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.
Top Rated Movies
Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Happy Days of Garry Marshall | Self | HIT | |
| 2017 | Three Christs | Dr. Alan Stone | HIT | |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Guy Chambers | FLOP | |
| 2014 | Monk with a Camera | Self | HIT | |
| 2012 | Arbitrage | Robert Miller | FLOP | |
| 2011 | The Double | Paul Shepherdson | FLOP | |
| 2011 | Project Happiness | Self | FLOP | |
| 2010 | The Buddha | Narrator | FLOP | |
| 2010 | Brooklyn's Finest | Off. Eddie Dugan | FLOP | |
| 2010 | This Emotional Life | Self | HIT | |
| 2010 | Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche | Self | HIT | |
| 2009 | My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story | Self | HIT | |
| 2009 | Hachi: A Dog's Tale | Parker Wilson | HIT | |
| 2009 | Mustang: Journey of Transformation | Narrator | HIT | |
| 2008 | Nights in Rodanthe | Paul | FLOP | |
| 2007 | I'm Not There | Billy | HIT | |
| 2007 | The Hunting Party | Simon Hunt | HIT | |
| 2006 | The Hoax | Clifford Irving | FLOP | |
| 2005 | Live 8 | Self | HIT | |
| 2004 | Shall We Dance? | John Clark | FLOP | |
| 2002 | Chicago | Billy Flynn | HIT | |
| 2002 | Unfaithful | Edward Sumner | HIT | |
| 2002 | The Mothman Prophecies | John Klein | FLOP | |
| 2000 | Autumn in New York | Will Keane | FLOP | |
| 1999 | Runaway Bride | Ike Graham | FLOP | |
| 1997 | The Jackal | Declan Mulqueen | FLOP | |
| 1997 | Red Corner | Jack Moore | FLOP | |
| 1996 | Primal Fear | Martin Vail | HIT | |
| 1995 | Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1995 | First Knight | Lancelot | FLOP | |
| 1993 | Mr. Jones | Mr. Jones | FLOP | |
| 1993 | And the Band Played On | The Choreographer | FLOP | |
| 1993 | Sommersby | John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend | FLOP | |
| 1992 | Final Analysis | Isaac Barr | FLOP | |
| 1991 | Rhapsody in August | Clark (Kane's Nephew) | HIT | |
| 1990 | Pretty Woman | Edward Lewis | HIT | |
| 1990 | Internal Affairs | Dennis Peck | FLOP | |
| 1986 | No Mercy | Eddie Jillette | FLOP | |
| 1986 | Power | Pete St. John | FLOP | |
| 1985 | Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion | Narrator (English language version) | HIT | |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer | HIT | |
| 1983 | The Honorary Consul | Dr. Eduardo Plarr | FLOP | |
| 1983 | Breathless | Jesse | FLOP | |
| 1982 | An Officer and a Gentleman | Zack Mayo | HIT | |
| 1981 | Reporters | Self | HIT | |
| 1980 | American Gigolo | Julian Kaye | FLOP | |
| 1979 | Yanks | Matt Dyson | FLOP | |
| 1978 | Days of Heaven | Bill | HIT | |
| 1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Tony | FLOP | |
| 1975 | Report to the Commissioner | Billy | HIT |