Richard Gere

ActorProducer Aug 31 (age 76) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1953–2026 (73 year career)

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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)…

Known For

Film

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Parker Wilson

Film

Pretty Woman

Edward Lewis

Film

Primal Fear

Martin Vail

Film

Chicago

Billy Flynn

Film

Days of Heaven

Bill

Film

Unfaithful

Edward Sumner

Film

An Officer and a Gentleman

Zack Mayo

Film

The Jackal

Declan Mulqueen

Filmography

Acting (118)

Movies (90)

La vida és Verdi

2026 Upcoming

Jun 19

Terrence Malick - Suche nach dem Unsichtbaren

2026

as Self - actor

8.0

Together for Palestine

as Self

Longing

as Daniel Bloch

Oh, Canada

as Leo Fife

Maybe I Do

as Howard

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

as Self

It Takes a Lunatic

as Self

The Dinner

as Stan Lohman

Three Christs

as Dr. Alan Stone

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

2016

as Norman Oppenheimer

5.5

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

as Guy Chambers

Time Out of Mind

as George

The Benefactor

as Franny

Henry & Me

as Henry

Monk with a Camera

as Self

Movie 43

as Robert (segment "iBabe")

Arbitrage

as Robert Miller

The Double

as Paul Shepherdson

Compassion in Emptiness

2011

as Self

Project Happiness

as Self

Brooklyn's Finest

as Off. Eddie Dugan

When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

2010

as Self

This Emotional Life

as Self

The Buddha

as Narrator

Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

as Self

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

as Parker Wilson

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story

2009

as Self

8.5

Mustang: Journey of Transformation

2009

as Narrator

7.7

Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet

2009

as Narrator (voice)

Amelia

as George Putnam

Nights in Rodanthe

as Paul

I'm Not There

as Billy

The Flock

as Erroll Babbage

The Hunting Party

as Simon Hunt

The Hoax

as Clifford Irving

Live 8

as Self

Bee Season

as Saul

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

2005

as Self - Presenter

2.0

Rachel: An American Conscience

2005

as Self

Shall We Dance?

2004

as John Clark

6.4

Celebrity Naked Ambition

2003

as Self (archive footage)

Unfaithful

as Edward Sumner

Chicago

as Billy Flynn

The Mothman Prophecies

2002

as John Klein

6.2

The Concert for New York City

as Self

Autumn in New York

as Will Keane

Dr. T & the Women

as Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T

Runaway Bride

as Ike Graham

Junket Whore

as Self

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

1998

as Self / Host

The Jackal

as Declan Mulqueen

Red Corner

as Jack Moore

Primal Fear

as Martin Vail

First Knight

as Lancelot

Unzipped

as Self

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

as Narrator

Intersection

as Vincent Eastman

The Making of '...And God Spoke'

1994

as Self (archive footage)

Mr. Jones

as Mr. Jones

Sommersby

as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend

6.3

And the Band Played On

as The Choreographer

Final Analysis

as Isaac Barr

Rhapsody in August

as Clark (Kane's Nephew)

Pretty Woman

as Edward Lewis

Internal Affairs

as Dennis Peck

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

1990

as Self (uncredited)

Night of 100 Stars III

as Self

Miles from Home

as Frank Roberts

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

as Self

Power

as Pete St. John

No Mercy

as Eddie Jillette

Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion

1985

as Narrator (English language version)

King David

as King David

The Cotton Club

as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

Breathless

as Jesse

The Honorary Consul

as Dr. Eduardo Plarr

An Officer and a Gentleman

as Zack Mayo

Reporters

as Self

American Gigolo

as Julian Kaye

Yanks

as Matt Dyson

Days of Heaven

as Bill

Bloodbrothers

as Stony De Coco

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

as Tony

Baby Blue Marine

as Raider

Report to the Commissioner

1975

as Billy

6.5

Strike Force

1975

as Trooper Walter Spenser

5.6

Chelsea D.H.O.

1973

as Milo

The Making Of

Left Seat

Television (28)

A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms

2025

as Self

The Agency: Central Intelligence

2024

as James 'Bosko' Bradley

7.1

Beau geste

2023

as Self

1.0

Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

2023

as Self - Guest

MotherFatherSon

2019

as Max Finch

6.7

Cosmos

2014

as Clair Patterson (voice)

8.5

The Bonnie Hunt Show

2008

as Self

4.4

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

2008

as Self

7.5

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Koffee with Karan

as Self

Celebrities Uncensored

as Self

The Early Show

as Self - Guest

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

as Self - Host

Leute heute

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

The Frank Skinner Show

1995

as Self

7.5

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Charlie Rose

as Self

The Simpsons

as Richard Gere (voice)

8.0

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

Goldene Kamera

as Self

Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Kojak

as Geno Papas

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

The Oscars

as Self

The Off Weeks

as Jonathan

Crew (7)

Movies (7)

Wisdom of Happiness

Executive Producer

Time Out of Mind

Producer

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Producer

Dreaming Lhasa

Executive Producer

Mr. Jones

Producer

Sommersby

Executive Producer

Final Analysis

Producer