Biography richard gere wikipedia

Humanitarian and actor Richard Gere was born on August 31, , 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 , 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 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 (). Offscreen, he spent 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-c

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Richard Gere

American actor (born )

Richard Tiffany Gere (GEER;^[1][2] born August 31, ) is an American actor. He began appearing in films in the s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar () and a starring role in Days of Heaven (). Gere came to prominence with his role in the film American Gigolo (), which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol.^[3] Gere's other films include An Officer and a Gentleman (), The Cotton Club (), No Mercy (), Pretty Woman (), Sommersby (), Intersection (), First Knight (), Primal Fear (), Runaway Bride (), Dr. T & the Women (), Shall We Dance? (), I'm Not There (), Arbitrage () and Norman (). For portraying Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago (), he won a Golden Globe Award.

Early life and education

Gere was born in Philadelphia on August 31, ,^[4] the eldest son and second child of homemaker Doris Ann (née Tiffany; –) and NMIC insurance ag