Richard Gere
| Age: |
63 |
| Born: |
August 31, 1949
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Profile created on July 11, 2000.
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- Richard has one son, Homer James Jigme Gere, with long time girlfriend Carey Lowell.
- In high school, Richard played lacrosse and was also on the gymnastics and ski teams.
- Richard was named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in 1999.
- He won a gymnastics scholarship to University of Massachusetts Amherst. Richard majored in philosophy before he dropped out to begin his career in acting.
- He was married to supermodel Cindy Crawford for five years.
- Richard is an accomplished pianist and music writer.
- After he was cast for An Officer And A Gentleman, Richard converted his religious beliefs from his Methodist roots to the Tibetan School of Buddhism.
- He founded the Tibet House in New York and started the Gere Foundation to help organize all of his activist causes.
