They're rarely seen together in public, so it was a rather special occasion in Rome when Richard Gere and his wife Carey Lowell made an appearance.

The actor and Carey, a former Bond girl, hit the red carpet at the city's annual film festival.

And they made for quite a show lapping up the attention and posing for pictures as they made their way into the event.

U.S. actor Richard Gere ® kisses U.S. actress Debra Winger during the Marcus Aurelius award ceremony at the Rome Film Festival November 4, 2011.

Richard Gere talks after receiving the Marcus Aurelius career award at the Rome Film Festival November 4, 2011.

Actor Richard Gere and his wife Carey Lowell pose during a red carpet at the Rome Film Festival November 3, 2011. The festival will award Gere with the Marcus Aurelius career award.

We would sell our guitar, but without it we can’t play Rock Band for Playstation. Richard Gere, however, has a few to go around.

The “Pretty Woman” actor sold more than 100 guitars at a Christie’s auction on Tuesday (Oct. 12) and netted $936,438. Gere will donate the process from the auction to various charities.

Hollywood actor Richard Gere took his fight for Tibetan rights to Congress on Thursday, urging President Barack Obama to increase pressure on China over the matter.

The Pretty Woman star, a political activist and a Buddhist, has spent years campaigning on the subject of Chinese/Tibetan relations, following decades of conflict there.

Date of Birth:
31 August 1949, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Birth Name
Richard Tiffany Gere