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