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Richard Gere

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Richard Gere

Born Aug 31, 1949 · 76 years129 titles 96 movies · 33 TV
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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.

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Richard Tiffany Gere

Born

Aug 31, 1949

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

126

Acting credits

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Writing

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