Question: Which role did the Golden Globe Award winner (for his role as Billy Flynn in the musical "Chicago") play in the 1995 medieval film "First Knight"?

Context articles: Richard Gere
Billy Flynn (Chicago)
First Monday in October (film)
Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film
Tom Cruise filmography
List of American films of 2002
William Michals
First Knight
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (film)
Angelina Jolie filmography

Richard Tiffany Gere ( ; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor and humanitarian activist.
 He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" (1977) and a starring role in "Days of Heaven" (1978).
 He came to prominence with his role in the film "American Gigolo" (1980), which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol.
 He went on to star in many well-received films, including "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982), "The Cotton Club" (1984), "Pretty Woman" (1990), "Primal Fear" (1996), "Runaway Bride" (1999), "I'm Not There" (2007), "Arbitrage" (2012) and "" (2016).
 For portraying Billy Flynn in the Academy Award-winning musical "Chicago" (2002), he won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast.
Billy Flynn is a fictional character from the musical "Chicago".
 In the musical, Billy Flynn is a lawyer that can win any trial, mostly being murders done by murderous wives.
 He has never lost a case in his whole career.
 In the play, he defends Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart, winning both cases.
 Most of Billy Flynn's clients actually did commit the murder they are accused of, therefore Billy creates a fictional story like "She was defending herself" or "He was burgling her".
 Billy shows himself onstage by singing "All I Care About is Love"
First Monday in October is a 1981 American comedy-drama film from Paramount Pictures, produced by Paul M. Heller and Martha Scott, directed by Ronald Neame, that is based on the play of the same name by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.
 The film stars Walter Matthau (for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) and Jill Clayburgh (for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy).
 The cast also co-stars Jan Sterling in her final feature film role.
The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film was awarded for the first time at the 64th Golden Globe Awards in 2007.
 It was the first time that the Golden Globe Awards had created a separate category for animated films since its establishment.
 The nominations are announced in January and an awards ceremony is held later in the month.
 Initially, only three films are nominated for best animated film, in contrast to five nominations for the majority of other awards.
 The Pixar film "Cars" was the first recipient of the award.
 The award for best animated film has subsequently been presented to six other Pixar films: "Ratatouille" received the award in 2008, "WALL-E" was the recipient in 2009, "Up" received the award in 2010, "Toy Story 3" won in 2011, "Brave" won in 2013, and "Inside Out" won in 2016.
 In 2012, "Cars 2" lost to "The Adventures of Tintin", in 2014, "Monsters University" was the first not to be nominated and also in 2016, "The Good Dinosaur" lost to "Inside Out".
 In 2017, "Finding Dory" was also not nominated.
 The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been awarding Golden Globe Awards since 1944.
Tom Cruise is an American actor and producer who made his film debut with a minor role in the 1981 romantic drama "Endless Love".
 Two years later he made his breakthrough by starring in the romantic comedy "Risky Business" (1983), which garnered Cruise his first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
 In 1986, Cruise played a fighter pilot in the Tony Scott-directed action drama "Top Gun" (the highest-grossing film that year), and also starred opposite Paul Newman in the Martin Scorsese-directed drama "The Color of Money".
 Two years later he played opposite Dustin Hoffman in the Academy Award for Best Picture-winning drama "Rain Man" (1988), and also appeared in the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture-winning romantic drama "Cocktail" (1988).
 In doing so Cruise became the first and only person as of 2014 to star in a Best Picture Oscar winner and a Worst Picture Razzie winner in the same year.
 His next role was as anti-war activist Ron Kovic in the drama adaptation of Kovic's memoir of the same name, "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989).
 For his performance Cruise received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
A list of American films released in 2002. "
Chicago" won the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. "
The Hours" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. "
Far from Heaven" won the Satellite Award for Best Film – Drama. "
My Big Fat Greek Wedding" won the Satellite Award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy.
William Paul Michals is an American stage actor and baritone singer.
 He has recently appeared in Roger's and Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC at Lincoln Center, He made Broadway debut as “The Beast” in Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and later returned to play Gaston in the same production.
 His career continued with roles as Javert in LES MISÉRABLES, Billy Flynn in CHICAGO, Don Quixote in MAN OF LA MANCHA, Harold Hill in THE MUSIC MAN, and the title role in PHANTOM.
 He has received the Anselmo Award, he also earned recognition by Chicago’s “Jeff” and the National STAR awards for his portrayal of Chauvelin in a national tour of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.
 He has played Captain von Trapp in THE SOUND OF MUSIC, and as Billy Flynn in Kander & Ebb’s CHICAGO.
First Knight is a 1995 medieval film based on Arthurian legend, directed by Jerry Zucker.
 It stars Sean Connery as King Arthur, Richard Gere as Lancelot, Julia Ormond as Guinevere and Ben Cross as Malagant.
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a 1960 American drama film.
 Academy Award winner Delbert Mann directed the work of Robert Preston and Dorothy McGuire in the production.
 Shirley Knight garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and Lee Kinsolving was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actor.
 Knight was also nominated for two Golden Globes.
 Mann's direction was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film.
 It was based on the Tony Award nominated play of the same name by William Inge.
Angelina Jolie is an American actress and filmmaker.
 As a child, she made her screen debut in the 1982 comedy film "Lookin' to Get Out", acting alongside her father Jon Voight.
 Eleven years later she appeared in her next feature, the low-budget film "Cyborg 2", a commercial failure.
 She then starred as a teenage hacker in the 1995 science fiction thriller "Hackers", which went on to be a cult film despite performing poorly at the box-office.
 Jolie's career prospects improved with a supporting role in the made-for-television film "George Wallace" (1997), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Television Film.
 She made her breakthrough the following year in HBO's television film "Gia" (1998).
 For her performance in the title role of fashion model Gia Carangi, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Film.