Cast & creator
Richard Gere
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Simpsons, The Daily Show
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.
Also known as: Richard Tiffany Gere
102
film credits
33
television credits
127
1953–2026 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (135)
Showing 135 of 135 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Simpsons
Richard Gere (voice)
1989
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Leute heute
Self
1997
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The Agency
James 'Bosko' Bradley
2024Film '72
Self
1971
The Bonnie Hunt Show
Self
2008
Kojak
Geno Papas
1973
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
The Oscars
Self
1953
Koffee with Karan
Self
2004
Cosmos
Clair Patterson (voice)
2014
Pretty Woman
Edward Lewis
1990Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Unfaithful
Edward Sumner
2002
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
2023
Primal Fear
Martin Vail
1996
Beau geste
Self
2023
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Parker Wilson
2009Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Producer
2009
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
Charlie Rose
Self
1991
The Jackal
Declan Mulqueen
1997
The Early Show
Self - Guest
1999
Runaway Bride
Ike Graham
1999
Movie 43
Robert (segment "iBabe")
2013
The Super Models
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Mothman Prophecies
John Klein
2002
An Officer and a Gentleman
Zack Mayo
1982
First Knight
Lancelot
1995
The Honorary Consul
Dr. Eduardo Plarr
1983
Shall We Dance?
John Clark
2004
Chicago
Billy Flynn
2002
The Cotton Club
Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer
1984
American Gigolo
Julian Kaye
1980
Red Corner
Jack Moore
1997
Autumn in New York
Will Keane
2000
MotherFatherSon
Max Finch
2019
Arbitrage
Robert Miller
2012
Maybe I Do
Howard
2023
Days of Heaven
Bill
1978
Sommersby
John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
1993Sommersby
Executive Producer
1993
I'm Not There
Billy
2007
Internal Affairs
Dennis Peck
1990
Brooklyn's Finest
Off. Eddie Dugan
2010Sternstunde Religion
Self
1998
Rhapsody in August
Clark (Kane's Nephew)
1991
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Guy Chambers
2015
Oh, Canada
Leo Fife
2024
The Hunting Party
Simon Hunt
2007
Nights in Rodanthe
Paul
2008
The Double
Paul Shepherdson
2011
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Self - Host
1998
Three Christs
Dr. Alan Stone
2017
No Mercy
Eddie Jillette
1986
And the Band Played On
The Choreographer
1993
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones
1993Mr. Jones
Producer
1993
The Dinner
Stan Lohman
2017
Dr. T & the Women
Dr. Sullivan Travis / Dr. T
2000
Final Analysis
Isaac Barr
1992Final Analysis
Producer
1992
Time Out of Mind
George
2015Time Out of Mind
Producer
2015
Amelia
George Putnam
2009
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
2008
The Flock
Erroll Babbage
2007
Yanks
Matt Dyson
1979
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Tony
1977
Breathless
Jesse
1983
Longing
Daniel Bloch
2024
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Norman Oppenheimer
2016
Intersection
Vincent Eastman
1994
Bee Season
Saul
2005
The Concert for New York City
Self
2001
Junket Whore
Self
1998
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self - Presenter
2005
King David
King David
1985The Off Weeks
Jonathan
Live 8
Self
2005
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
The Benefactor
Franny
2015
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Self
2020
The Hoax
Clifford Irving
2006
The Buddha
Narrator
2010
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
2003
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Unzipped
Self
1995
Power
Pete St. John
1986
Miles from Home
Frank Roberts
1988
Report to the Commissioner
Billy
1975
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
2019
Reporters
Self
1981
The Basics of Philosophy
2026
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story
Self
2009
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
1988
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Self (uncredited)
1990
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Self
2010
A contracorrent: 10 anys d'Open Arms
Self
2025Asymmetry
Ezra
Together for Palestine
Self
2025
Strike Force
Trooper Walter Spenser
1975
Bloodbrothers
Stony De Coco
1978
Wisdom of Happiness
Executive Producer
2024
Monk with a Camera
Self
2014
Blast 'Em
Self (uncredited)
1992
Henry & Me
Henry (voice)
2014
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Self / Host
1998
Project Happiness
Self
2011
Baby Blue Marine
Raider
1976When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
Self
2010
La vida és Verdi
2026
Chicago in the Spotlight: A Retrospective with the Cast and Crew
Self
2014
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
Narrator (voice)
2009Chelsea D.H.O.
Milo
1973
Rachel: An American Conscience
Self
2005Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche
Narrator
1995
Mustang: Journey of Transformation
Narrator
2009
Terrence Malick - Filming the Invisible
Self - actor
2026This Emotional Life
Self
2010The Making Of
Lord of the Dance/Destroyer of Illusion
Narrator (English language version)
1985
Eyes on Ukraine
Executive Producer
2025
On Life & Enlightenment
Self
2006
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
Compassion in Emptiness
Self
2011
Dreaming Lhasa
Executive Producer
2007