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Richard Gere will receive the International Goya 2025 Prize for his entire career

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This article was initially published in Spanish

The actor and producer Richard Gere will receive the Goya International 2025, the highest distinction awarded by the seventh Spanish art to an international filmmaker.

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The ceremony will take place on February 8 in Granada and will award the Goya International to Richard Gerein recognition of his “extraordinary contribution to cinematographic artby playing in some of the most emblematic films in the history of cinema, and of the social commitment that he has manifested personally and professionally “.

Among his most memorable works are “Days of Heaven”, “Officer and A Gentleman”, “American Gigolo”, “The Cotton Club”,“Pretty woman“And the musical” Chicago “, for which he won the Golden Globe. These productions remained engraved in the memory of spectators around the world for decades.

Born in Philadelphia 75 years ago, Gere began his career in the 1970s, playing in films such as “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” and the masterpiece of Terrence Malick, “Days of Heaven”. Although his career seemed to decline in the late 1980s, The dazzling success of “Pretty Woman” relaunched his career in the 1990sfollowed by titles such as “Mr Jones”, “The First Gentleman” and “Jackal”.

Latest works and social commitment

His most recent film, “Oh, Canada”, released in December, brings him together with director Paul Schrader. In this work, Gere embodies a documentary maker in a vital reflectionadmitting to having inspired his own father to build the character.

Gere’s social commitment materializes through the Gere Foundation, created more than three decades ago. His work focuses on the defense of Tibet autonomy and the preservation of its culture, reflecting its Buddhism practice Since the age of twenty. His activism extends to the defense of the rights of native peoples, refugees and homeless, working with organizations such as Survival International, Open Arms(article in English) and Hogar Sí. On the environmental level, Gere supports the Sierra conservation project in Mexico, thus demonstrating its Commitment to the protection of the planet.

Living today in Spain, Gere started his career as a musician before turning to comedyplaying in musicals such as “Grease” in the 1970s. In the 1980s, notably after “American Gigolo” and “Officer and A Gentleman”, he became a fashion icon.

With this recognition, Gere joins Cate Blanchett,, Juliette Binoche And Sigourney Weaver Among the Goya International winnersa prize instituted by the Cinema Academy to reward personalities who help make cinema a universal art that unites cultures and spectators from around the world.

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