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Born in Philadelphia in 1949, Gere was a keen musician as a child, playing various instruments at high school. He won a gymnastics scholarship to the University of Massachusetts, but switched back to music after his studies, playing bluegrass and trying to start a rock band. But he was also an actor, starring in Grease on Broadway. After a brief sojourn in Tibet, he became a sex symbol in American Gigolo, before his talent for looking good in uniform propelled him to stardom in An Officer And A Gentleman (1982). Since then he has shone in the blockbuster, Pretty Woman.
