Richard Gere

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Richard Gere, 2007

Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American film actor.

Life

The son of insurance agent Homer George Gere and housewife Doris Anna Tiffany, Richard Gere was born in Philadelphia and grew up on a farm near Syracuse ( New York ). He has three sisters and one brother. Gere learned several instruments (piano, guitar, trumpet, drums) at an early age and composed for the student theater. A sports scholarship enabled him to study philosophy at the University of Massachusetts in 1967 , which he dropped out in 1969.

The Protestant -educated Gere was on a Nepal -Travel 1,978 a lasting impression of Eastern spirituality. He has professed Buddhism since the early 1990s and is considered a friend of the Dalai Lama . At times he lives in a house in Dharmshala , the exile seat of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism . In 1987 Gere founded the Tibet House in New York. Since he denounced the Chinese policy on Tibet at the 1993 Academy Awards, China declared him a persona non grata (stay in the host country is not tolerated). He is also co-founder and chairman of the International Campaign for Tibet . Gere is also committed to endangered peoples, including being a supporter of the human rights organization Survival International , which works for indigenous peoples. In addition to threatened ethnic groups, he is also committed to international peace. As a guest of the organization Ruach Schalom in June 2003 he visited z. B. Both Israelis and Palestinians to hold peace talks with business people, artists and politicians. In 1993 and 1999 he was named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive .

From 1991 to 1995 Gere was married to top model Cindy Crawford . From 1996 he was in a relationship with the actress Carey Lowell , in 2000 their son was born. Gere and Lowell married in November 2002, separated in September 2013, and were divorced in October 2016.

Gere married Alejandra Silva in April 2018 and in May after a Buddhist ceremony at his ranch in New York. Their first child was born in February 2019. In 2020, after Alexander, a younger brother was born.

career

Richard Gere at the World Economic Forum 2005 in Davos

Gere has worked as an actor since around 1969, he began with roles in Broadway productions. In 1973 he appeared in the musical Grease in London , followed by Shakespeare plays with the US troupe Young Vic Company .

In 1978 he helped a friend, the later very famous photographer Herb Ritts , to break through with a photo. Gere was photographed by him while resting at a gas station.

Gere's first film role was in The Lonely Job (1975). Since then he has made at least one movie every year. In 1980 he became a star with American Gigolo (German: a man for certain hours). His looks and talent for characterful roles earned him the lead role in An Officer and a Gentleman . He starred alongside Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman in 1990 . In 2003/2004, the film still attracted seven million German viewers in front of the screen (market share: 20 percent). The Hollywood dream couple stood in front of the camera again in 1998 in The Bride Who Doesn't Dare , but this time the criticism was divided.

He also worked as a Latin Lover (Looking for Mr. Goodbar , 1977) or as a Knight Lanzelot (First Knight , 1995, German Der 1. Ritter) and as a lawyer (Primal Fear , 1995, German Twilight ; and Chicago , 2002) to see. As a highly sensitive manic-depressive, he plays in Mr. Jones (1993) together with Lena Olin , who takes on the role of his therapist.

The actor, who says he is always a beginner, no matter what he does, found a taste for dancing at the side of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renée Zellweger in the musical Chicago and took part in May I ask? 2003 again dance lessons. His partners in these productions were Jennifer Lopez , Susan Sarandon and Lisa Ann Walter .

His German dubbing voice is mostly lent to him by Hubertus Bengsch .

Filmography

Awards

  • 1980: Theater World Award (for Bent )
  • 1983: ShoWest Award
  • 1983: Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor (Drama) (for An Officer and a Gentleman )
  • 1985: Golden Raspberry nomination for worst actor (for King David )
  • 1991: Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor (Comedy / Musical) (for Pretty Woman )
  • 1996: Light of Truth Award
  • 1997: Freedom of Expression Award from the National Board of Review (for Red Corner )
  • 1999: Sexiest Man Alive
  • 2000: Lifetime Achievement Award from the Chicago International Film Festival
  • 2001: Golden Raspberry nomination for worst screen couple ((with Winona Ryder ) for It began in September )
  • 2003: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in the Comedy and Musical category (for Chicago )
  • 2006: IFCNY Prize
  • 2006: Hasty Pudding Man of the Year
  • 2007: Marian Anderson Prize of the City of Philadelphia for his commitment to the independence of Tibet and better care for AIDS patients.
  • 2010: Golden Camera in the category "Best International Actor"
  • 2012: Golden Icon Award of the Zurich Film Festival for his life's work
  • 2013: Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor (Drama) (for Arbitrage )

literature

  • Meinolf Zurhorst : Richard Gere. His films - his life . Heyne-Filmbibliothek, Volume 180. Heyne, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-453-05976-X
  • Pilgrim Photo Collection, 1998
  • Dagi Schmidt: Richard Gere. Homage to an icon . My book, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-86516-029-8
  • Dagmar Schmidt: Richard Gere actor, The Face behind the Face , self-published by Dagmar Schmidt, Oldenburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-028010-8

Web links

Commons : Richard Gere  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.survivalinternational.de/filme/richardgere
  2. ↑ promilounge.de: Richard Gere: Officially divorced
  3. ↑ Richard Gere: There he is, the little rascal. Accessed February 11, 2019 (German).
  4. ^ Wedding in New York: Richard Gere: "Alejandra is a bit like an angel". In: Munich evening newspaper. May 29, 2018, accessed August 31, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Dad at 70! Richard Gere has once again enlarged his blended family. In: RTL. April 24, 2020, accessed April 24, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Gere, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gere, Richard Tiffany
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA