Richard Gere

1949-

Biography: life and films

Richard Gere is an American actor whose birth name is Richard Tiffany Gere. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on 31st August 1949.

His best films as an actor include Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven (1978), Gregory Hoblit's crime-thriller Primal Fear (1996), Antoine Fuqua's Brooklyn's Finest (2009), Lasse Hallström's Hachiko: A Dog's Story (2009) and Nicholas Jarecki's thriller Arbitrage (2012).

Richard Gere has so far appeared in 44 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Mike Figgis (2 films), Lasse Hallström (2) and Garry Marshall (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (34 films), Thriller (17), romance (15), crime-thriller (9), comedy-romance (4), comedy-drama (4), War (3), comedy (2), Documentary (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Richard Gere over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Report to the Commissioner (1975) [a]

Baby Blue Marine (1976) [a]

Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) [a]

Bloodbrothers (1978) [a]

Days of Heaven (1978) [a]

Yanks (1979) [a]

American Gigolo (1980) [a]

Reporters (1981) [a]

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) [a]

Breathless (1983) [a]

The Honorary Consul (1983) [a]

The Cotton Club (1984) [a]

King David (1985) [a]

No Mercy (1986) [a]

Power (1986) [a]

Miles from Home (1988) [a]

Internal Affairs (1990) [a]

Pretty Woman (1990) [a]

Final Analysis (1992) [a]

Mr. Jones (1993) [a]

Sommersby (1993) [a]

Intersection (1994) [a]

First Knight (1995) [a]

Unzipped (1995) [a]

Primal Fear (1996) [a]

Red Corner (1997) [a]

The Jackal (1997) [a]

Runaway Bride (1999) [a]

Autumn in New York (2000) [a]

Dr T and the Women (2000) [a]

The Mothman Prophecies (2002) [a]

Unfaithful (2002) [a]

Shall We Dance (2004) [a]

Bee Season (2005) [a]

The Hoax (2006) [a]

I'm Not There. (2007) [a]

The Flock (2007) [a]

The Hunting Party (2007) [a]

Nights in Rodanthe (2008) [a]

Amelia (2009) [a]

Brooklyn's Finest (2009) [a]

Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) [a]

The Double (2011) [a]

Arbitrage (2012) [a]



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