Richard Gere

Known For: Acting
Born: August 31, 1949
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Richard Gere

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

La vida és Verdi

2026

Terrence Malick - Suche nach dem Unsichtbaren

2026 · Self - actor

Eyes on Ukraine

2025 · Executive Producer

A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms

2025 · Self

Together for Palestine

2025 · Self

Oh, Canada

2024 · Leo Fife

The Agency

2024 · James 'Bosko' Bradley

Wisdom of Happiness

2024 · Executive Producer

Longing

2024 · Daniel Bloch

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

2023 · Self - Guest

The Super Models

2023 · Self (archive footage)

Maybe I Do

2023 · Howard

Beau geste

2023 · Self

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

2020 · Self

It Takes a Lunatic

2019 · Self

MotherFatherSon

2019 · Max Finch

Three Christs

2017 · Dr. Alan Stone

The Dinner

2017 · Stan Lohman

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

2016 · Norman Oppenheimer

The Benefactor

2015 · Franny

Time Out of Mind

2015 · George, Producer

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

2015 · Guy Chambers

Henry & Me

2014 · Henry

Monk with a Camera

2014 · Self

Cosmos

2014 · Clair Patterson (voice)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Self

Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew

2014 · Self

Movie 43

2013 · Robert (segment "iBabe")

Arbitrage

2012 · Robert Miller

The Double

2011 · Paul Shepherdson

Project Happiness

2011 · Self

Compassion in Emptiness

2011 · Self

When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

2010 · Self

The Buddha

2010 · Narrator

Brooklyn's Finest

2010 · Off. Eddie Dugan

This Emotional Life

This Emotional Life

2010 · Self

Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

2010 · Self

Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet

2009 · Narrator (voice)

Amelia

2009 · George Putnam

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story

2009 · Self

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

2009 · Parker Wilson, Producer

Mustang: Journey of Transformation

2009 · Narrator

Nights in Rodanthe

2008 · Paul

The Bonnie Hunt Show

2008 · Self

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

2008 · Self

I'm Not There

2007 · Billy

The Hunting Party

2007 · Simon Hunt

The Flock

2007 · Erroll Babbage

Dreaming Lhasa

2007 · Executive Producer

The Graham Norton Show

2007 · Self

The Hoax

2006 · Clifford Irving

On Life & Enlightenment

2006 · Self

Live 8

2005 · Self

Bee Season

2005 · Saul

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

2005 · Self - Presenter

Rachel: An American Conscience

2005 · Self

Koffee with Karan

2004 · Self

Shall We Dance?

2004 · John Clark

Celebrity Naked Ambition

2003 · Self (archive footage)

Celebrities Uncensored

2003 · Self

Chicago

2002 · Billy Flynn

Unfaithful

2002 · Edward Sumner

The Mothman Prophecies

2002 · John Klein

The Concert for New York City

2001 · Self

Dr. T & the Women

2000 · Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T

Autumn in New York

2000 · Will Keane

The Early Show

1999 · Self - Guest

Runaway Bride

1999 · Ike Graham

Sternstunde Religion

Sternstunde Religion

1998 · Self

Junket Whore

1998 · Self

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

1998 · Self - Host

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies

1998 · Self / Host

The Jackal

1997 · Declan Mulqueen

Red Corner

1997 · Jack Moore

The View

1997 · Self

Leute heute

1997 · Self

The Daily Show

1996 · Self

Primal Fear

1996 · Martin Vail

The Frank Skinner Show

1995 · Self

Unzipped

1995 · Self

Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche

Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche

1995 · Narrator

First Knight

1995 · Lancelot

Inside the Actors Studio

1994 · Self

Intersection

1994 · Vincent Eastman

Mr. Jones

1993 · Mr. Jones, Producer

And the Band Played On

1993 · The Choreographer

Sommersby

1993 · John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend, Executive Producer

Blast 'Em

1992 · Self (uncredited)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

Final Analysis

1992 · Isaac Barr, Producer

Charlie Rose

1991 · Self

Rhapsody in August

1991 · Clark (Kane's Nephew)

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

1990 · Self (uncredited)

Night of 100 Stars III

1990 · Self

Pretty Woman

1990 · Edward Lewis

Internal Affairs

1990 · Dennis Peck

The Simpsons

1989 · Richard Gere (voice)

Miles from Home

1988 · Frank Roberts

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988 · Self - Guest

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

1988 · Self

Sacrée soirée

1987 · Self

No Mercy

1986 · Eddie Jillette

Power

1986 · Pete St. John

King David

1985 · King David

Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion

1985 · Narrator (English language version)

The Cotton Club

1984 · Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

Goldene Kamera

1984 · Self

The Honorary Consul

1983 · Dr. Eduardo Plarr

Reading Rainbow

1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Breathless

1983 · Jesse

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982 · Zack Mayo

Reporters

1981 · Self

American Gigolo

1980 · Julian Kaye

Yanks

1979 · Matt Dyson

Bloodbrothers

1978 · Stony De Coco

Days of Heaven

1978 · Bill

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977 · Tony

Baby Blue Marine

1976 · Raider

Strike Force

1975 · Trooper Walter Spenser

Report to the Commissioner

1975 · Billy

Kojak

1973 · Geno Papas

Chelsea D.H.O.

1973 · Milo

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

The Oscars

1953 · Self

The Making Of

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Left Seat

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Asymmetry

— · Ezra

The Off Weeks

— · Jonathan

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