Editing Richard Gere (section)

==Career==
[[File:Lobsang Nyandak and Richard Gere.jpg|thumb|Gere (right) with [[Lobsang Nyandak]] during the [[Tibet Fund]] annual gala in 2016]]
Gere first worked professionally at the [[Seattle Repertory Theatre]] and the [[Provincetown Playhouse]] on Cape Cod in 1969, where he starred in ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]''. His first major acting role was in the 1971 rock opera ''[[Soon (musical)|Soon]]'', written by Scott Fagan and Joe Kookoolis, which opened on Broadway at the Ritz Theatre and closed after three performances.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soon – Playbill |url=https://playbill.com/production/soon-ritz-theatre-vault-0000010070 |access-date=July 20, 2024 |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125181524/https://playbill.com/production/soon-ritz-theatre-vault-0000010070 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=November 25, 2015 |title=Scott Fagan's Long Strange Trip, With Detours |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/arts/music/scott-fagans-long-strange-trip-with-detours.html |access-date=July 20, 2024 |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910055115/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/arts/music/scott-fagans-long-strange-trip-with-detours.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Following that, he appeared in the original London stage version of ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]'', in 1973.<ref name="actors" /> Gere was one of the first notable Hollywood actors to play a homosexual character, starring as a [[Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany|gay Holocaust victim]] in the 1979 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''[[Bent (play)|Bent]]'', for which he earned a [[Theatre World Award]].

Gere began appearing in [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] films in the mid-1970s. Originally cast in a starring role in ''[[The Lords of Flatbush]]'' (1974), he was replaced after fighting with his co-star [[Sylvester Stallone]]. Gere played a small but significant part in ''[[Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film)|Looking for Mr. Goodbar]]'' (1977) and starred in director [[Terrence Malick]]'s well-reviewed drama ''[[Days of Heaven]]'' (1978).<ref name="actors" /> The crime drama ''[[American Gigolo]]'' (1980) significantly boosted his profile and the romantic drama ''[[An Officer and a Gentleman]]'' (1982) (co-starring [[Debra Winger]]) cemented Gere's ascent to stardom, grossing almost $130 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=officerandagentleman.htm|title=An Officer and a Gentleman|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 4, 2009|archive-date=June 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620025120/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=officerandagentleman.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and winning two [[Academy Awards]] out of six nominations;<ref>{{cite web|title=The 55th Academy Awards – 1983|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983|website=Oscars.org|date=October 5, 2014|access-date=June 23, 2017|archive-date=April 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417061022/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983|url-status=live}}</ref> Gere himself received his first [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination.<ref>{{cite news|title=Officer and a Gentleman, An|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/film/officer-and-gentleman|newspaper=Golden Globes|access-date=June 23, 2017|archive-date=July 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706224032/http://www.goldenglobes.com/film/officer-and-gentleman|url-status=live}}</ref> For the remainder of the 1980s, Gere appeared in films of varying critical and commercial reception.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|title=Richard Gere|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=richardgere.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 4, 2009|archive-date=April 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418194629/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=richardgere.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="rotten">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/richard_gere/|title=Richard Gere|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=May 4, 2009|archive-date=May 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512161728/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/richard_gere|url-status=live}}</ref> His career rebounded with the releases of ''[[Internal Affairs (film)|Internal Affairs]]'' (1990) and ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' (1990), the latter of which earned Gere his second Golden Globe Award nomination.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Gere|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/richard-gere|website=Goldenglobes.com|access-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref> The 1990s saw Gere star in successful films including ''[[Sommersby]]'' (1993) (opposite [[Jodie Foster]]), ''[[Primal Fear (film)|Primal Fear]]'' (1996) and ''[[Runaway Bride (film)|Runaway Bride]]'' (1999) (which reunited him with his ''Pretty Woman'' co-star [[Julia Roberts]]).<ref name="mojo" /> He also took a leading role in the action thriller ''[[The Jackal (1997 film)|The Jackal]]'' (1997), playing former IRA militant Declan Mulqueen; Gere affected an Irish accent for the role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2011/03/16/st-patricks-day-top-5-worst-irish-accents-in-films-644648/|title=Top 5 worst Irish accents in films|date=March 16, 2011|publisher=Metro|access-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref>

