The Life of Legendary Hollywood Actor Richard Gere

In the late 1970s, Gere’s interest in Buddhism deepened after travel to Nepal and India. During that period, he encountered Tibetan monks and eventually met the Dalai Lama, experiences that helped shift his personal life toward spirituality and activism.

This was not just a passing celebrity interest. Buddhism would become one of the defining influences on his public identity, shaping how he spoke about compassion, politics, and Tibet. As his film fame grew, another part of his life was becoming just as important.