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 Humanitarian and actor Richard Gere was born on August 31, 1949, in Philadelphia, the second of five children of Doris Anna (Tiffany), a homemaker, and Homer George Gere, an insurance salesman, both Mayflower descendants. Richard started early as a musician, playing a number of instruments in high school and writing music for high school productions. He graduated from North Syracuse Central High School in 1967, and won a gymnastics scholarship to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where he majored in philosophy. He left college after two years to pursue acting, landing a lead role in the London production of the rock musical "Grease" in 1973. The following year he would be in other plays, such as "Taming of the Shrew." Onscreen, he had a few roles, and gained recognition in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). Offscreen, he spent 1978 meeting Tibetans when he traveled to Nepal, where he spoke to many monks and lamas. Returning to the US, on Broadway he portrayed a concentration-camp prisoner in "Bent," for which he received the 1980 Theatre World Award. Back in Hollywood, he played the title role in American Gigolo (1980), establishing himself as a major star; this status was reaffirmed by An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). In the early 1980s, Richard went to Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador (amidst ongoing wars and political violence); he traveled with a doctor and visited refugee camps. It is said that Richard was romantically linked with Tuesday Weld, Priscilla Presley, Barbra Streisand and Kim Basinger. In 1990 Richard teamed up with Julia Roberts to star in the blockbuster Pretty Woman (1990); his cool reserve was the perfect complement to Julia's bubbling enthusiasm. The film captured the nation's heart, and won the People's Choice award for Best Movie. Fans clamored for years for a sequel, or at least another pairing of Julia and Richard. They got that with Runaway Bride (1999), which was a runaway success (Richard got $12 million, Julia made $17 million, the box office was $152 million, which shows what happens when you give the public what it wants!). Offscreen, Richard and Cindy Crawford got married December 12, 1991 (they were divorced in 1995). Afterwards, Richard started dating actress Carey Lowell. They had a son, Homer James Jigme Gere, on February 6, 2000. Richard was picked by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world in 1991, and as their Sexiest Man Alive in 1999. He is an accomplished pianist and music writer. Above all, Richard is a humanitarian. He's a founding member of "Tibet House," a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan culture. He has been an active supporter of "Survival International" for several years, a worldwide organization supporting tribal peoples, affirming their right to decide their own future and helping them protect their lives, lands and human rights (these tribes are global, including the natives of the Amazon, the Maasai of East Africa, the Wichi of Argentina, and others). In 1994 Richard went to London to open Harrods' sale, donating his ��50,000 appearance fee to Survival. He has been prominent in their charity advertising campaigns.
Bio:
Humanitarian and actor Richard Gere was born on August 31, 1949, in Philadelphia, the second of five children of Doris Anna (Tiffany), a homemaker, and Homer George Gere, an insurance salesman, both Mayflower descendants. Richard started early as a musician, playing a number of instruments in high school and writing music for high school productions. He graduated from North Syracuse Central High School in 1967, and won a gymnastics scholarship to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where he majored in philosophy. He left college after two years to pursue acting, landing a lead role in the London production of the rock musical "Grease" in 1973. The following year he would be in other plays, such as "Taming of the Shrew." Onscreen, he had a few roles, and gained recognition in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). Offscreen, he spent 1978 meeting Tibetans when he traveled to Nepal, where he spoke to many monks and lamas. Returning to the US, on Broadway he portrayed a concentration-camp prisoner in "Bent," for which he received the 1980 Theatre World Award. Back in Hollywood, he played the title role in American Gigolo (1980), establishing himself as a major star; this status was reaffirmed by An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). In the early 1980s, Richard went to Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador (amidst ongoing wars and political violence); he traveled with a doctor and visited refugee camps. It is said that Richard was romantically linked with Tuesday Weld, Priscilla Presley, Barbra Streisand and Kim Basinger. In 1990 Richard teamed up with Julia Roberts to star in the blockbuster Pretty Woman (1990); his cool reserve was the perfect complement to Julia's bubbling enthusiasm. The film captured the nation's heart, and won the People's Choice award for Best Movie. Fans clamored for years for a sequel, or at least another pairing of Julia and Richard. They got that with Runaway Bride (1999), which was a runaway success (Richard got $12 million, Julia made $17 million, the box office was $152 million, which shows what happens when you give the public what it wants!). Offscreen, Richard and Cindy Crawford got married December 12, 1991 (they were divorced in 1995). Afterwards, Richard started dating actress Carey Lowell. They had a son, Homer James Jigme Gere, on February 6, 2000. Richard was picked by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world in 1991, and as their Sexiest Man Alive in 1999. He is an accomplished pianist and music writer. Above all, Richard is a humanitarian. He's a founding member of "Tibet House," a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan culture. He has been an active supporter of "Survival International" for several years, a worldwide organization supporting tribal peoples, affirming their right to decide their own future and helping them protect their lives, lands and human rights (these tribes are global, including the natives of the Amazon, the Maasai of East Africa, the Wichi of Argentina, and others). In 1994 Richard went to London to open Harrods' sale, donating his ��50,000 appearance fee to Survival. He has been prominent in their charity advertising campaigns.
