Richard Gere
Acting
Born: August 31, 1949 (age 77) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Simpsons
1989
Pretty Woman
1990
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
Primal Fear
1996
Chicago
2002
Movie 43
2013
Runaway Bride
1999
The Jackal
1997
Unfaithful
2002
Cosmos
2014
First Knight
1995
Shall We Dance?
2004
Photos (11)
Movies (63)
Pretty Woman
Edward Lewis
Primal Fear
Martin Vail
Arbitrage
Robert Miller
Movie 43
Robert (segment "iBabe")
Maybe I Do
Howard
Unfaithful
Edward Sumner
I'm Not There
Billy
American Gigolo
Julian Kaye
The Jackal
Declan Mulqueen
Chicago
Billy Flynn
Three Christs
Dr. Alan Stone
Rhapsody in August
Clark (Kane's Nephew)
Autumn in New York
Will Keane
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Parker Wilson
Runaway Bride
Ike Graham
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Guy Chambers
Dr. T & the Women
Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T
The Cotton Club
Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
Days of Heaven
Bill
An Officer and a Gentleman
Zack Mayo
Brooklyn's Finest
Off. Eddie Dugan
First Knight
Lancelot
And the Band Played On
The Choreographer
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Norman Oppenheimer
Sommersby
John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
The Mothman Prophecies
John Klein
Shall We Dance?
John Clark
The Flock
Erroll Babbage
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones
The Honorary Consul
Dr. Eduardo Plarr
Red Corner
Jack Moore
Intersection
Vincent Eastman
Oh, Canada
Leo Fife
The Dinner
Stan Lohman
The Hunting Party
Simon Hunt
Final Analysis
Isaac Barr
The Double
Paul Shepherdson
Nights in Rodanthe
Paul
King David
King David
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Tony
Miles from Home
Frank Roberts
Internal Affairs
Dennis Peck
No Mercy
Eddie Jillette
Time Out of Mind
George
The Benefactor
Franny
Bee Season
Saul
The Hoax
Clifford Irving
Report to the Commissioner
Billy
Longing
Daniel Bloch
Breathless
Jesse
Amelia
George Putnam
Strike Force
Trooper Walter Spenser
Yanks
Matt Dyson
The Buddha
Narrator
Power
Pete St. John
The Basics of Philosophy
2026
Bloodbrothers
Stony De Coco
Henry & Me
Henry (voice)
Baby Blue Marine
Raider
La vida és Verdi
2026
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
Narrator (voice)
Mustang: Journey of Transformation
Narrator
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion
Narrator (English language version)
TV Shows (6)
Self / Appearances (47)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 5 eps
Leute heute
Self · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Sacrée soirée
Self · 1 eps
The Super Models
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Self · 1 eps
Koffee with Karan
Self · 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Beau geste
Self · 1 eps
The Frank Skinner Show
Self · 1 eps
Charlie Rose
Self · 1 eps
The Early Show
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Concert for New York City
Self
Unzipped
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Self - Host · 4 eps
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Self
Live 8
Self
Junket Whore
Self
Reporters
Self
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self · 1 eps
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
Together for Palestine
Self
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Self
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Terrence Malick - Filming the Invisible
Self - actor
A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms
Self · 1 eps
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew
Self
Blast 'Em
Self (uncredited)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Self / Host
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Self (uncredited)
Rachel: An American Conscience
Self
Monk with a Camera
Self
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Self
Project Happiness
Self
On Life & Enlightenment
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · 1 eps
Compassion in Emptiness
Self
Producing (8)
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Producer
Sommersby
Executive Producer
Mr. Jones
Producer
Final Analysis
Producer
Time Out of Mind
Producer
Wisdom of Happiness
Executive Producer
Dreaming Lhasa
Executive Producer
Eyes on Ukraine
Executive Producer