
- On Life & Enlightenment as Self
2005
- Live 8 as Self
- Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast as Self - Presenter
- Bee Season as Saul
- Rachel: An American Conscience as Self
2004
- Koffee with Karan as Self
- Shall We Dance? as John Clark
2003
- Celebrity Naked Ambition as Self (archive footage)
- Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2002
- Unfaithful as Edward Sumner
- Chicago as Billy Flynn
- The Mothman Prophecies as John Klein
2001
- The Concert for New York City as Self
2000
- Autumn in New York as Will Keane
- Dr. T & the Women as Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T
1999
- Runaway Bride as Ike Graham
- The Early Show as Self - Guest
1998
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies as Self - Host
- Junket Whore as Self
- Sternstunde Religion as Self
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies as Self / Host
1997
- The View as Self
- Leute heute as Self
- The Jackal as Declan Mulqueen
- Red Corner as Jack Moore
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Primal Fear as Martin Vail
1995
- First Knight as Lancelot
- The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- Unzipped as Self
- Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche as Narrator
1994
- Intersection as Vincent Eastman
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- The Making of '...And God Spoke' as Self (archive footage)
1993
- Sommersby as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
- Mr. Jones as Mr. Jones
- And the Band Played On as The Choreographer
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Final Analysis as Isaac Barr
1991
- Charlie Rose as Self
- Rhapsody in August as Clark (Kane's Nephew)
1990
- Pretty Woman as Edward Lewis
- Internal Affairs as Dennis Peck
- Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter as Self (uncredited)
1989
- The Simpsons as Richard Gere (voice)
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Miles from Home as Frank Roberts
- Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as Self
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self
1985
- King David as King David
- Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion as Narrator (English language version)
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
- The Cotton Club as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
1983
- Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Breathless as Jesse
- The Honorary Consul as Dr. Eduardo Plarr
1982
- An Officer and a Gentleman as Zack Mayo
1981
- Reporters as Self
1980
- American Gigolo as Julian Kaye
1979
- Yanks as Matt Dyson
1978
- Days of Heaven as Bill
- Bloodbrothers as Stony De Coco
1977
- Looking for Mr. Goodbar as Tony
1976
- Baby Blue Marine as Raider
1975
- Report to the Commissioner as Billy
- Strike Force as Trooper Walter Spenser
1973
- Kojak as Geno Papas
- Chelsea D.H.O. as Milo
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1953
- The Oscars as Self