Gere was named ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine's "[[Sexiest Man Alive]]" in 1999. Not long thereafter, all in the same year, he appeared in the hit films ''[[The Mothman Prophecies (film)|The Mothman Prophecies]]'' (2002), ''[[Unfaithful (2002 film)|Unfaithful]]'' (2002), and the [[Academy Award]]-winning [[Chicago (musical)|musical film adaptation]] ''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'' (2002),<ref name="actors" /> for which Gere won his first [[Golden Globe Award]]. His [[ballroom dancing]] drama ''[[Shall We Dance? (2004 film)|Shall We Dance?]]'' (2004) was also a solid performer that grossed $170 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=shallwedance.htm|title=Shall We Dance|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 4, 2009|archive-date=August 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831114654/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=shallwedance.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> His next film, the [[Bee Season|book-to-screen adaptation]] ''[[Bee Season (film)|Bee Season]]'' (2005), was a commercial failure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beeseason.htm|title=Bee Season|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 4, 2009|archive-date=December 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228193648/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beeseason.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Gere went on to co-star with [[Jesse Eisenberg]] and [[Terrence Howard]] in ''[[The Hunting Party (2007 film)|The Hunting Party]]'' (2007), a thriller in which he played a journalist in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]]. He next appeared with [[Christian Bale]], [[Heath Ledger]] and [[Cate Blanchett]] in [[Todd Haynes]]' semi-biographical film about [[Bob Dylan]], ''[[I'm Not There]]'' (2007); Gere was one of six actors to portray a variation of Dylan. He co-starred with [[Diane Lane]] in the romantic drama ''[[Nights in Rodanthe]]'' (2008). The film was widely panned by critics<ref>{{cite web|title=Nights in Rodanthe (2008)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nights_in_rodanthe/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=May 4, 2009|archive-date=April 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430052020/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nights_in_rodanthe|url-status=live}}</ref> (making #74 on ''The Times'' Worst Films of 2008 list),<ref>{{cite news|title=Turkeys! The 100 Worst Movies of 2008|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article5245052.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616151644/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article5245052.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 16, 2011|work=The Times|date=December 8, 2008|access-date=May 4, 2009}}</ref> but grossed over $84 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nightsinrodanthe.htm|title=Nights in Rodanthe|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 4, 2009|archive-date=December 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228193845/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nightsinrodanthe.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The film is his most recent to have been produced entirely by a [[major film studio]].

Gere has expressed a belief that his politics regarding China, an important financial resource for major Hollywood studios, have made him [[persona non grata|unwelcome within Hollywood]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Richard Gere's Studio Exile: Why His Hollywood Career Took an Indie Turn |date=April 18, 2017 |first=Tatiana |last=Siegel |magazine=Hollywood Reporter |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/richard-geres-studio-exile-why-his-hollywood-career-took-an-indie-turn-992258 |access-date=June 25, 2017 |archive-date=June 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626042818/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/richard-geres-studio-exile-why-his-hollywood-career-took-an-indie-turn-992258 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gere embraced his apparent exile from Hollywood and instead appeared in independent films that garnered some of the best reviews of his career.<ref name="rotten" /> Gere was notably singled out for portraying businessman Robert Miller in ''[[Arbitrage (film)|Arbitrage]]'' (2012), earning his fourth [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination. Among many positive reviews,<ref>{{cite web|title=Arbitrage (2012)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/arbitrage/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=June 26, 2017|archive-date=February 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221034609/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/arbitrage/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' cited Gere's performance as "too good to ignore" and "an implosive tour de force".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Travers|first1=Peter|title=Arbitrage|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/arbitrage-20120913|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 13, 2012|access-date=June 26, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115222254/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/arbitrage-20120913|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2012, he received the Golden Starfish Award for Lifetime Achievement from the [[Hamptons International Film Festival]] and the Career Achievement Award from the [[Hollywood Film Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Barylski|first1=Nicole|title=Richard Gere Receiving Lifetime Achievement In Acting At Hamptons International Film Festival|url=http://www.hamptons.com/The-Arts/Hamptons-International-Film-Festival/17579/Richard-Gere-Receiving-Lifetime-Achievement-In.html#.WVFFx-vytaQ|website=Hamptons.com|access-date=June 26, 2017|archive-date=December 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228193752/https://www.hamptons.com/The-Arts/Hamptons-International-Film-Festival/17579/Richard-Gere-Receiving-Lifetime-Achievement-In.html#.WVFFx-vytaQ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Gere will receive the "Hollywood Career Achievement Award" at the 2012 HFAs|url=https://www.hollywoodawards.com/2012/10/richard-gere-will-receive-the-hollywood-career-achievement-award-at-the-hollywood-film-awards-gala-ceremony/|website=Hollywood Film Awards|date=October 10, 2012 |access-date=June 26, 2017|archive-date=December 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228193253/https://www.hollywoodawards.com/2012/10/richard-gere-will-receive-the-hollywood-career-achievement-award-at-the-hollywood-film-awards-gala-ceremony/|url-status=live}}</ref> Gere had earlier received an award from the [[34th Cairo International Film Festival]] in December 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/film/gere-binoche-honored-at-ciff-opening-dp1.html |work=Daily News Egypt |title=Gere, Binoche honored at CIFF opening |date=November 30, 2010 |access-date=December 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210153454/http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/film/gere-binoche-honored-at-ciff-opening-dp1.html |archive-date=December 10, 2010 }}</ref>

