Claim: Richard Gere starred in an American film from 1982.
Evidence: He went on to star in several hit films , including An Officer and a Gentleman , Pretty Woman , Primal Fear , Runaway Bride , Arbitrage and Chicago , for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and a Screen Actors Guild Award for part of the Best Cast.
An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 American romantic drama film starring Richard Gere , Debra Winger and Louis Gossett , Jr. , who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film , and was produced by Lorimar Productions for Paramount Pictures.