Richard Gere

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.

Known For

The Simpsons

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Agency

The Graham Norton Show

The View

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Leute heute

All Movies (92)

• La vida és Verdi2026
• Terrence Malick - Suche nach dem Unsichtbaren2026 · as Self - actor
• Together for Palestine2025 · as Self
• Oh, Canada2024 · as Leo Fife
• Longing2024 · as Daniel Bloch
• Maybe I Do2023 · as Howard
• The Happy Days of Garry Marshall2020 · as Self
• It Takes a Lunatic2019 · as Self
• Three Christs2017 · as Dr. Alan Stone
• The Dinner2017 · as Stan Lohman
• Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer2016 · as Norman Oppenheimer
• The Benefactor2015 · as Franny
• Time Out of Mind2015 · as George
• The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel2015 · as Guy Chambers
• Henry & Me2014 · as Henry
• Monk with a Camera2014 · as Self
• Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew2014 · as Self
• Movie 432013 · as Robert (segment "iBabe")
• Arbitrage2012 · as Robert Miller
• The Double2011 · as Paul Shepherdson
• Project Happiness2011 · as Self
• Compassion in Emptiness2011 · as Self
• When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun2010 · as Self
• The Buddha2010 · as Narrator
• Brooklyn's Finest2010 · as Off. Eddie Dugan
• This Emotional Life2010 · as Self
• Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche2010 · as Self
• Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet2009 · as Narrator (voice)
• Amelia2009 · as George Putnam
• My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story2009 · as Self
• Hachi: A Dog's Tale2009 · as Parker Wilson
• Mustang: Journey of Transformation2009 · as Narrator
• Nights in Rodanthe2008 · as Paul
• I'm Not There2007 · as Billy
• The Hunting Party2007 · as Simon Hunt
• The Flock2007 · as Erroll Babbage
• The Hoax2006 · as Clifford Irving
• On Life & Enlightenment2006 · as Self
• Live 82005 · as Self
• Bee Season2005 · as Saul
• Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast2005 · as Self - Presenter
• Rachel: An American Conscience2005 · as Self
• Shall We Dance?2004 · as John Clark
• Celebrity Naked Ambition2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Chicago2002 · as Billy Flynn
• Unfaithful2002 · as Edward Sumner
• The Mothman Prophecies2002 · as John Klein
• The Concert for New York City2001 · as Self
• Dr. T & the Women2000 · as Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T
• Autumn in New York2000 · as Will Keane
• Runaway Bride1999 · as Ike Graham
• Junket Whore1998 · as Self
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies1998 · as Self / Host
• The Jackal1997 · as Declan Mulqueen
• Red Corner1997 · as Jack Moore
• Primal Fear1996 · as Martin Vail
• Unzipped1995 · as Self
• Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche1995 · as Narrator
• First Knight1995 · as Lancelot
• Intersection1994 · as Vincent Eastman
• Mr. Jones1993 · as Mr. Jones
• And the Band Played On1993 · as The Choreographer
• Sommersby1993 · as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
• Final Analysis1992 · as Isaac Barr
• Rhapsody in August1991 · as Clark (Kane's Nephew)
• Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter1990 · as Self (uncredited)
• Night of 100 Stars III1990 · as Self
• Pretty Woman1990 · as Edward Lewis
• Internal Affairs1990 · as Dennis Peck
• Miles from Home1988 · as Frank Roberts
• Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute1988 · as Self
• No Mercy1986 · as Eddie Jillette
• Power1986 · as Pete St. John
• King David1985 · as King David
• Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion1985 · as Narrator (English language version)
• The Cotton Club1984 · as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
• The Honorary Consul1983 · as Dr. Eduardo Plarr
• Breathless1983 · as Jesse
• An Officer and a Gentleman1982 · as Zack Mayo
• Reporters1981 · as Self
• American Gigolo1980 · as Julian Kaye
• Yanks1979 · as Matt Dyson
• Bloodbrothers1978 · as Stony De Coco
• Days of Heaven1978 · as Bill
• Looking for Mr. Goodbar1977 · as Tony
• Baby Blue Marine1976 · as Raider
• Strike Force1975 · as Trooper Walter Spenser
• Report to the Commissioner1975 · as Billy
• Chelsea D.H.O.1973 · as Milo
• The Making Of—
• Left Seat—
• Asymmetry— · as Ezra

All TV Shows (32)

• A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms2025 · as Self
• The Agency2024 · as James 'Bosko' Bradley
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma2023 · as Self - Guest
• The Super Models2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Beau geste2023 · as Self
• MotherFatherSon2019 · as Max Finch
• Cosmos2014 · as Clair Patterson (voice)
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Bonnie Hunt Show2008 · as Self
• Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence2008 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Koffee with Karan2004 · as Self
• Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
• The Early Show1999 · as Self - Guest
• Sternstunde Religion1998 · as Self
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies1998 · as Self - Host
• The View1997 · as Self
• Leute heute1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• The Frank Skinner Show1995 · as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Charlie Rose1991 · as Self
• The Simpsons1989 · as Richard Gere (voice)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Reading Rainbow1983 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Kojak1973 · as Geno Papas
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Off Weeks— · as Jonathan