Richard Gere
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Richard Gere is an American movie actor. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 31, 1949. He is of Irish descent
His parents were Homer George Gere and Doris Anna Tiffany. He has three sisters, a brother, and a half brother, the German Henry Januszewski.
[edit] Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role |
---|---|---|
2005 | Bee Season | Saul Naumann |
2004 | Shall We Dance | John Clark |
2002 | Chicago | Billy Flynn |
Unfaithful | Edward Sumner | |
The Mothman Prophecies | John Klein | |
2000 | Dr. T & the Women | Dr. T |
Autumn in New York | Will Keane | |
1999 | Runaway Bride | Ike Graham |
1997 | The Jackal | Declan Joseph Mulqueen |
1996 | Primal Fear | Martin Vail |
1995 | First Knight | Lancelot |
1990 | Pretty Woman | Edward Lewis |
Internal Affairs | Dennis Peck | |
1986 | No Mercy | Eddie Jillette |
1984 | The Cotton Club | Dixie Dwyer |
1982 | An Officer and a Gentleman | Zack Mayo |
1980 | American Gigolo | Julian Kaye |
1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Tony Lo Porto |
Gere has also endorsed in advertisements, like the one for VISA, a credit card company.
[edit] External links
- Richard Gere at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- article on Gere's ancestry and famous relations
- Hello Magazine, Hello! Profile
- The Gere Foundation, dedicated to end the Chinese Occupation of Tibet
[edit] Interviews
- Cinema Confidential interview (November 18, 2005)
- Pop Entertainment interview (November, 2005)
- Defended India's nuclear tests
- Rumor about Richard Gere at The Snopes.com
- About.com interview (May, 2002)
- Filmmonthly interview (January 12, 2002)
- SciFi Online interview (January, 2002)
- "My Journey as a Buddhist", interview on Gere's religion (1999)
- Rochester Goes Out interview (July 30, 1999)
- About.com: About that Thing with Richard Gere and the Gerbil
- Esquire magazine interview (July, 1995)
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