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Richard Gere smiling in a blue blazer and dark glasses, Cannes Film Festival 2024, by Jeremy Jakubowicz

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Richard Gere

Photographed by Jeremy Jakubowicz

Richard Gere is an American actor who rose to fame with Paul Schrader’s American Gigolo and An Officer and a Gentleman. Pretty Woman made him known around the world and Chicago won him a Golden Globe. He is also known for his advocacy for Tibet.

Career highlights

  • American Gigolo
  • An Officer and a Gentleman
  • Pretty Woman
  • Chicago, Golden Globe for Best Actor
  • Oh, Canada, in competition at Cannes in 2024
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Richard Gere at the Cannes Film Festival 2024, Oh, Canada

May 2024 · Cannes · 77th Cannes Film Festival, in competition

In May 2024, Richard Gere was in Cannes for Oh, Canada, Paul Schrader’s film in competition, alongside Uma Thurman and Jacob Elordi: actor and director were reunited more than forty years after American Gigolo. During the festival, Jeremy Jakubowicz photographed him in a blue blazer and dark glasses, smiling, then in black and white.

That year he also photographed Meryl Streep, Kevin Costner and Emma Stone.

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