Biography
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)...
Known For
Complete Filmography

4'33
2025
as (Archive footage)
Experimental film essay about art as a universal language. Characters from different films and different times travel to the same concert hall to hear...

Oh, Canada
2024
as Leo Fife
Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid s...

Wisdom of Happiness
2024
Executive Producer
A deeply intimate and highly cinematic documentary featuring the Dalai Lama, who, at nearly ninety year of age, offers practical advice for navigating...

Longing
2024
as Daniel Bloch
A business mogul runs into his old small town girlfriend while she is visiting the big city only to find out that they had a child together that he wa...

Maybe I Do
2023
as Howard
Michelle and Allen, who have reached the point in their relationship where they are considering next steps, decide to invite their parents to finally...

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
as Self
In a heartfelt tribute to Hollywood legend Garry Marshall, his family and friends share their favorite memories of the creative genius behind some of ...

It Takes a Lunatic
2019
as Self
The extraordinary life of beloved acting teacher and theatre producer Wynn Handman is recalled in this portrait of a provocative, innovative artist.

Three Christs
2017
as Dr. Alan Stone
Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are...

The Dinner
2017
as Stan Lohman
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As...

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2016
as Norman Oppenheimer
A financial schemer finds himself in the middle of an international scandal after he becomes a political adviser to the new Prime Minister of Israel.

The Benefactor
2015
as Franny
A newly married couple are forced to navigate the all-consuming interest of a powerful, mysterious, and possessive philanthropist.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Guy Chambers
As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expans...

Time Out of Mind
2014
as George
Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George is a man without a home. Struggling with his demons and desperately trying to connect...

Time Out of Mind
2014
Producer
Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George is a man without a home. Struggling with his demons and desperately trying to connect...

Henry & Me
2014
as Henry
A guardian angel takes a gravely ill boy on a magical journey to meet legendary players from the New York Yankees, both past and present.

Movie 43
2013
as Robert (segment "iBabe")
A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest ...

Arbitrage
2012
as Robert Miller
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for ...

The Double
2011
as Paul Shepherdson
The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul...

Project Happiness
2011
as Self
Happiness, I want more! From the alleys of Nigeria and the beaches of California to the mountains of India, ordinary young people lead us on an extrao...

Compassion in Emptiness
2011
as Self
Over the course of a three-day series of teachings and a public lecture, the Dalai Lama discusses numerous Buddhist tenets, such as maintaining compas...
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
2010
as Self

The Buddha
2010
as Narrator
This documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha’s life, a journey especia...

Brooklyn's Finest
2010
as Off. Eddie Dugan
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty...
This Emotional Life
2010
as Self
This Emotional Life is a three-part series that explores improving our social relationships, learning to cope with depression and anxiety, and becomin...

Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
2010
as Self
Brilliant Moon chronicles the life of the writer, poet, and meditation master Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Tibet's most revered 20th-century Buddhist tea...

Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
2009
as Narrator (voice)
In Tibet, the word for woman translates as "lower rebirth." In a remote eastern region of the country, the Tsoknyi Nangchen nuns defy this definition....

Amelia
2009
as George Putnam
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a fli...

My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
2009
as Self
Famous New Yorkers and the pooches they love are the focus of this refreshingly honest and endearing series of interviews that celebrates the meaningf...

Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
as Parker Wilson
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
Producer
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.

Mustang: Journey of Transformation
2009
as Narrator
Lost in time, the Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang is one of the last sanctuaries of authentic Tibetan Buddhist culture. But, long isolated by geography a...

Nights in Rodanthe
2008
as Paul
Adrienne is trying to decide whether to stay in her unhappy marriage or not, and her life changes when Paul, a doctor who is travelling to reconcile w...

I'm Not There
2007
as Billy
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger...

The Hunting Party
2007
as Simon Hunt
A young journalist, an experienced cameraman and a discredited reporter find their bold plan to capture Bosnia's top war criminal quickly spiraling ou...

The Flock
2007
as Erroll Babbage
Erroll Babbage has spent his career tracking sex offenders and his unorthodox methods are nearly as brutal as the criminals he monitors. When he links...

Dreaming Lhasa
2007
Executive Producer
Karma, a Tibetan filmmaker from New York, goes to Dharamsala, the Dalai Lama's exile headquarters in northern India, to make a documentary about forme...

The Hoax
2006
as Clifford Irving
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1...

Live 8
2005
as Self
On 2 July 2005 an estimated 3 billion people came together in the fight against extreme poverty. LIVE 8 - 10 concerts featuring over 1000 musicians fr...

Bee Season
2005
as Saul
Wife and mother Miriam begins a downward emotional spiral as her husband avoids their collapsing marriage by immersing himself in his 11-year-old daug...

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
as Self - Presenter
A one-hour, commercial-free benefit concert television special that aired simulcast worldwide on September 9, 2005, at 8 pm ET/CT live.

