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

• 2026La vida és Verdi
• 2026The Basics of Philosophy
• 2025Eyes on Ukraine — Executive Producer
• 2024Longing — Daniel Bloch
• 2024Oh, Canada — Leo Fife
• The Agency — James 'Bosko' Bradley
• 2024Wisdom of Happiness — Executive Producer
• 2023Maybe I Do — Howard
• MotherFatherSon — Max Finch
• 2017The Dinner — Stan Lohman
• 2017Three Christs — Dr. Alan Stone
• 2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer — Norman Oppenheimer
• 2015The Benefactor — Franny
• 2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel — Guy Chambers
• 2015Time Out of Mind — George, Producer
• Cosmos — Clair Patterson (voice)
• 2014Henry & Me — Henry (voice)
• 2013Movie 43 — Robert (segment "iBabe")
• 2012Arbitrage — Robert Miller
• 2011The Double — Paul Shepherdson
• 2010Brooklyn's Finest — Off. Eddie Dugan
• 2010The Buddha — Narrator
• 2009Amelia — George Putnam
• 2009Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet — Narrator (voice)
• 2009Hachi: A Dog's Tale — Parker Wilson, Producer
• 2009Mustang: Journey of Transformation — Narrator
• 2008Nights in Rodanthe — Paul
• 2007Dreaming Lhasa — Executive Producer
• 2007I'm Not There — Billy
• 2007The Flock — Erroll Babbage
• 2007The Hunting Party — Simon Hunt
• 2006The Hoax — Clifford Irving
• 2005Bee Season — Saul
• 2004Shall We Dance? — John Clark
• 2002Chicago — Billy Flynn
• 2002The Mothman Prophecies — John Klein
• 2002Unfaithful — Edward Sumner
• 2000Autumn in New York — Will Keane
• 2000Dr. T & the Women — Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T
• 1999Runaway Bride — Ike Graham
• 1997Red Corner — Jack Moore
• 1997The Jackal — Declan Mulqueen
• 1996Primal Fear — Martin Vail
• 1995First Knight — Lancelot
• 1995Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche — Narrator
• 1994Intersection — Vincent Eastman
• 1993And the Band Played On — The Choreographer
• 1993Mr. Jones — Mr. Jones, Producer
• 1993Sommersby — John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend, Executive Producer
• 1992Final Analysis — Isaac Barr, Producer
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1991Rhapsody in August — Clark (Kane's Nephew)
• 1990Internal Affairs — Dennis Peck
• 1990Pretty Woman — Edward Lewis
• The Simpsons — Richard Gere (voice)
• 1988Miles from Home — Frank Roberts
• 1986No Mercy — Eddie Jillette
• 1986Power — Pete St. John
• 1985King David — King David
• 1985Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion — Narrator (English language version)
• 1984The Cotton Club — Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
• 1983Breathless — Jesse
• 1983The Honorary Consul — Dr. Eduardo Plarr
• 1982An Officer and a Gentleman — Zack Mayo
• 1980American Gigolo — Julian Kaye
• 1979Yanks — Matt Dyson
• 1978Bloodbrothers — Stony De Coco
• 1978Days of Heaven — Bill
• 1977Looking for Mr. Goodbar — Tony
• 1976Baby Blue Marine — Raider
• 1975Report to the Commissioner — Billy
• 1975Strike Force — Trooper Walter Spenser
• 1973Chelsea D.H.O. — Milo
• Kojak — Geno Papas
• Asymmetry — Ezra
• Left Seat
• The Making Of
• The Off Weeks — Jonathan

Appearances as themselves (52)

• 2026Terrence Malick - Filming the Invisible — Self - actor
• A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms — Self
• 2025Together for Palestine — Self
• Beau geste — Self
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma — Self - Guest
• The Super Models — Self (archive footage)
• 2020The Happy Days of Garry Marshall — Self
• 2019It Takes a Lunatic — Self
• 2014Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew — Self
• 2014Monk with a Camera — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2011Compassion in Emptiness — Self
• 2011Project Happiness — Self
• 2010Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche — Self
• 2010This Emotional Life — Self
• 2010When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun — Self
• 2009My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story — Self
• Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence — Self
• The Bonnie Hunt Show — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2006On Life & Enlightenment — Self
• 2005Live 8 — Self
• 2005Rachel: An American Conscience — Self
• 2005Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast — Self - Presenter
• Koffee with Karan — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• 2003Celebrity Naked Ambition — Self (archive footage)
• 2001The Concert for New York City — Self
• The Early Show — Self - Guest
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies — Self - Host
• 1998AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies — Self / Host
• 1998Junket Whore — Self
• Sternstunde Religion — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• The Frank Skinner Show — Self
• 1995Unzipped — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• 1992Blast 'Em — Self (uncredited)
• Charlie Rose — Self
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• 1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter — Self (uncredited)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• 1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• Reading Rainbow — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1981Reporters — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self