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 wellreceived films including An Officer and a Gentleman 1982 The Cotton Club 1984 Pretty Woman 1990 Sommersby 1993 Primal Fear 1996 Runaway Bride 1999 Im 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 Awardwinning musical Chicago 2002 he won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Gere licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia