RICHARD GERE'S
BIOGRAPHY
August 31st 1949
BIRTHPLACE:
Philadelphia, PA
OCCUPATION:
Actor, Producer
EDUCATION:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts; studied philosophy and drama; attended on gymnastics scholarship; left after 2 yrs.
FAMILY:
FATHER: Homer Gere
MOTHER: Doris Gere
SISTER: born 1946
SISTER: born 1954
BROTHER:born 1957
SISTER: born 1959
SON:
Homer James Jigme Gere;
born February 6th 2000; mother, Carey Lowell
Played hustler Tony Lopanto in :Looking For Mr. Goodbar" (1977)
1980: Theatre World Award, BENT, 1997: National Board of Review: Freedom of Expression Award:, Red Corner, award shared with director, Jon Avnet.
Founding member (with composer Philip Glass and several academics) of Tibet House, a nonprofit organization based in NYC's Greenwich Village dedicated tot he preservation of Tibetan culture.
* " I CRY EVERY CHANCE I GET"
* "WHEN I AM THERE,(TIBET), I AM VERY HAPPY. THE TIBETANS RADIATE. THEY LITERALLY SEND OUT LIGHT. HIS HOLINESS(THE DALAI LAMA) GENERATES LOVE AND COMPASSION TO EVERY HUMAN BEING. HE HAS COMMITTED HIMSEELF TO THAT. I HAVEN'T MADE THAT LEAP YET. I HAVEN'T GIVEN UP SELF-ASPIRATION. I STILL LOVE MAKING MOVIES"
- LOS ANGELES TIMES, NOVEMBER 10, 1997...
Penelope Milford, actress: 5 yrs , Dawn Steel, executive, 1975-1978, sylvia Martins, Brazilian painter.
Cindy Crawford, model, actress; born 1966; married December 12, 1991; divorced 1995.
Carey Lowell, actress; dating Gere since late 1995.