Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

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  • Momentum22.7
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  • Age
    77
    Born 1949
  • Known for
    Unfaithful
    2002
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

He slid into American Gigolo in 1980 and became the rarest thing: a leading man who could carry both heat and loneliness, sex symbol and serious actor at once.

Biography

About

Richard Tiffany Gere began in the 1970s with a supporting turn in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and a lead in Days of Heaven (1978). American Gigolo (1980) cracked him open to fame. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and Pretty Woman (1990) followed, along with darker work in Internal Affairs (1990), Primal Fear (1996), Red Corner (1997), and Unfaithful (2002). He won a Golden Globe for playing Billy Flynn in the film version of Chicago (2002). Later films included Arbitrage (2012) and Norman (2016). The through line: a man who could do charm and damage in the same frame.

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Awards

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  • Donostia Award
  • Marian Anderson Award
  • Geuzenpenning
  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
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73.4
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Momentum22.7
Historical42.5
Now attention71.2
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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