Richard Gere
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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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Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche
