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Richard Gere is an American actor and the winner of Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. He first became famous during the 1980s for his romantic lead roles in dramatic films. He is also an avid humanitarian and disciple of the Dalai Lama.
A persistent advocate for human rights in Tibet, Gere is a co-founder of the Tibet House and founder of The Gere Foundation. Due to his strong support for the Tibetan Independence Movement, he is permanently banned from entering The People's Republic of China.
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- Full name: Richard Tiffany Gere
- Date of Birth: August 31, 1949
- Birth place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Descendant of Mayflower Pilgrims
- Attended the University of Massachusetts on a gymnastics scholarship, majoring in Philosophy
- First major acting role: London stage version of Grease in 1973
- Named "Sexiest Man Alive" by People Magazine in 1973
- 1991 to 1995
- 2002-present
- Son: Homer James Jigme Gere
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Nights in Rodanthe - $28.98
The stars of Unfaithful rekindle their screen chemistry in this rich tale of hearts awakenings based on a bestseller by Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, Message in a Bottle). Richard Gere is Paul, a surgeon who long ago unwittingly traded car...
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High quality photograph is printed on photographic paper off the original negative. It is not a digital print or computer scanned copy. Photos will be better than scanned image.
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Pilgrim - $75.00
Actor Richard Gere is well known for his outspoken defense of the Tibetan people, his Buddhist beliefs, and his friendship with the Dalai Lama. What is less well known is that Gere has long been a serious and accomplished photographer. The ...
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No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-DramaRating: RRelease Date: 19-AUG-2003Media Type: DVD
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Using a faulty thriller for his soapbox as an outspoken critic of China, a devout follower of the Dalai Lama, and an influential supporter of Tibetan freedom, Richard Gere resorts to the equivalent of propagandistic drama to deliver a heavy...
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Richard Gere Timeline
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- August 31, 1949: Born
- 1980: American Gigalo
- 1982: An Officer and a Gentleman
- 1990: Pretty Woman
- 1996: Primal Fear
- 2002: The Mothman Prophecies
- 2002: Chicago
- 2004: Shall We Dance
- 2006: The Hoax
- 2008: Nights in Rodanthe


