Richard Gere, born on 31 August 1949, is an American actor who began appearing in films in the 1970s. He had a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and a starring role in Days of Heaven (1978), and American Gigolo (1980) established him as a leading man. His other films include An Officer and a Gentleman, The Cotton Club, Internal Affairs, Pretty Woman, Sommersby, First Knight, Primal Fear, Runaway Bride, Unfaithful, Shall We Dance?, Hachi: A Dog's Tale, Arbitrage and Norman. For playing the lawyer Billy Flynn in the musical film Chicago (2002) he won a Golden Globe Award. His article also records that in 1993 he denounced human rights abuses by the Chinese government while announcing nominees at the Academy Awards, after which he was banned from presenting at the ceremony, and that he is an honorary patron of the Druk White Lotus School.
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