Richard Gere

[1] (http://www.canoe.ca/JamMoviesArtistsG/gere_richard.html). His most recent work, Before Sunset, is a continuation of the earlier Before Sunrise. They have a son, Homer James Jigme Gere. They separated in 2004 amid tabloid rumours of a relationship between Thurman and Quentin Tarantino on the set of Kill Bill and his own infidelity with an unknown woman. His present companion is Carey Lowell. On May 1, 1998 he married actress Uma Thurman with whom he has two children, daughter Maya Ray (born July 8, 1998) and son Levon (born January 15, 2002). He was formerly married to supermodel Cindy Crawford. Hawke has recently directed Chelsea Walls and has written two novels, The Hottest State (1996) and Ash Wednesday (2002).

His acting career took off in 1980 with the film American Gigolo. In 2001 he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Training Day. He continued to perform in television, movies and theater throughout the 1970s. He left school and appeared in A Midnight Clear, Alive, Reality Bites, Before Sunrise, Gattaca, The Newton Boys, Great Expectations and in many other movies. He also pursued a professional trumpet career. In 1988, Hawke was offered a role in Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society and his part as Todd Anderson was his breakthrough. Gere attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, but he left college after two years to pursue acting. He has twice enrolled in New York University's English program and is one of the founding fathers and artistic director of Malaparte, a New York City theatre company.

He graduated in 1967 from North Syracuse Central High School. At the age of fourteen he made his feature film debut in Explorers (1985). Afterwards Hawke studied acting at the British Theatre Association in England and at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. In high school he excelled in gymnastics and music (he played the trumpet). in George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan. Gere was born in Philadelphia. He first appeared in various high school performances, e.g. Gere is a well known Buddhist and an active supporter of the Dalai Lama. Born in Austin, Texas, Hawke moved to Princeton, New Jersey at an early age, where he took acting classes at the McCarter Theatre.

Richard Gere (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. Ethan Metzger (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, writer and film director. Shall We Dance – 2004. Explorers (1985). Chicago – 2002. Dad (1989). Autumn in New York – 2000. Dead Poets Society (1989).

Goodbar. Mystery Date (1991). Looking For Mr. White Fang (1991). American Gigolo. A Midnight Clear (1992). Pretty Woman – 1990. Waterland (1992).

King David 1985. Alive (1993). An Officer and a Gentleman – 1982. Rich in Love (1993). The Cotton Club. Reality Bites (1994). Internal Affairs. Floundering (1994).

Final Analysis. Before Sunrise (1995). Jones. Search and Destroy (1995). Mr. Gattaca (1997). Sommersby. Great Expectations (1998).

First Knight. The Newton Boys (1998). Primal Fear. The Velocity of Gary (1998). Red Corner. Joe the King (1999). The Jackal. Snow Falling on Cedars (1999).

Runaway Bride. Hamlet (2000). T & the Women. Tell Me (2000). Dr. Waking Life (2001). Tape (2001).

Training Day (2001). The Jimmy Show (2001). Chelsea Walls (2001). Corso: The Last Beat (2002).

Before Sunset (2004). Assault on Precinct 13 (2005).