Gere made a notable departure from his traditional screen persona with [[Joseph Cedar]]'s political drama ''[[Norman (2016 film)|Norman]]'' (2016). The film saw Gere portray Norman Oppenheimer, a small-time Jewish [[Fixer (person)|fixer]]. Gere himself described the character as an embodiment of the "sides of us we know are annoying and needy".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Riley|first1=Jenelle|title=Richard Gere on the Desperate but Optimistic 'Norman' and 'Pretty Woman' Original Ending|date=April 10, 2017|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/richard-gere-pretty-woman-original-ending-1202027758/|access-date=June 29, 2017|archive-date=June 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622123102/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/richard-gere-pretty-woman-original-ending-1202027758/|url-status=live}}</ref> His portrayal of Oppenheimer was called "consistently, completely fascinating" by [[RogerEbert.com]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lemire|first1=Christy|title=Norman|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/norman-2017|website=Rogerebert.com|access-date=June 29, 2017|archive-date=June 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629013932/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/norman-2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and was singled out as a worthy [[Academy Award]] contender by ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tapley|first1=Kristopher|last2=Riley|first2=Jenelle|title=Oscars: 13 Deserving Contenders From 2017 So Far|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/in-contention/oscars-halfway-mark-deserving-contenders-1202473420/|website=Variety.com|date=June 22, 2017|access-date=June 29, 2017|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020155048/https://variety.com/2017/film/in-contention/oscars-halfway-mark-deserving-contenders-1202473420/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gere is an accomplished musician, composing and performing the ''Pretty Woman'' piano theme and a guitar solo in ''Runaway Bride''. He studied tap for three months to shoot half a day of dancing for his role as lawyer Billy Flynn in ''Chicago.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gere: A Song-And-Dance Man?|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gere-a-song-and-dance-man/|access-date=2020-10-02|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=January 9, 2003 |language=en-US}}</ref> He also studied karate for ''An Officer and a Gentleman''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womansown.co.uk/fun/unknown-facts-about-richard-gere-26155|title=11 things you didn't know about Richard Gere...|date=August 27, 2015|website=Womansown.co.uk|access-date=July 15, 2018}}</ref>

Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited Gere as one of the best actors never to have received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kiang|first=Jessica|date=1 January 2016|title=30 Great Actors Who've Never Been Oscar Nominated|work=Indiewire|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2016/01/30-great-actors-whove-never-been-oscar-nominated-90109/|access-date=15 October 2022|archive-date=October 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015124743/https://www.indiewire.com/2016/01/30-great-actors-whove-never-been-oscar-nominated-90109/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Robey|first=Tim|date=1 February 2016|title=20 great actors who've never been nominated for an Oscar|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/what-to-watch/oscars-best-actors-never-nominated/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/what-to-watch/oscars-best-actors-never-nominated/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=15 October 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref>