The famous American actor Richard Gere is definitely not a new name for those who love watching Hollywood movies. The veteran actor has not only starred in many films over the years, but has also won several prestigious awards for his hard work.
Gere went to the University of Massachusetts to study philosophy, but did not graduate, he dropped out of school to play theater.
Age and rise to fame
Born August 31, 1949, Richard Gere began his acting career in 1969 starring in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Seattle Repertory Theater and the Provincetown Playhouse located on Cape Cod. He ventured into films in the 1970s and made his first appearance in Lords of Flatbush but was later changed from the film because he had a falling out with fellow actor Sylvester Stallone.
In the following years, Richard Gere appeared in many films, among them: Report to the Commissioner as Billy, Strike Force where he played the role of Officer Walter C. Spenser, Navy Blue as Raider, Kojak as Geno Papas , Days of Heaven as Bill, Gigolo American as Julian Kaye, An Officer and a Gentleman as Zack Mayo, The Honorary Consul as Dr. Eduardo Plarr, Red Corner as Jack Moore, Runaway Bride as Ike Graham and many other premier films shot in Hollywood.
Awards and nominations
The veteran actor has received numerous awards and nominations during his career. He won the 1979 David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor in the film Days of Paradise and bagged the 1997 National Board of Review Freedom of Speech Award for the film Red Horn
In 2003, he won the Critical Broadcast Critics’ Association Award for Best Cast, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance in a Motion Picture; it was for the movie Chicago. Richard Gere is also the winner of the 2008 Robert Altman Independent Spirit Award.
Richard Gere net worth
The talented actor has accumulated a lot of wealth from his acting career. According to various sources, his net worth is estimated at $124 million.
Richard Gere is known for his political activism and philanthropic activities. A political activist and human rights defender, he founded the Gere Foundation with the sole purpose of defending the rights of the Tibetan people and supporting the Tibetan Independent Movement. Because of his strong support for this movement, the Chinese government banned him from entering his country.
Additionally, he is a strong supporter of Survival International, an international organization that protects the basic rights of tribal peoples, including their lands, around the world.
The veteran actor was also a big supporter of Hillary Clinton’s run for president. He reportedly donated $2,700 to his campaign.
Is Richard Gere gay or married, who are the wife and children?
It was on the record that Richard Gere is one of the outstanding Hollywood actors who gave a great performance playing the role of a gay man as he did in the play. Curved which won him the Theater World Award.
However, the veteran American actor is not gay in real life. The romantic relationships and marriages he entered into are proof of this.
The actor first married in 1991 to an American model, actress and public figure, Cynthia Ann Crawford (Cindy Crawford); but the marriage did not last long enough, it ended after four years. He then married his second wife, Carey Lowell, an American actress and former model. The duo had one child together, a son named Homer James Jigme Gere. The marriage ended when the couple separated after eleven years of marriage. Their divorce proceedings were finalized three years later.
Well, that certainly wasn’t the end of the road for Richard Gere. After his divorce from Carey, he found love again and got married in early 2018 to Alejandra Silva, a Spanish business magnate, activist and publicist. The couple seem happy and happy to have their first child in record time.
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