A multitalented and well-rounded performer.
Gere has had an impressive four-decade career in the movies and continues amaze audiences with remarkable performances of acting talent and charisma.
Let’s learn more about Richard Gere’s net worth.
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But for now, let’s dig in a little more about Richard Gere net worth…
A well-known American actor and producer, Richard Gere began his career in 1969 and has appeared in a number of films since then. Days of Heaven and Looking for Mr. Goodbar were two of Richard Gere’s first major cinematic appearances. Richard Gere established a household name after playing American Gigolo in the 1980 blockbuster.
He was born Richard Tiffany Gere in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 31st of August 1949. Mother Doris Ann was a stay-at-home mom, while father Homer George Gere worked as an insurance representative for Nationwide Mutual.
As a student at the North Syracuse Central High School, Gere graduated in 1967. He was a gymnastics and trumpet prodigy. In order to attend the University of Massachusetts Amherst and pursue a degree in philosophy, he received a gymnastics scholarship. He gave up after two years and didn’t complete the course.
As for his personal life, Gere married model Cindy Crawford and this gave him popularity, as well as his Buddhist faith, and his activism on behalf of Tibet. They were together from 1971 through 1978. He had brief romances with Priscilla and Kim Basinger in the 1980s. In November of 2002, Gere tied the knot with his longtime love, Cary Lowell. They were married from 2002 to 2016 and they had a son named Homer James Jigme Gere.
Richard was a rising star in both Broadway and off-Broadway productions in his early career. On 1969, he made his professional acting debut at the Seattle Repertory Theatre and the Provincetown Playhouse in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
He played Rosencrantz in the film ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’. With his performance in the stage version of “Greased,” Gere had his first major success in theater in the early 1970s. After that, he starred in “Baby Blue Marine”.
Gere was one of the first Hollywood actors to depict a homosexual role when he acted as a gay Holocaust survivor in Bent, a Broadway production in 1979. A Theater World Award was given to him for this performance.
Beginning in the mid-to-late ’70s, Richard Gere appeared in Hollywood films. He had a leading part in 1974’s The Lords of Flatbush, but was replaced following a confrontation with Sylvester Stallone, his co-star.
In 1977, after starring in ‘Looking for Mr. Goodbar,’ Gere had yet another big break. After the film’s popularity, he was given a part in “Days of Heaven.” However, it was his appearance in the 1980 film American Gigolo that launched Gere to stardom and made him a sex icon.
The success of An Officer and a Gentleman in 1982 further established him as one of the best leading man in the industry. He became a sensation after starring in both of these films, which grossed $130 million and garnered him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor and a Screen Actor’s Guild Award for Best Cast.
He starred with Jennifer Lopez in ‘Shall We Dance?’ in 2004. It was a great hit at the box office and his following film was ‘Bee Season,’ which was also a huge success.
Movies like “The Hunting Party” and “I’m Not There” starred him in 2007. From 2008 through 2011, he appeared in many films, including “Nights in Rodanthe,” “Amelia,” “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale,” “Brooklyn’s Finest,” and “The Double.”
Gere’s role in Joseph Cedar’s political drama Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer was a big change from his usual roles. In the movie, he played Norman Oppenheimer, a Jewish fixer with a small business. Gere said that the character was like “the annoying and needy parts of us that we know are there.”
Gere enjoys giving back to the community, and he’s spent a considerable amount of money on charitable endeavors. “The Gere Foundation” is an organization he formed in 1991 to help humanitarian initiatives all around the globe.
He also helped start the AIDS Care Home in India, which is a place where women and children with AIDS can live. He also helps with education and awareness campaigns about AIDS in that country. In 1999, he set up the Gere Foundation India Trust to help people in India through a number of programs.
“I have made plenty of mistakes. The key to life is to learn from them. I have been a little too introspective, but I think that stemmed from insecurity or shyness. I took a long time to grow up.”
“If the work is going well and it’s something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot.”
For decades, Richard Gere has been recognized as one of the most bankable movie stars in the business.
During his career, Gere has been in several blockbuster movies and has won a few awards. Gere is famous for how good he looks. Richard Gere’s net worth is sure to continue to rise.
Specifically, he is best known for his work in the movies “Pretty Woman” and “Chicago.” He has been nominated for a lot of Golden Globe Award and SAG Awards.
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