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Richard Gere

Richard Gere

Acting • 1949-08-31 • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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Hachi: A Dog's Tale8.0

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

2009

Pretty Woman7.4

Pretty Woman

1990

Primal Fear7.7

Primal Fear

1996

Unfaithful6.7

Unfaithful

2002

The Jackal6.4

The Jackal

1997

Chicago7.1

Chicago

2002

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