Richard Tiffany Gere is an American actor. 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. His other films include
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 (2016). For portraying Billy Flynn in the musical
Chicago (2002), he won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast.