Richard Gere:
Is an American actor and Activist
Birth Name: Richard Tiffany Gere

Born: August 31, 1949 (age 66), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

 Went on to gain extensive experience as a stage actor. Gere received acclaim for an off-Broadway appearance in Killer's Head, then made his big-screen debut with a small role in Report to the Commissioner. His other films include Yanks, American Gigolo, An Officer and A Gentleman, Pretty Woman, Chicago and Shall We Dance?.

Early Career and Life:

 Richard Gere studied philosophy at University of Massachusetts at Amherst on a gymnastics scholarship. He left school after two years to explore his interest in theater. In the early 1970s, Gere landed the role of Danny Zuko in the musical Grease in London. Had a career breakthrough in 1977 with the dramatic thriller Looking for Mr. Goodbar, starring Diane Keaton. In the film, he plays a rough-and-tumble lothario who meets a schoolteacher (Keaton). The following year, Gere landed a starring role in Terrence Malick's epic Days of Heaven.

Hollywood's Leading man:

Two years later, he came to embody the romantic lead in An Officer and a Gentleman opposite Debra Winger. Gere plays a troubled military recruit who gets involved with a local girl near his basic training camp. The drama proved to be a box office hit.  In 1990, Gere enjoyed another wave of success with the romantic comedy Pretty Woman, Mujer bonita, his cool reserve was the perfect complement to Julia's bubbling enthusiasm.  such as the dirty cop in 1990's Internal Affairs and a defense attorney in Primal Fear (1996).

Gere earned People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" honor in 1999. He played against type for 2002's Unfaithful, Infidelidad as Diane Lane's cuckolded husband. That same year, Gere returned to his musical theater roots with the film adaptation of the Broadway Chicago (2002), won a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal. 

In 2008, Gere co-starred with Diane Lane in the romantic drama Nights in Rodanthe. The film was widely panned by critics^, (making #74 on The Times Worst Films of 2008 list), but grossed over $84 million worldwide.
Later in his career, Gere was honored twice for his lifetime achievement.^{[citation needed]} Regarding his 2012 performance in Arbitrage, Lou Lumenick of the New York Post said "Richard Gere gives the best performance of his career".  He received an award from the 34th Cairo International Film Festival in December


Activist Actor:

Is President of The Gere Foundation, founded in 1991. The non-pro later established the Gere Foundation "to help sponsor human rights in Tibet and support the Dalai Lama," Gere explained to Redbook. He also supported charities to help those suffering from AIDS, especially in India.fit organization focusing on international humanitarian issues, with emphasis on Tibet.

 He starred in 2006's The Hoax as the infamous writer Clifford Irving, Gere shaved back his hairline, got a perm, and even altered the appearance of his nose to fit the part.  The following year, Gere appeared in I'm Not There, an experimental film about music legend Bob Dylan. He also reunited with Diane Lane for the romantic drama Nights in Rodanthe (2008) around this time.

In 2009, Gere co-starred with Hilary Swank in Amelia, a biopic about groundbreaking aviator Amelia Earhart. And then Gere starred in 2012's Arbitrage with Susan Sarandon, playing a troubled hedge fund titan; his stunning performance in the film earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Honors and Awards:

On May 17, 2012, Albanian President, Bamir Topi awarded the "Medal of Gratitude" to Richard Gere with the citation: "With gratitude and honor outstanding personality of the world art, great humanist and activist for the protection of human rights, which unmasked and the American public made known, and further, inhuman crimes, ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, in 1999, the Serbian military machine against the Albanian civilian population living in its land".^[36] On February 16, 2012, George Eastman House International Museum for Photography and Film honored Gere with the George Eastman Award for distinguished contribution to the art of film.


Personal Life:

Gere was married to supermodel Cindy Crawford from 1991 to 1995. In November 2002, he married model and actress Carey Lowell.  They have a son, Homer James Jigme Gere, who was born in February 2000 and is named after Gere's and Lowell's fathers, as well as the Tibetan name Jigme. In September 2013, the two separated after 11 years of marriage. The couple are currently involved in highly contested divorce proceedings in Manhattan Supreme Court