Famous american actor Richard Gere was born on August 31, 1949 in Pennsylvania. The family of his parents is of Anglo-Irish descent. The actor’s father, Homer Gere, worked for an insurance company, and his mother, Doris Tiffany, was a housewife. In addition to Richard, the family has five children. Richard was born the second child, and at first there were no signs of his "future starryness." Parents tried to instill a sense of beauty to him and his brothers and sisters, so Richard had to play various instruments (guitar, trumpet, piano, and also double bass) as a child.
Richard Gere himself, already in adulthood, speaks very warmly about his childhood: "we had a very warm atmosphere at home." Even as a schoolboy, the future actor with world fame played the role of Santa Claus. His mother made a suit for him: Santa’s belly was “made” from a pillow, and his beard was made using cotton wool. A little later, at fourteen, Richard played the president of America.
After leaving school, the future actor for two years studying drama and philosophy at the University of Massachusetts. After studying, he was an actor in the theater, sometimes performing in a rock band.
Richard Gere - the beginning of a stellar career
The beginning of the actor’s stellar career took place in 1975. Richard Gere was 26 at that time: a pretty typical age for American cinema. Two years later, the actor played a role in the film "In Search of Mr. Goodbar," directed by Richard Brooks. The skill of the actor was appreciated not only by the audience, but also by film critics, and he began to receive very attractive offers. Among them, for example, were: the picture "American Resident" directed by Paul Schroeder and the film "Harvest Days" by Terence Malick.
Richard Gere - gaining popularity
A truly turning point in his career was the main role in the film "Officer and Gentleman": after this role, Richard Gere becomes a real sex symbol of the film industry. After forty years, the actor starred in the famous melodramatic tale "Pretty Woman". The success in this film brought Richard Gere such long-awaited fame.
Richard Gere - Most Notable Roles
Other popular films with Richard Gere: Final Analysis (1992), Brothers in Blood (1978), Runaway Bride (1999), Mystification (2006), Flocks (2007), Hachiko (2008) )
Richard Gere - personal life
Unfortunately, the details of the personal life of the famous actor are poorly known, although there are all kinds of rumors. Richard Gere tries to carefully hide from the general public information about his love affairs. This may sound implausible, but in his youth, the future actor was shy, which is probably why serious love came to him at the age of 22. With his first passion, he lived in a civil marriage for 5 years. Exactly the same relationship lasted with Sylvia Martins, an artist from Brazil.
In 1991, Richard Gere married the younger Cindy Crawford. At the time of the wedding, he was already 42 years old, and she was only 25. However, the marriage did not last long, only four years. The young wife could not endure Richard's passion for Buddhism.
In 1996, the actor met the 35-year-old Larry Lowell, who played a James Bond girlfriend in the famous film "License to kill," she is now his wife. In 2000, a son was born in the family of Richard Gere and Larry Lowell, he was named Homer James Jigme Gere.
Richard Gere - interesting facts from life
Quite a little-known fact is that at first Richard Gere did not want to star in one of his most popular films - Beauty. Twice, the actor rejected the proposals of the producers on the pretext that he did not like the script of the film.
The creators of the picture, on the contrary, did not see any other actor in the role of Carey Grant. The situation changed after Gere found out that Julia Roberts would be filming with him and saw her. In one of his interviews, he admitted to reporters that he really liked the actress, but the banal lack of money became the final factor that influenced the actor’s decision.
The biggest hobbies of the actor, which he carried through his whole life, were meditation and Buddhism.
Richard Gere - Today
Now Richard Gere continues to actively star in new films, showing us the audience, the bright facets of his talent. The actor has a luxurious mansion on the East Coast, but is still "sick" in Tibet.
