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Richard Gere

31 Aug, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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Richard Tiffany Gere

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Chicago
71% (2002)
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Mr. Jones
59% (1993)
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Yanks
59% (1979)
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Bee Season
51% (2005)
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The Hoax
63% (2006)
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Oh, Canada
57% (2024)
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Power
58% (1986)
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Movie 43
47% (2013)
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Bloodbrothers
58% (1978)
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Longing
56% (2024)
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Three Christs
67% (2017)
Left Seat
0% (2026)
Chelsea D.H.O.
80% (1973)