Richard Gere

Richard Gere is a Acteur and American producer , born the August 31st 1949 with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (the United States).

Career

If it were born in an American big city, Philadelphia, Richard Gere is resulting from the rural world, its parents, Homer and Doris, are dairy farmers, just as his grandfather and his uncles.

Second of an family of five children (two sisters, two boys and a half-brother, German Henry Januszewski), the Richard young person leaves graduate North Syracuse Central High School in 1967. He studies then philosophy and the dramatic art at the university of Massachusetts with Amherst but leaves the establishment at the end of two years, to launch out in the career of actor. He plays of the small roles of repertory on the East coast (University of Princetown) as on the West coast (Repertory Theater of Seattle).

Manage settles then in Vermont and tries a musical career of trumpet player, an instrument in which he excels. But the medium of the music disappoints it and Richard Gere leaves for New York in order to take again a career there on the boards. It crosses then the Atlantic for London where it takes down the role of Danny Zuko in the musical comedy Grease, in 1973, a role which it will take again in Broadway. Its work is worth to him to play during one season with the Young Vic Company for which he interprets several parts.

Of return to New York, he plays in the one night Dream of summer in Lincoln Center of New York like in the Shrew tamed before interpreting a man with the eyes bandaged on an electric chair in the part the Head of the Killer (" Killer' S Head") of Sam Shepard in 1975. Its performance is used to him as springboard towards the big screen.

In the minor role of a procurer, Richard Gere makes her beginnings in 1975 in the police melodrama “Carryforward to the Commissioner”. It connects in 1976 with “Baby Blue Marine”, a drama over the Second world war when it interprets a soldier having tendencies psychotics. This performance is worth to him to be noticed by realizers of reputation who make known it general public: Richard Brooks with “In the search of Mr. Goodbar” (1977), Terrence Malick with “the Harvests of the Sky” (1978) and John Schlesinger with “Yanks” (1979).

In December 1979, Manages cost on the scene and interprets in Broadway the main role, that of max, in the part Bent of Martin Sherman, evoking the life of homosexual in Nazi Germany. To this period its support for the causes gay and lesbian goes back. It accepted this role with happiness.

But it is its ambiguous role of gigolo professional in the film American Gigolo (1980) of Paul Schrader which propels Richard Gere towards the tops of the cinema. The actor confirms his statute of young first playboy in successful “the Officer and gentleman” (1982) of Taylor Hackford. Manage turns this feature film because it needs money. In spite of the interminable quarrels except field enters Gere and its partner Debra Winger, the film is an immense success, second American receipt in 1982 behind E.T.

Then begin the era of disappointments with several films with the mitigated commercial destiny: “Breathless made in the USA” (1983) of Jim McBride, “Knitting machine Club” (1984) of Francis Ford Coppola (in which he plays of the trumpet), “King David” (1985) of Bruce Beresford, “Slides of the capacity” (1986) of Sidney Lumet, “Without pity” (1986) of Richard Pearce, “Nothing with perdre" (1988) of Gary Sinicizes and remarkable “the Private affairs” (1990) of Mike Figgis. Manage must precisely wait until 1990 to give a second breath to his career with the méga-blockbuster “Pretty Woman” of Garry Marshall, at the sides of Julia Roberts. Much in demand, turn cheek very in two remakes Manages: “Sommersby” (1993) of Jon Amiel and “Intersection” (1994) of Rydell Mark.

Attentive not to displease with her new public, Richard Gere alternates during the Nineties the thrillers (“hot Blood for murder of coolness” (1992) of Phil Joanou, “primal Fear” (1996) of Gregory Hoblit, “the Jackal” (1997) of Michael Caton-Jones and “Red Corner” (1997) of Jon Avnet) with the romantic comedies (“Just married, or presque" (1999) of Garry Marshall and “an autumn in New York” (2000) of Joan Chen). It is only with the turning of the century that it approaches new roles: husband misled in “Infidel” (2002) of Adrian Lyne, journalist confronted with supernatural in “the Prophecy of the shades” of Mark Pellington, it returns at his beginnings in the musical comedy “Chicago”, to the sides of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger, and gains a Golden Globe.

Anecdote

Richard Gere took part in several French film remakes American: in addition to “Breathless made in the USA”, new version of “Breathless” of Jean-Luc Godard, it played in “Intersection”, transposition of film “the Things of the Life” of Claude Sautet, “Sommersby”, which take again the scenario of film “the Return of Martin Guerre” of Daniel Vigne, and “Infidel”, adaptation American of “the inaccurate Woman” of Claude Chabrol.

The Tibetan cause

At the end of the years 1970, Manages voyage in Asia and becomes aware of the brutal seizure of China on the Tibet. In 1982, it gives up its methodists roots and converts with the Bouddhisme Tibetan. Friend of the 14th Dalaï Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, since 1983, Gere regards this last as a spiritual leader and a mentor as much as a professor, a father and a brother. The actor makes use of his increasing notoriety to promote his assistance with the people Tibetan oppressed by the Chinese government.

In 1987, the actor founds the House of the Tibet to New York, an organization devoted to the safeguard and the restoration of the cultural heritage and spiritual Tibetan. This unconditional support for the Tibetan cause will be worth some troubles to him, as at the time of the ceremony of the Oscars of 1993 during which its very critical speech towards China judged is moved and discussed (Manages will be put at the variation of the Oscars). In addition, Gere has prepared for several years a project on the life of Buddha which would be carried out by Shekhar Kapur, with Goldie Hawn.

September 4th, 2007, Richard Gere called with the boycott of the next Olympic Games of Beijing 2008.

In addition to the Tibetan cause, Gere was made lawyer of the fight for the respect of the Human rights in Central America at the time of several stays to the Honduras, the Nicaragua and the El Salvador.

Private life

Richard Gere lived many idylles with personalities among which the artist Sylvia Martin, the designer Diane de Furstenberg or the actress Bárbara Carrera. In 1988, it meets the mannequin Cindy Crawford. Their lovesong is made public at the time of the ceremony of the Oscars of 1990. The following year, on December 12th 1991, the couple Marie with the Small Church of the West of Las Vegas. After a French tabloïd (Here) had affirmed that their marriage was a lure, Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford spend 30.000 dollars for a publicity in a British newspaper protesting their heterosexuality and their engagement. The couple ends up divorcing in December 1994.

In 1999, at the 50 years age, Richard Gere is elected the man living sexiest by the magazine “People”. February 6th, 2000, his/her friend, the mannequin and actress Carey Lowell, gives him a son: Homer James Jigme (“Jigme” means “without fear” in Tibetan). Manage Lowell wife on November 9th, 2002. Richard measures 1 m 78.

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