Gere embraced his apparent exile from Hollywood , appearing in independent features that garnered some of the best reviews of his career . He was notably singled out for portraying businessman Robert Miller in '' Arbitrage '' ( 2012 ) , earning his fourth Golden Globe Award nomination . Among many positive reviews , Peter Travers of '' Rolling Stone '' cited Gere 's performance as " too good to ignore " and " an implosive tour de force " . Lou Lumenick of the '' New York Post '' further wrote " Richard Gere gives the best performance of his career " . Also in 2012 , Gere received the Golden Starfish Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Hamptons International Film Festival and the Career Achievement Award from the Hollywood Film Awards . He had earlier received an award from the 34th Cairo International Film Festival in December 2010
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34th Cairo International Film Festival
Richard Gere