Richard Gere


The humanitarian and the actor, Richard Gere were born on August 31, 1949, in Philadelphia. The second of five children, his father, Homer, was a salesman of insurance, and his/her mother was Doris. Richard started early as a musician, playing a certain number of instruments in the college and writing the music for productions of college. He received a diploma of the central college of the north of Syracuse in 1967, and gained a purse of gymnastics at the university of Massachusetts in Amherst, where it majored in philosophy. He left the university after two years to continue the action, unloading a role of wire in the production of London of the musical “grease” of rock in 1973. The following year it would be in other plays, such as “taming shrew. ” Onscreen, it had some roles, and identification gained by seeking Mr. Goodbar (1977). Offscreen, it spent 1978 meeting Tibetans when it travelled to Nepal, where it spoke with many monks and spangled. The reference in the USA, on Broadway which it A depicts a prisoner of concentration-camp in “is folded,” for what it received the reward 1980 of the world of theatre. Behind in Hollywood, it played the part of title in American Gigolo (1980), being established as a commander hold the first role; this statute was reaffirmed by a leader and a Mister (1982). At the beginning of the Eighties, Richard went to Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador (among continuous wars and political violence); he travelled with a doctor and visited refugee camps. It is said to him that it was romantically dependent with the beautiful Brazilian painter Sylvia Martins. In 1990 Richard joined Julia Roberts to hold the first role in the bomb of large gauges pretty Woman (1990); its fresh reservation was the perfect complement with the enthusiasm of boiling of Julia. The film captured the heart of the nation, and gained the reward chosen well of the people for best film. The ventilators claimed years for a continuation, or at least appareillement different from Julia and Richard. They obtained theirs with the Bride racing (1999), which was a success of racing (Richard obtained $12 million, Julia makes $17 million, the case was $152 million, which exposures what occurs when you give the public what it wants!). Offscreen, Richard and Cindy Crawford obtained married on December 12, 1991 (they were divorced in 1995). After, Richard started to date the actress Carey Lowell. They had a son, Homer James Jigme Gere, on February 6, 2000. Richard was selected by the magazine of People as a one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1991, and as a their alive sexier man in 1999. He is an accomplished pianist and an author of music. Especially, Richard is a humanitarian. He is a founder member of “Room of Thibet,” a non-profit organization devoted to the conservation of the culture Tibetan. He was an active defender of “international survival” during several years, a world organization supporting the tribal people, affirming their line to decide that their own future and to help them protect the their lives, grounds and human rights (these tribes are total, including the Indians of the Amazon, Maasai of the East Africa, Wichi of Argentina, and others). In 1994 Richard went to London to open the sale of Harrods, giving his fees of the aspect £50,000 to survival. He was ahead in their advertising charity campaigns. He says, “if people lose their ground, they do not have anything. You lose your ground, you lose your culture, you lose the individual. ” As for the duty of the rich nations helping the countries in the process of development, said Richard, “this planet cannot exist any more unless all the people are taken into account. He pain does not limit himself to a body; he passes by the whole body”.
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