Richard Gere
| Richard Gere | |
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Gere at the Montclair Film Festival, May 2015
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| Born |
Richard Tiffany Gere August 31, 1949 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | North Syracuse Central High School |
| Alma mater | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
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| Years active | 1973–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Cindy Crawford (m. 1991; div. 1995) Carey Lowell (m. 2002; div. 2016) |
| Children | 1 |
Richard Tiffany Gere (/ˈɡɪər/ GEER; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor and humanitarian activist. He began acting in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar and a starring role in Days of Heaven. He came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He went on to star in several hit films, including An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, Runaway Bride, Arbitrage and Chicago, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and a Screen Actors Guild Award for part of the Best Cast.
Gere was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother, Doris Ann (née Tiffany, 1924—2016), was a housewife. His father, Homer George Gere (1922—1999), was an insurance agent for the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, and had originally intended to become a minister. Gere is their eldest son and second child. His paternal great-grandfather had changed the spelling of the surname from "Geer". Both of his parents were Mayflower descendants; Gere's ancestors include Pilgrims Francis Eaton, John Billington, George Soule, Richard Warren, Degory Priest, Francis Cooke and William Brewster.
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