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Richard Gere
Richard Gere’s screen credits include Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman, Edward Sumner in Unfaithful, and Declan Mulqueen in The Jackal.
Born August 31, 1949 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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.
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- 2026The Basics of PhilosophyActor
- 2026La vida és VerdiActor
- 2026Terrence Malick - Filming the InvisibleSelf - actor
- 2025Eyes on UkraineProducer
- 2025Together for PalestineSelf
- 2024Oh, CanadaLeo Fife
- 2024Wisdom of HappinessProducer
- 2024LongingDaniel Bloch
- 2023Maybe I DoHoward
- 2020The Happy Days of Garry MarshallSelf
- 2019It Takes a LunaticSelf
- 2017Three ChristsDr. Alan Stone
- 2017The DinnerStan Lohman
- 2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York FixerNorman Oppenheimer
- 2015The BenefactorFranny
- 2015Time Out of MindProducer · George
- 2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold HotelGuy Chambers
- 2014Henry & MeHenry (voice)
- 2014Monk with a CameraSelf
- 2014Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and CrewSelf
- 2013Movie 43Robert (segment "iBabe")
- 2012ArbitrageRobert Miller
- 2011The DoublePaul Shepherdson
- 2011Project HappinessSelf
- 2011Compassion in EmptinessSelf
- 2010When the Dragon Swallowed the SunSelf
- 2010The BuddhaNarrator
- 2010Brooklyn's FinestOff. Eddie Dugan
- 2010This Emotional LifeSelf
- 2010Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse RinpocheSelf
- 2009Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of TibetNarrator (voice)
- 2009AmeliaGeorge Putnam
- 2009My Dog: An Unconditional Love StorySelf
- 2009Hachi: A Dog's TaleProducer · Parker Wilson
- 2009Mustang: Journey of TransformationNarrator
- 2008Nights in RodanthePaul
- 2007I'm Not ThereBilly
- 2007The Hunting PartySimon Hunt
- 2007The FlockErroll Babbage
- 2007Dreaming LhasaProducer
- 2006The HoaxClifford Irving
- 2006On Life & EnlightenmentSelf
- 2005Live 8Self
- 2005Bee SeasonSaul
- 2005Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf CoastSelf - Presenter
- 2005Rachel: An American ConscienceSelf
- 2004Shall We Dance?John Clark
- 2003Celebrity Naked AmbitionSelf (archive footage)
- 2002ChicagoBilly Flynn
- 2002The Mothman PropheciesJohn Klein
- 2001The Concert for New York CitySelf
- 2000Dr. T & the WomenDr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T
- 2000Autumn in New YorkWill Keane
- 1999Runaway BrideIke Graham
- 1998Junket WhoreSelf
- 1998AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest MoviesSelf / Host
- 1997Red CornerJack Moore
- 1996Primal FearMartin Vail
- 1995UnzippedSelf
- 1995Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse RinpocheNarrator
- 1995First KnightLancelot
- 1994IntersectionVincent Eastman
- 1993Mr. JonesProducer · Mr. Jones
- 1993And the Band Played OnThe Choreographer
- 1993SommersbyProducer · John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
- 1992Blast 'EmSelf (uncredited)
- 1992Final AnalysisProducer · Isaac Barr
- 1991Rhapsody in AugustClark (Kane's Nephew)
- 1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterSelf (uncredited)
- 1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
- 1990Internal AffairsDennis Peck
- 1988Miles from HomeFrank Roberts
- 1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeSelf
- 1986No MercyEddie Jillette
- 1986PowerPete St. John
- 1985King DavidKing David
- 1985Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of IllusionNarrator (English language version)
- 1984The Cotton ClubRichard 'Dixie' Dwyer
- 1983The Honorary ConsulDr. Eduardo Plarr
- 1983BreathlessJesse
- 1982An Officer and a GentlemanZack Mayo
- 1981ReportersSelf
- 1980American GigoloJulian Kaye
- 1979YanksMatt Dyson
- 1978BloodbrothersStony De Coco
- 1978Days of HeavenBill
- 1977Looking for Mr. GoodbarTony
- 1976Baby Blue MarineRaider
- 1975Strike ForceTrooper Walter Spenser
- 1975Report to the CommissionerBilly
- 1973Chelsea D.H.O.Milo
- AsymmetryEzra
- Left SeatActor
- The Making OfActor
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Pretty Woman
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Unfaithful
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The Jackal
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