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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Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Known For
Movie 43
(2013)
Robert (segment "iBabe")
Pretty Woman
(1990)
Edward Lewis
Primal Fear
(1996)
Martin Vail
Runaway Bride
(1999)
Ike Graham
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
(2009)
Parker Wilson
Chicago
(2002)
Billy Flynn
Three Christs
(2017)
Dr. Alan Stone
First Knight
(1995)
Lancelot
Arbitrage
(2012)
Robert Miller
Sommersby
(1993)
John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
Breathless
(1983)
Jesse
King David
(1985)
King David
Amelia
(2009)
George Putnam
Unfaithful
(2002)
Edward Sumner
Red Corner
(1997)
Jack Moore
Internal Affairs
(1990)
Dennis Peck
Full Filmography
Acting
Report to the Commissioner
(1975)
Billy
Strike Force
(1975)
Trooper Walter Spenser
Baby Blue Marine
(1976)
Raider
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
(1977)
Tony
Days of Heaven
(1978)
Bill
Bloodbrothers
(1978)
Stony De Coco
Yanks
(1979)
Matt Dyson
American Gigolo
(1980)
Julian Kaye
Reporters
(1981)
Self
An Officer and a Gentleman
(1982)
Zack Mayo
Breathless
(1983)
Jesse
The Honorary Consul
(1983)
Dr. Eduardo Plarr
The Cotton Club
(1984)
Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
King David
(1985)
King David
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion
(1985)
Narrator (English language version)
No Mercy
(1986)
Eddie Jillette
Power
(1986)
Pete St. John
Miles from Home
(1988)
Frank Roberts
Pretty Woman
(1990)
Edward Lewis
Internal Affairs
(1990)
Dennis Peck
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
(1990)
Self (uncredited)
Night of 100 Stars III
(1990)
Self
Rhapsody in August
(1991)
Clark (Kane's Nephew)
Final Analysis
(1992)
Isaac Barr
Sommersby
(1993)
John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
Mr. Jones
(1993)
Mr. Jones
And the Band Played On
(1993)
The Choreographer
Intersection
(1994)
Vincent Eastman
First Knight
(1995)
Lancelot
Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche
(1995)
Narrator
Unzipped
(1995)
Self
Primal Fear
(1996)
Martin Vail
The Jackal
(1997)
Declan Mulqueen
Red Corner
(1997)
Jack Moore
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
(1998)
Self / Host
Runaway Bride
(1999)
Ike Graham
Autumn in New York
(2000)
Will Keane
Dr. T & the Women
(2000)
Dr. T
The Concert for New York City
(2001)
Self
Chicago
(2002)
Billy Flynn
Unfaithful
(2002)
Edward Sumner
The Mothman Prophecies
(2002)
John Klein
The Simpsons: Christmas
(2003)
Shall We Dance?
(2004)
John Clark
Bee Season
(2005)
Saul
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
(2005)
Presenter
Live 8
(2005)
Self
Rachel: An American Conscience
(2005)
Himself
The Hoax
(2006)
Clifford Irving
I'm Not There
(2007)
Billy
The Hunting Party
(2007)
Simon Hunt
The Flock
(2007)
Erroll Babbage
Nights in Rodanthe
(2008)
Paul
Amelia
(2009)
George Putnam
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
(2009)
Parker Wilson
Mustang: Journey of Transformation
(2009)
Narrator
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
(2009)
Self
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
(2009)
Narrator (voice)
Brooklyn's Finest
(2010)
Off. Eddie Dugan
The Buddha
(2010)
Narrator
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
(2010)
Himself
This Emotional Life
(2010)
Self
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
(2010)
Himself
The Double
(2011)
Paul Shepherdson
Compassion in Emptiness
(2011)
Himself
Project Happiness
(2011)
Self
Arbitrage
(2012)
Robert Miller
Movie 43
(2013)
Robert (segment "iBabe")
Time Out of Mind
(2014)
George
Henry & Me
(2014)
Henry (voice)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
(2015)
Guy Chambers
The Benefactor
(2015)
Francis 'Franny' Watts
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
(2016)
Norman Oppenheimer
The Dinner
(2017)
Stan Lohman
Three Christs
(2017)
Dr. Alan Stone
It Takes a Lunatic
(2019)
Self
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
(2020)
Self
Maybe I Do
(2023)
Howard
Production