Rachel: An American Conscience
2005
as Self
A documentary about the killing of American activist Rachel Corrie by an Israeli military bulldozer while she was protecting Palestinian homes from de...

Shall We Dance?
2004
as John Clark
A bored estate lawyer spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and ...

The Simpsons: Christmas
2003
A collection of five different Simpson holiday specials; Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, Mr. Plow, Miracle on Evergreen Terrace, Grift of the Magi,...

Chicago
2002
as Billy Flynn
Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chic...

Unfaithful
2002
as Edward Sumner
Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, ...

The Mothman Prophecies
2002
as John Klein
Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose reside...

The Concert for New York City
2001
as Self
The Concert for New York City took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. It was a celebration of the strength of New York and a thank-yo...

Dr. T & the Women
2000
as Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T
A successful Texas gynecologist finds himself amid a bevy of women and their problems – his wife’s breakdown, his daughter's fake marriage, his other ...

Autumn in New York
2000
as Will Keane
Will Keane, a Manhattan restaurateur, is content with his playboy lifestyle until he meets Charlotte Fielding, a free-spirited young woman. Together t...

Runaway Bride
1999
as Ike Graham
Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after his...

Junket Whore
1998
as Self
A documentary film that explores the relationship between publicists and journalists in Hollywood.

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
1998
as Self / Host
The American Film Institute commemorates the first century of American films with this awesome made-for-TV special highlighting the greatest 100 Ameri...

The Jackal
1997
as Declan Mulqueen
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal prov...

Red Corner
1997
as Jack Moore
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the co...

Primal Fear
1996
as Martin Vail
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has ...

Unzipped
1995
as Self
Isaac Mizrahi, one of the most successful designers in high fashion, plans his fall 1994 collection.
Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche
1995
as Narrator
An intimate glimpse into the life and world of one of Tibet's most revered teachers: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991). A writer, poet and meditati...

First Knight
1995
as Lancelot
The timeless tale of King Arthur and the legend of Camelot are retold in this passionate period drama. Arthur is reluctant to hand the crown to Lancel...

Intersection
1994
as Vincent Eastman
During a car accident, Vincent Eastman watches his whole life flash before his eyes, and he doesn't like what he sees. While maintaining the semblance...

Mr. Jones
1993
as Mr. Jones
The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his tr...

Mr. Jones
1993
Producer
The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his tr...

And the Band Played On
1993
as The Choreographer
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

Sommersby
1993
as John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By al...

Sommersby
1993
Executive Producer
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By al...

Final Analysis
1992
as Isaac Barr
A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens t...

Final Analysis
1992
Producer
A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens t...

Rhapsody in August
1991
as Clark (Kane's Nephew)
The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her ...

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
as Self (uncredited)
This music special is dedicated to dispelling the prejudices associated with the HIV infection and raising money for AIDS research and relief. Some of...

Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

Pretty Woman
1990
as Edward Lewis
While on a business trip in Los Angeles, Edward Lewis, a millionaire entrepreneur who makes a living buying and breaking up companies, picks up a pros...

Internal Affairs
1990
as Dennis Peck
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the a...

Miles from Home
1988
as Frank Roberts
Two brothers who are forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosi...

No Mercy
1986
as Eddie Jillette
An unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.

Power
1986
as Pete St. John
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio sen...

King David
1985
as King David
This is a movie about the life of Israel's king David.

Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion
1985
as Narrator (English language version)
The documentary focuses on the annual Mani Rimdu festival of Tibet and Nepal, an event which encapsulates the Himalayan Buddhist experience.

The Cotton Club
1984
as Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

The Honorary Consul
1983
as Dr. Eduardo Plarr
Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to...

Breathless
1983
as Jesse
Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student. Stealing a car and accidentally killing a hig...

An Officer and a Gentleman
1982
as Zack Mayo
Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul...

Reporters
1981
as Self
The co-founder of the Gamma press agency, Raymond Depardon, created this documentary of press photographers in Paris and their subjects by following t...

American Gigolo
1980
as Julian Kaye
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife...

Yanks
1979
as Matt Dyson
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don...

Bloodbrothers
1978
as Stony De Coco
A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.

Days of Heaven
1978
as Bill
In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harve...

Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
as Tony
A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she beg...

Baby Blue Marine
1976
as Raider
A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the "baby blue" fatigues of a washout. En route, he is mugged by a battle-fatigued Ma...

Strike Force
1975
as Trooper Walter Spenser
A New York City detective teams up with a federal agent and a state trooper to bust up a drug ring.

Report to the Commissioner
1975
as Billy
Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instr...
The Making Of
N/A
Long-married filmmakers have cast overemotional actors to portray their younger selves in the story of their great love. Unfortunately, by the time sh...

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
N/A
as Self (archive footage)
Explores Caton-Jones' rise from his humble roots in the working class mining village of Broxburn, West Lothian to the dizzy heights of Hollywood, wher...
Left Seat
N/A
When a traveling pharmaceutical rep is forced to take control of a small charter plane after the pilot falls unconscious mid-flight, she must rely on ...