Richard Gere
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Simpsons
Richard Gere (voice)
1989
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Leute heute
Self
1997
Series
The Agency
James 'Bosko' Bradley
2024
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
Cosmos
Clair Patterson (voice)
2014
Series
Beau geste
Self
2023
Series
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Self
2008
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Kojak
Geno Papas
1973
Series
Koffee with Karan
Self
2004
Film
Unfaithful
Edward Sumner
2002
Series
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
Film
Pretty Woman
Edward Lewis
1990
Film
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Parker Wilson
2009
Series
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
2023
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Film
Primal Fear
Martin Vail
1996
Series
The Super Models
Self (archive footage)
2023
Sternstunde Religion
Self
1998
Film
Movie 43
Robert (segment "iBabe")
2013
Film
The Jackal
Declan Mulqueen
1997
Series
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
Film
First Knight
Lancelot
1995
Film
Runaway Bride
Ike Graham
1999
Film
An Officer and a Gentleman
Zack Mayo
1982
Series
Charlie Rose
Self
1991
Film
Chicago
Billy Flynn
2002
Film
Brooklyn's Finest
Off. Eddie Dugan
2010
Film
American Gigolo
Julian Kaye
1980
Film
Nights in Rodanthe
Paul
2008
Film
Red Corner
Jack Moore
1997
Film
The Mothman Prophecies
John Klein
2002
Film
The Cotton Club
Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
1984
Film
Shall We Dance?
John Clark
2004
Film
Days of Heaven
Bill
1978
Film
Internal Affairs
Dennis Peck
1990
Film
Autumn in New York
Will Keane
2000
Film
I'm Not There
Billy
2007
Film
Final Analysis
Isaac Barr
1992
Series
The Early Show
Self - Guest
1999
Film
Arbitrage
Robert Miller
2012
Film
Sommersby
John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
1993
Film
Maybe I Do
Howard
2023
Film
The Double
Paul Shepherdson
2011
Film
The Hunting Party
Simon Hunt
2007
Film
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Guy Chambers
2015
Film
Breathless
Jesse
1983
Series
MotherFatherSon
Max Finch
2019
Film
Three Christs
Dr. Alan Stone
2017
Film
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones
1993
Film
Dr. T & the Women
Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T
2000
Series
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Self - Host
1998
Film
No Mercy
Eddie Jillette
1986
Film
The Flock
Erroll Babbage
2007
Film
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Tony
1977
Film
The Honorary Consul
Dr. Eduardo Plarr
1983
Film
Amelia
George Putnam
2009
Film
And the Band Played On
The Choreographer
1993
Film
Time Out of Mind
George
2015
Film
Longing
Daniel Bloch
2024
Film
Oh, Canada
Leo Fife
2024
Film
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
The Buddha
Narrator
2010
Film
Yanks
Matt Dyson
1979
Film
The Hoax
Clifford Irving
2006
Film
The Dinner
Stan Lohman
2017
Film
The Benefactor
Franny
2015
Film
Junket Whore
Self
1998
Film
Intersection
Vincent Eastman
1994
Film
King David
King David
1985
Film
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Self
2010
Film
The Concert for New York City
Self
2001
Film
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Film
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Norman Oppenheimer
2016
Film
Live 8
Self
2005
Film
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Self
2020
Series
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
2008
Film
Power
Pete St. John
1986
Film
Rhapsody in August
Clark (Kane's Nephew)
1991
Film
Miles from Home
Frank Roberts
1988
Film
Bee Season
Saul
2005
Film
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Self (uncredited)
1990
Series
A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms
Self
2025
Film
La vida és Verdi
2026
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
Reporters
Self
1981
The Off Weeks
Jonathan
Film
Together for Palestine
Self
2025
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
Self
2010
Film
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
1988
Film
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
2005
Film
Report to the Commissioner
Billy
1975
Film
Blast 'Em
Self (uncredited)
1992
Film
Unzipped
Self
1995
Film
Henry & Me
Henry
2014
Film
Strike Force
Trooper Walter Spenser
1975
Film
Baby Blue Marine
Raider
1976
Film
Rachel: An American Conscience
Self
2005
Film
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
2019
Film
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Self
2009
Film
Bloodbrothers
Stony De Coco
1978
Asymmetry
Ezra
Film
On Life & Enlightenment
Self
2006
Film
Terrence Malick - Filming the Invisible
Self - actor
2026
The Making Of
Film
Monk with a Camera
Self
2014
Film
Project Happiness
Self
2011
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Self / Host
1998
This Emotional Life
Self
2010
Film
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
Narrator (voice)
2009
Left Seat
Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche
Narrator
1995
Film
Mustang: Journey of Transformation
Narrator
2009
Film
Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew
Self
2014
Film
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion
Narrator (English language version)
1985
Chelsea D.H.O.
Milo
1973
Film
Compassion in Emptiness
Self
2011
Series
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003