Richard Gere

Richard Tiffany Gere is an American actor. He began appearing 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. His other films include An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), The Cotton Club (1984), No Mercy (1986), Pretty Woman (1990), Sommersby (1993), Intersection (1994), First Knight (1995), Primal Fear (1996), Runaway Bride (1999), Dr. T & the Women (2000), Shall We Dance? (2004), I'm Not There (2007), Arbitrage (2012) and Norman (2016). For portraying Billy Flynn in the musical Chicago (2002), he won a Golden Globe Award.

31 August 1949

Born on the same birth date (31 August 1949): Hugh David Politzer • Rick Roberts (musician) • Stephen McKinley Henderson

Born on the same birth day (31 August): Ahmad Al Harthy • Arie van Lent • Blake Wheeler • G. Willow Wilson • Hideo Nomo • Jaime Sin • James E. Ferguson • Jennifer Ramírez Rivero • Nathalie Bouvier • Raymond P. Hammond • Sandis Valters • Sauce Gardner • Zack Ward

Born in the same month (August 1949): Ann Murray • Bill Spooner • Bob Backlund • Jeff Cook • Jim Carroll • Julian Fellowes • Leah Jamieson • Michael Nazir-Ali • Nigel Griggs • Ray Nettles • Rick Roberts (musician) • Sue Draheim • Svetislav Pešić