Richard Gere
Acting • Born 1949-08-31
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
116 credits
Pretty Woman
Movie • 1990
Edward Lewis
Sommersby
Movie • 1993
John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
Breathless
Movie • 1983
Jesse
Chicago
Movie • 2002
Billy Flynn
The Cotton Club
Movie • 1984
Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
Primal Fear
Movie • 1996
Martin Vail
Unfaithful
Movie • 2002
Edward Sumner
Autumn in New York
Movie • 2000
Will Keane
The Mothman Prophecies
Movie • 2002
John Klein
Mr. Jones
Movie • 1993
Mr. Jones
An Officer and a Gentleman
Movie • 1982
Zack Mayo
I'm Not There
Movie • 2007
Billy
American Gigolo
Movie • 1980
Julian Kaye
And the Band Played On
Movie • 1993
The Choreographer
Dr. T & the Women
Movie • 2000
Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T
Shall We Dance?
Movie • 2004
John Clark
Runaway Bride
Movie • 1999
Ike Graham
The Jackal
Movie • 1997
Declan Mulqueen
Final Analysis
Movie • 1992
Isaac Barr
The Hunting Party
Movie • 2007
Simon Hunt
Internal Affairs
Movie • 1990
Dennis Peck
Rhapsody in August
Movie • 1991
Clark (Kane's Nephew)
First Knight
Movie • 1995
Lancelot
Yanks
Movie • 1979
Matt Dyson
Bee Season
Movie • 2005
Saul
Amelia
Movie • 2009
George Putnam
Red Corner
Movie • 1997
Jack Moore
Brooklyn's Finest
Movie • 2010
Off. Eddie Dugan
No Mercy
Movie • 1986
Eddie Jillette
The Hoax
Movie • 2006
Clifford Irving
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Movie • 2009
Parker Wilson
The Flock
Movie • 2007
Erroll Babbage
Report to the Commissioner
Movie • 1975
Billy
The Buddha
Movie • 2010
Narrator
Nights in Rodanthe
Movie • 2008
Paul
King David
Movie • 1985
King David
Arbitrage
Movie • 2012
Robert Miller
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Movie • 2010
Self
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Movie • 1977
Tony
Days of Heaven
Movie • 1978
Bill
Oh, Canada
Movie • 2024
Leo Fife
Intersection
Movie • 1994
Vincent Eastman
Power
Movie • 1986
Pete St. John
The Honorary Consul
Movie • 1983
Dr. Eduardo Plarr
Miles from Home
Movie • 1988
Frank Roberts
The Double
Movie • 2011
Paul Shepherdson
Compassion in Emptiness
Movie • 2011
Self
Movie 43
Movie • 2013
Robert (segment "iBabe")
Bloodbrothers
Movie • 1978
Stony De Coco
Strike Force
Movie • 1975
Trooper Walter Spenser
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Movie • 2009
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Movie • 1998
Self / Host
Longing
Movie • 2024
Daniel Bloch
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
Movie • 2010
Self
Maybe I Do
Movie • 2023
Howard
This Emotional Life
Movie • 2010
Self
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie • 2015
Guy Chambers
Mustang: Journey of Transformation
Movie • 2009
Narrator
Time Out of Mind
Movie • 2015
George
Baby Blue Marine
Movie • 1976
Raider
Henry & Me
Movie • 2014
Henry
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie • 1990
Self
Rachel: An American Conscience
Movie • 2005
Self
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Movie • 2005
Self - Presenter
The Benefactor
Movie • 2015
Franny
Live 8
Movie • 2005
Self
The Concert for New York City
Movie • 2001
Self
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
Movie • 2009
Narrator (voice)
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Movie • 2016
Norman Oppenheimer
Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche
Movie • 1995
Narrator
The Dinner
Movie • 2017
Stan Lohman
Reporters
Movie • 1981
Self
Junket Whore
Movie • 1998
Self
Three Christs
Movie • 2017
Dr. Alan Stone
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion
Movie • 1985
Narrator (English language version)
It Takes a Lunatic
Movie • 2019
Self
Project Happiness
Movie • 2011
Self
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Movie • 2020
Self
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Movie • 1990
Self (uncredited)
The Making Of
Movie
Unzipped
Movie • 1995
Self
Left Seat
Movie
Monk with a Camera
Movie • 2014
Self
Together for Palestine
Movie • 2025
Self
Chelsea D.H.O.
Movie • 1973
Milo
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
The Making of '...And God Spoke'
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
La vida és Verdi
Movie • 2026
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Richard Gere (voice)
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Kojak
TV • 1973
Geno Papas
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
Charlie Rose
TV • 1991
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
The Frank Skinner Show
TV • 1995
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Bonnie Hunt Show
TV • 2008
Self
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
TV • 2008
Self
Reading Rainbow
TV • 1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
MotherFatherSon
TV • 2019
Max Finch
Koffee with Karan
TV • 2004
Self
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
TV • 1998
Self - Host
Cosmos
TV • 2014
Clair Patterson (voice)
The Agency: Central Intelligence
TV • 2024
James 'Bosko' Bradley
Beau geste
TV • 2023
Self
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TV • 2023
Self - Guest
A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms
TV • 2025
Self
The Off Weeks
TV
Jonathan