Full Name - Richard Tiffany Gere
Date of Birth - 31/8/49
Appeared in Kojak episode "Birthday Party" as "Geno Papas" - 26 Sepetember 1976
Gere was one of the biggest male screen attractions in the early 80s thanks to starring roles in films "American Gigalo" and "And Officer and a Gentleman".
After a string of critcal and commercial flops he came back into the public conciousness thanks to his starring role with Julia Roberts in romantic-comedy "Pretty woman". Since then he has remained in the public eye earning himself an Oscar nomination this year thanks to his role in musical "Chicago".