Tivia:
An accomplished pianist and music writer; in fact, he composed and performed the piano solo featured in Pretty Woman (1990).Turned down the role of Gordon Gekko in Wall Street (1987). Has since said that is the role he regrets passing on the most.Some of his earliest photos, known as "head shots" were taken by boyhood friend and struggling photographer Herb Ritts. The people handling Gere were so impressed with the photos that they began hiring Ritts for other assignments, and he is now a top photographer.Became a father for the first time at age 50 when his girlfriend [later wife] Carey Lowell gave birth to their son Homer James Jigme Gere on February 6, 2000.Trained for five months for the tap-dance scene in Chicago (2002).In the three films that made him a star--Days of Heaven (1978), American Gigolo (1980) and An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)--his role had been turned down by John Travolta.A Buddhist for over a decade, he was banned from the Oscars once after making anti-China comments on the air at the 1993 ceremony.Agreed to a small role in the HBO film And the Band Played On (1993) despite the prevalent belief in the film industry it would be detrimental to his career. Subsequently, stars like Steve Martin, Alan Alda, Phil Collins and Anjelica Huston were willing to appear.Gere's middle name, Tiffany, is from his mother's maiden name.Was a member of his high school's student council, gymnastics team, lacrosse team and ski team.When the Chinese government invited him to one of its film festivals, he agreed to go with two conditions: that he was allowed to bring his own interpreter and that he would stay in Taipei, Taiwan, during his visit. The government agreed and Gere went to the festival.A guitar aficionado since his youth, he is an avid collector of electric and acoustic guitars. Some of the ones he has are a 1958 Gibson Flying V Prototype (formerly owned by Albert King), 1935 John D'Angelico Exel (formerly owned by James D'Aquisto), 1931 Martin D-28, 1953 Fender Telecaster, 1960 Gibson ES-335 TD, 1954 Fender Stratocaster.Jodie Foster said of him, "A lot of actors think acting is a girl's job, but Richard finds something sensuous in acting".Co-owner, with wife Carey Lowell, of the "Bedford Post Inn" in Bedford, NY. The Inn has eight rooms, two restaurants, a yoga studio a meditation center.Turned down the lead role in Die Hard (1988) which went to Bruce Willis.By the age of 14 he was a great trumpet player and gymnast.Counts Julie Christie as the cinematic crush of his youth.Though he's been nominated multiple times for a Golden Globe and once for a Screen Actors Guild Award (two common indicators for an Academy Award nomination), he has never been nominated for an Oscar.His first break came in 1973 as "Danny Zuko" in the British stage version of "Grease".Frequently works opposite Diane Lane. They have starred in three films to date: The Cotton Club (1982), Unfaithful (2002), and Nights in Rodanthe (2008).Has twice played a fame-hungry lawyer based in Chicago, first in Primal Fear (1996) as Marty Vail, then again in Chicago (2002) as Billy Flynn.On an episode of The Graham Norton Show (2007), he recounted a trip he made to Borneo to visit the Dayak tribe. It was in the desolate part of the jungle with a treacherous drop-off from the plane. When he arrived, they excitedly greeted him by exclaiming "Officer, gentleman!" repeatedly.He has English and small/distant amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, Dutch, Scottish, German, and French ancestry. He has deep roots in the state of Pennsylvania, and is also a Mayflower descendant, with American roots going back to Massachusetts of the 1600s.He didn't get along with his leading lady Debra Winger during the making of the hit film An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). She publicly called him a "brickwall", while he said there was "tension" between them. He played the title role, had top billing, had more screen time and earned a larger salary than her, while hers was just a love interest role. Still, he reacted badly when he realized that she was stealing every scene; she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar while he wasn't nominated at all. Thirty years later they patched things up when she presented him with an award at the Rome Film Festival.Named his son: Homer James Jigme. "Jigme" means "fearless" in Tibetan.Received a gymnastics scholarship to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he majored in philosophy; he dropped out in 1969 to pursue acting.President of The Gere Foundation, founded in 1991. The non-profit organization focusing on international humanitarian issues, with emphasis on Tibet.On the November 16, 2007, episode