Richard Gere, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Richard Gere

American actor

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1949

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: photographer, actor, human rights activist, stage actor, voice actor, film director, film producer, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Richard Tiffany Gere (IPA: GEER; 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.