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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 well-received films, including 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: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016). For portraying Billy Flynn in the Academy Award-winning musical Chicago (2002), he won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast.
Richard Gere is a noted American actor who became a defining leading man of the 1980s and 1990s through a series of major romantic and dramatic roles.
He is widely known for his performances in popular films such as Pretty Woman, An Officer and a Gentleman, Primal Fear, and the Academy Award-winning Chicago.
Yes, he is a dedicated human rights activist and has been a prominent supporter of causes related to Tibet for several decades.