of Live with Kelly and Mark (1988) (aka "Live with Regis & Kelly"), he cleared up the fact he is not vegetarian but has not eaten red meat for 30 years.Became a father for the second time at age 69 when his third wife Alejandra Silva gave birth to their son Alexander Gere in early February 2019.In 1993 "People" Magazine didn't name a "Sexiest Man Alive", but named he and his then-wife Cindy Crawford as "Sexiest Couple'.For his role as Clifford Irving in The Hoax (2006), he shaved back his hairline, got a perm and even altered the appearance of his nose to fit the part.Mentioned (apparently because of his pro-Tibetan, anti-Chinese activism) in the song "Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children" by Manic Street Preachers.Is very active in AIDS fundraising.Ex-wife Cindy Crawford used to collect the clothes he wore in his early films and bought the white naval uniform he wore in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) at a celebrity auction.Was accused of having affairs with Priscilla Presley and Kim Basinger in tell-all books penned by Presley's ex-boyfriend Michael Edwards and Basinger's ex-husband Ron Snyder.He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care."Susan Sarandon said of him, "Richard has been in a lot of good films, but he's never been in a great one".Family friend of the Thurmans, i.e.: Robert Thurman, with whom he founded New York City's Tibet House (a nonprofit institution devoted to preserving the living culture of Tibet) in 1987, Uma Thurman, etc.In 1999 was named "People" Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.He and ex-wife Cindy Crawford had a mansion in Malibu, an apartment in Manhattan and a ranch in Connecticut.Was among the guests at Tom Cruise's and Katie Holmes's wedding.Dated Diane von F��rstenberg, Barbara Carrera, Penelope Milford, Tuesday Weld, Diana Ross, Loree Rodkin, Barbra Streisand, Carole Mallory, Dawn Steel, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Tina Chow, Vicki Sue Robinson, Sylvia Martins, Laura Bailey and Padma Lakshmi.Attended the University of Massachusetts. Dropped out to pursue acting.Visited Kosovo's fugitives in F.Y.R.O.M., during the Kosovo crisis in 1999.Was listed as one of 12 "Promising New Actors of 1977" in "John Willis' Screen World", Vol. 29.In a "London Evening Standard" interview to promote Chicago (2002), he claimed to have brought a 750cc Triumph T140V Bonneville from Triumph's Meriden factory with his first paycheck while touring with the stage production of "Grease". He also rode the same updated model, a 1978 T140E, in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and an even earlier model, a 1960s 650cc T120R Bonneville. in Mr. Jones (1993).Worked with Nina van Pallandt in American Gigolo (1980), and then played her lover Clifford Irving in The Hoax (2006), in which she was played by Julie Delpy.Cindy Crawford and he were married by Rev. Wes McPherson at the Little Church of the West in Las Vegas.Graduated from North Syracuse Central High School in 1967.Older brother of UCLA professor David Gere. |
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Richard Gere |
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Actor,Producer,Music Department (IMDB) |
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| Height: |
5' 10' (1.78 m) |
| Biography: |
Humanitarian and actor Richard Gere was born on August 31, 1949, in Philadelphia, the second of five children of Doris Anna (Tiffany), a homemaker, and Homer George Gere, an insurance salesman, both Mayflower descendants. Richard started early as a m |
| Trivia: |
An accomplished pianist and music writer; in fact, he composed and performed the piano solo featured in Pretty Woman (1990).Turned down the role of Gordon Gekko in Wall Street (1987). Has since said that is the role he regrets passing on the most.Some of his earliest photos, known as "head shots" were taken by boyhood friend and struggling photographer Herb Ritts. The people handling Gere were so impressed with the photos that they began hiring Ritts for other assignments, and he is now a top photographer.Became a father for the first time at age 50 when his girlfriend [later wife] Carey Lowell gave birth to their son Homer James Jigme Gere on February 6, 2000.Trained for five months for the tap-dance scene in Chicago (2002).In the three films that made him a star--Days of Heaven (1978), American Gigolo (1980) and An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)--his role had been turned down by John Travolta.A Buddhist for over a decade, he was banned from the Oscars once after making anti-China comments on the air at the 1993 ceremony.Agreed to a small role in the HBO film And the Band Played On (1993) despite the prevalent