U.S. actor Richard Gere, who not too long ago moved to Spain, might be honored this month on the nation’s high movie honors, the Goya awards, the Spanish Film Academy stated.
The 75-year-old will obtain an International Goya on the nationally televised awards ceremony within the southern metropolis of Granada on February 8, it stated in a press release.
The academy praised Gere, who reached international stardom in movies equivalent to “Pretty Woman” and “American Gigolo”, for his “extraordinary contribution to the art of filmmaking, starring in some of the most iconic films in the history of cinema”.
It additionally hailed “the social commitment he has shown both personally and professionally” to varied causes such because the plight of refugees and the homeless.
The academy highlighted Gere’s “intense activism in favor of Tibetan autonomy and the preservation of Tibetan culture”.
Gere is a longtime champion of Tibet who has met regularly with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan non secular chief Beijing accuses of fomenting separatism within the Himalayan area.
China took management of Tibet in 1951, and the Dalai Lama fled into exile in 1959.
Tibet had beforehand been largely autonomous following the autumn of the Qing dynasty, which lasted three centuries.
Gere and his Spanish spouse, Alejandra Silva, 41, moved to Madrid final yr with their two sons.
“We are happier than ever,” the actor stated in an interview printed within the newest model of the Spanish version of “Elle” journal when requested about their new life in Spain.
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