Richard Gere
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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
Credits
Unfaithful (2002)
as Edward Sumner
Pretty Woman (1990)
as Edward Lewis
Primal Fear (1996)
as Martin Vail
Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
as Parker Wilson
The Jackal (1997)
as Declan Mulqueen
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
as Zack Mayo
Movie 43 (2013)
as Robert (segment "iBabe")
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
as John Klein
First Knight (1995)
as Lancelot
Runaway Bride (1999)
as Ike Graham
Red Corner (1997)
as Jack Moore
Chicago (2002)
as Billy Flynn
Shall We Dance? (2004)
as John Clark
Arbitrage (2012)
as Robert Miller
Autumn in New York (2000)
as Will Keane
Days of Heaven (1978)
as Bill
Final Analysis (1992)
as Isaac Barr
Maybe I Do (2023)
as Howard
American Gigolo (1980)
as Julian Kaye
Brooklyn's Finest (2010)
as Off. Eddie Dugan
The Cotton Club (1984)
as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
Sommersby (1993)
as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
Internal Affairs (1990)
as Dennis Peck
The Double (2011)
as Paul Shepherdson
No Mercy (1986)
as Eddie Jillette
I'm Not There (2007)
as Billy
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
as Paul
Mr. Jones (1993)
as Mr. Jones
The Hunting Party (2007)
as Simon Hunt
The Hoax (2006)
as Clifford Irving
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
as Guy Chambers
The Honorary Consul (1983)
as Dr. Eduardo Plarr
Oh, Canada (2024)
as Leo Fife
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Longing (2024)
as Daniel Bloch
The Flock (2007)
as Erroll Babbage
Breathless (1983)
as Jesse
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
as Tony
The Dinner (2017)
as Stan Lohman
Three Christs (2017)
as Dr. Alan Stone
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016)
as Norman Oppenheimer
And the Band Played On (1993)
as The Choreographer
Intersection (1994)
as Vincent Eastman
Amelia (2009)
as George Putnam
Rhapsody in August (1991)
as Clark (Kane's Nephew)
Yanks (1979)
as Matt Dyson
Junket Whore (1998)
as Self
Dr. T & the Women (2000)
as Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T
Power (1986)
as Pete St. John
Bee Season (2005)
as Saul
King David (1985)
as King David
Time Out of Mind (2015)
as George
The Benefactor (2015)
as Franny
The Buddha (2010)
as Narrator
Miles from Home (1988)
as Frank Roberts
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (2010)
as Self
Report to the Commissioner (1975)
as Billy
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (2020)
as Self
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast (2005)
as Self - Presenter
Blast 'Em (1992)
as Self (uncredited)
Unzipped (1995)
as Self
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Live 8 (2005)
as Self
Strike Force (1975)
as Trooper Walter Spenser
The Concert for New York City (2001)
as Self
Together for Palestine (2025)
as Self
Reporters (1981)
as Self
La vida és Verdi (2026)
Actor
Henry & Me (2014)
as Henry
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (1988)
as Self
Bloodbrothers (1978)
as Stony De Coco
The Making Of (—)
Actor
Asymmetry (—)
as Ezra
It Takes a Lunatic (2019)
as Self
Baby Blue Marine (1976)
as Raider
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990)
as Self (uncredited)
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (2010)
as Self
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story (2009)
as Self
This Emotional Life (2010)
as Self
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998)
as Self / Host
Project Happiness (2011)
as Self
Rachel: An American Conscience (2005)
as Self
Terrence Malick - Filming the Invisible (2026)
as Self - actor
Left Seat (—)
Actor
Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew (2014)
as Self
Monk with a Camera (2014)
as Self
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion (1985)
as Narrator (English language version)
Chelsea D.H.O. (1973)
as Milo
On Life & Enlightenment (2006)
as Self
Compassion in Emptiness (2011)
as Self
Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche (1995)
as Narrator
Mustang: Journey of Transformation (2009)
as Narrator