belief in the film industry it would be detrimental to his career. Subsequently, stars like Steve Martin, Alan Alda, Phil Collins and Anjelica Huston were willing to appear.Gere's middle name, Tiffany, is from his mother's maiden name.Was a member of his high school's student council, gymnastics team, lacrosse team and ski team.When the Chinese government invited him to one of its film festivals, he agreed to go with two conditions: that he was allowed to bring his own interpreter and that he would stay in Taipei, Taiwan, during his visit. The government agreed and Gere went to the festival.A guitar aficionado since his youth, he is an avid collector of electric and acoustic guitars. Some of the ones he has are a 1958 Gibson Flying V Prototype (formerly owned by Albert King), 1935 John D'Angelico Exel (formerly owned by James D'Aquisto), 1931 Martin D-28, 1953 Fender Telecaster, 1960 Gibson ES-335 TD, 1954 Fender Stratocaster.Jodie Foster said of him, "A lot of actors think acting is a girl's job, but Richard finds something sensuous in acting".Co-owner, with wife Carey Lowell, of the "Bedford Post Inn" in Bedford, NY. The Inn has eight rooms, two restaurants, a yoga studio a meditation center.Turned down the lead role in Die Hard (1988) which went to Bruce Willis.By the age of 14 he was a great trumpet player and gymnast.Counts Julie Christie as the cinematic crush of his youth.Though he's been nominated multiple times for a Golden Globe and once for a Screen Actors Guild Award (two common indicators for an Academy Award nomination), he has never been nominated for an Oscar.His first break came in 1973 as "Danny Zuko" in the British stage version of "Grease".Frequently works opposite Diane Lane. They have starred in three films to date: The Cotton Club (1982), Unfaithful (2002), and Nights in Rodanthe (2008).Has twice played a fame-hungry lawyer based in Chicago, first in Primal Fear (1996) as Marty Vail, then again in Chicago (2002) as Billy Flynn.On an episode of The Graham Norton Show (2007), he recounted a trip he made to Borneo to visit the Dayak tribe. It was in the desolate part of the jungle with a treacherous drop-off from the plane. When he arrived, they excitedly greeted him by exclaiming "Officer, gentleman!" repeatedly.He has English and small/distant amounts of Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, Dutch, Scottish, German, and French ancestry. He has deep roots in the state of Pennsylvania, and is also a Mayflower descendant, with American roots going back to Massachusetts of the 1600s.He didn't get along with his leading lady Debra Winger during the making of the hit film An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). She publicly called him a "brickwall", while he said there was "tension" between them. He played the title role, had top billing, had more screen time and earned a larger salary than her, while hers was just a love interest role. Still, he reacted badly when he realized that she was stealing every scene; she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar while he wasn't nominated at all. Thirty years later they patched things up when she presented him with an award at the Rome Film Festival.Named his son: Homer James Jigme. "Jigme" means "fearless" in Tibetan.Received a gymnastics scholarship to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he majored in philosophy; he dropped out in 1969 to pursue acting.President of The Gere Foundation, founded in 1991. The non-profit organization focusing on international humanitarian issues, with emphasis on Tibet.On the November 16, 2007, episode of Live with Kelly and Mark (1988) (aka "Live with Regis & Kelly"), he cleared up the fact he is not vegetarian but has not eaten red meat for 30 years.Became a father for the second time at age 69 when his third wife Alejandra Silva gave birth to their son Alexander Gere in early February 2019.In 1993 "People" Magazine didn't name a "Sexiest Man Alive", but named he and his then-wife Cindy Crawford as "Sexiest Couple'.For his role as Clifford Irving in The Hoax (2006), he shaved back his hairline, got a perm and even altered the appearance of his nose to fit the part.Mentioned (apparently because of his pro-Tibetan, anti-Chinese activism) in the song "Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children" by Manic Street Preachers.Is very active in AIDS fundraising.Ex-wife Cindy Crawford used to collect the clothes he wore in his early films and bought the white naval uniform he wore in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) at a celebrity auction.Was accused of having affairs with Priscilla Presley and Kim Basinger in tell-all books penned by Presley's ex-boyfriend Michael Edwards and Basinger's ex-husband