Richard Gere
Acting
Born: Aug 31, 1949
From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn's Finest | Off. Eddie Dugan | 2010 | 6.319 |
| Amelia | George Putnam | 2009 | 5.7 |
| I'm Not There | Billy | 2007 | 6.512 |
| The Hunting Party | Simon Hunt | 2007 | 6.499 |
| The Hoax | Clifford Irving | 2006 | 6.288 |
| Bee Season | Saul | 2005 | 5.11 |
| Shall We Dance? | John Clark | 2004 | 6.416 |
| Chicago | Billy Flynn | 2002 | 7.126 |
| Unfaithful | Edward Sumner | 2002 | 6.682 |
| The Mothman Prophecies | John Klein | 2002 | 6.2 |
| Autumn in New York | Will Keane | 2000 | 6.132 |
| Dr. T & the Women | Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. … | 2000 | 4.911 |
| Runaway Bride | Ike Graham | 1999 | 6.107 |
| The Jackal | Declan Mulqueen | 1997 | 6.387 |
| Red Corner | Jack Moore | 1997 | 6.345 |
| Primal Fear | Martin Vail | 1996 | 7.656 |
| First Knight | Lancelot | 1995 | 6.106 |
| Sommersby | John Robert Sommersby / Horace … | 1993 | 6.346 |
| Mr. Jones | Mr. Jones | 1993 | 5.784 |
| And the Band Played On | The Choreographer | 1993 | 6.491 |
| Final Analysis | Isaac Barr | 1992 | 5.746 |
| Rhapsody in August | Clark (Kane's Nephew) | 1991 | 7.16 |
| Pretty Woman | Edward Lewis | 1990 | 7.447 |
| Internal Affairs | Dennis Peck | 1990 | 6.366 |
| No Mercy | Eddie Jillette | 1986 | 5.836 |
| The Cotton Club | Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer | 1984 | 6.52 |
| Breathless | Jesse | 1983 | 5.9 |
| An Officer and a Gentleman | Zack Mayo | 1982 | 7.0 |
| American Gigolo | Julian Kaye | 1980 | 6.19 |
| Yanks | Matt Dyson | 1979 | 5.884 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1949 |
| From | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |