Richard Gere

Richard Gere
Born (1949-08-31) August 31, 1949 (age 75)
OccupationActor
Years active1969–present
Spouses
  • (m. 1991; div. 1995)
  • (m. 2002; div. 2016)
  • (m. 2018)
Children3

Richard Tiffany Gere (/ɡɪər/ GEER;[1][2] born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began appearing in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and a starring role in Days of Heaven (1978). Gere came to prominence with his role in the film American Gigolo (1980), which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol.[3] Gere's other films include An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), The Cotton Club (1984), No Mercy (1986), Pretty Woman (1990), Sommersby (1993), Intersection (1994), First Knight (1995), Primal Fear (1996), Runaway Bride (1999), Dr. T & the Women (2000), Shall We Dance? (2004), I'm Not There (2007), Arbitrage (2012) and Norman (2016). For portraying Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago (2002), he won a Golden Globe Award.

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  3. ^ Lazic, Elena (November 14, 2016). "How American Gigolo flipped Hollywood sexism on its head". Little White Lies. Retrieved September 6, 2018.