Ron Snyder.He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care."Susan Sarandon said of him, "Richard has been in a lot of good films, but he's never been in a great one".Family friend of the Thurmans, i.e.: Robert Thurman, with whom he founded New York City's Tibet House (a nonprofit institution devoted to preserving the living culture of Tibet) in 1987, Uma Thurman, etc.In 1999 was named "People" Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.He and ex-wife Cindy Crawford had a mansion in Malibu, an apartment in Manhattan and a ranch in Connecticut.Was among the guests at Tom Cruise's and Katie Holmes's wedding.Dated Diane von F��rstenberg, Barbara Carrera, Penelope Milford, Tuesday Weld, Diana Ross, Loree Rodkin, Barbra Streisand, Carole Mallory, Dawn Steel, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Tina Chow, Vicki Sue Robinson, Sylvia Martins, Laura Bailey and Padma Lakshmi.Attended the University of Massachusetts. Dropped out to pursue acting.Visited Kosovo's fugitives in F.Y.R.O.M., during the Kosovo crisis in 1999.Was listed as one of 12 "Promising New Actors of 1977" in "John Willis' Screen World", Vol. 29.In a "London Evening Standard" interview to promote Chicago (2002), he claimed to have brought a 750cc Triumph T140V Bonneville from Triumph's Meriden factory with his first paycheck while touring with the stage production of "Grease". He also rode the same updated model, a 1978 T140E, in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) and an even earlier model, a 1960s 650cc T120R Bonneville. in Mr. Jones (1993).Worked with Nina van Pallandt in American Gigolo (1980), and then played her lover Clifford Irving in The Hoax (2006), in which she was played by Julie Delpy.Cindy Crawford and he were married by Rev. Wes McPherson at the Little Church of the West in Las Vegas.Graduated from North Syracuse Central High School in 1967.Older brother of UCLA professor David Gere. |
| Quotes: |
I don't want to be a personality.
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When I am there [Tibet], I am very happy. The Tibetans radiate. They literally send out light. His Holiness [The Dalai Lama] generates love and compassion to every human being. He has committed himself to that. I haven't made that leap yet. I haven't given up self-aspiration. I still love making movies.
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[on George W. Bush] We have a President right now who lies constantly and gets away with it, apparently.
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[on agent Ed Limato]: He was the bridge between old-time Hollywood and Hollywood present. Ed was a master at orchestrating all of the feelings correctly. He had a rare ability to read a script and see what could be.
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Pretty Woman (1990) is something I never would have done. Neither is An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). I had no interest in these scripts whatsoever. It was the same person knocking my door down on both of them, Jeffrey Katzenberg, first at Paramount, then at Disney, who was one of my first friends out here and still is. At the point of Pretty Woman (1990), I had been kind of out of things for a while. I consciously [had] just said, "Going off to do other things" and I fucked up my career to the point where [people weren't saying], "Well, let's get Gere to do that". I had to crawl a little bit to get scripts. Doing Internal Affairs (1990), for instance, was a very difficult decision for me to make because, potentially, that could have been such a piece of shit. It turns out to be one of my favorite movies and best experiences, too. |
| Salaries: |
Unfaithful (2002) - $15,000,000
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The Mothman Prophecies (2002) - $15,000,000
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Runaway Bride (1999) - $13,000,000
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Intersection (1994) - $7,000,000
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Sommersby (1993 |
| Job title: |
Actor,Producer,Music Department |
| Others works: |
(1999) TV commercial (Italy): Ferrero Chocolates. NOTE: He was paid $1 for this commercial.
(1997) Book: "Pilgrim" (photos of Tibet). Bulfinch Press, ISBN 0821223224
(2007) TV commercial (PSA): "Meals on Wheels".
(2008) TV commercia |
| Spouse: |
Alejandra Silva (April 18, 2018 - present) (2 children)Carey Lowell (November 9, 2002 - October 18, 2016) (divorced, 1 child)Cindy Crawford (December 12, 1991 - December 1, 1995) (divorced) |
| Children: |
Homer James Jigme GereHannah Dunne |
| Parents: |
Homer George Gere
Doris Ann Gere (Tiffany)
Hannah Dunne |
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