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

Gere was born in Philadelphia. In high school he
excelled in gymnastics and music (he played the
trumpet). He graduated in 1967 from North
Syracuse, New York|North Syracuse Central High
School. Gere attended the University of
Massachusetts Amherst|University of Massachusetts
at Amherst, but he left college after two years to
pursue acting. He also pursued a professional
trumpet career. He continued to perform in
television, movies and theater throughout the
1970s. His acting career took off in 1980 with the
film American Gigolo. 

He was formerly married to supermodel Cindy
Crawford.  He married Carey Lowell in 2002 after
dating for several years.  They have a son, Homer
James Jigme Gere, who was born in 2000.
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMoviesArtistsG/gere_richard
.html

Gere is a well known Buddhist and an active
supporter of the Dalai Lama. He has also been an
advocate for better human rights in Tibet, and was
a co-founder of the Tibet House.

==Filmography==
*Report to the Commissioner (1975)
*Baby Blue Marine (1976)
*Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
*Days of Heaven (1978)
*Bloodbrothers (1978)
*Yanks (1979)
*American Gigolo (1980)
*Reporters (1981) (documentary)
*An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
*Breathless (1983)
*Beyond the Limit (1983)
*The Cotton Club (1984)
*King David (movie)|King David (1985)
*Power (1986)
*No Mercy (movie)|No Mercy (1986)
*Miles from Home (1988)
*Internal Affairs (1990)
*Pretty Woman (1990)
*Rhapsody in August (1991)
*Final Analysis (1992) (also executive producer)
*Sommersby (1993) (also executive producer)
*Mr. Jones (1993) (also executive producer)
*Intersection (movie)|Intersection (1994)
*Unzipped (1995) (documentary)
*First Knight (1995)
*Primal Fear (1996)
*Red Corner (1997)
*The Jackal (1997)
*Junket Whore (1998) (documentary)
*Runaway Bride (1999)
*Autumn in New York (2000)
*Dr. T and the Women (2000)
*Bollywood Bound (2001) (documentary)
*Shabana (2002) (short subject) 
*The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
*Unfaithful (2002)
*Chicago (2002 movie)|Chicago (2002)
*Freedom2speak v2.0 (2004) (documentary)
*Shall We Dance (2004)
*Bee Season (2005) (currently completed filming)
*Untitled Shekhar Kapur Buddha Project (2006)
(currently announced start of production)

==External links==
*http://www.shambhalasun.com/Archives/Features/199
9/May99/gere.htm My Journey as a Buddhist
*http://www.tibet.ca/wtnarchive/1998/5/23_4.html
Defended India's nuclear tests
*http://www.destinationhollywood.com/celebrities/r
ichardgere/ Destination Hollywood: Richard Gere
*imdb name|id=0000152|name=Richard Gere
*http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/gerbil.asp
The Snopes.com page debunking the persistent,
obscene, rodent-related urban legend that first
attached itself to Gere in the 1980s