Richard Gere Reveals He's 'Happier Than Ever' After Moving to Spain with Wife Alejandra Silva and Their Kids

Mar. 15, 2025

Alejandra Silva and Richard Gere attend the ‘Wisdom of Happiness’ green carpet in Switzerland in October 2024.Photo:Andreas Rentz/Getty

Andreas Rentz/Getty

Richard Gereis getting candid about his life in Spain with wifeAlejandra Silva.

ThePretty Womanstar, 75, shared in an interview withElle Españathat he has found new fulfillment sincemoving to the countrywith his wife, 41, and their children, which includes their sons Alexander, 5, and James, 4, and Silva’s son Albert, 11.

“The truth is that you are seeing us in our momentum. We are happier than ever,” Gere told the outlet. “[Alejandra], because she is at home and I because, if she is happy, I am happy.”

TheAgencyactor — who met Silva in Italy in 2014 after his divorce from ex-wifeCarey Lowell, whom he shares son Homer James, 24 — also shared that what keeps him and his wife united is their  common interest in environmental work. The couple have collaborated together on the Sierra a Mar project in Mexico and other projects, which have earned them recognition.

Alejandra Silva and Richard Gere on the ‘Oh, Canada’ red carpet at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in May 2024.Daniele Venturelli/WireImage

Daniele Venturelli/WireImage

“We can all minimize this sense of ego, of the self. And that’s when true change occurs,” he explained of the work.

“My wife shines for her open-mindedness and her genuine sense of gratitude,” he added. “So connecting with that, however you do it, whether you consider it spirit or religion, love or compassion … it’s infinite."

Silva toldElle Españathat she and her husband have been in step with each other ever since they first met in Positano on the Amalfi Coast, and that they have further aligned their dreams and goals since marrying in 2018.

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Gere first shared his plans to move to the European country during an April 2024 interview withVanity FairSpain. The actor said the move to his wife’s home country was to allow her to be closer to her relatives.

“For Alejandra, it will be wonderful to be closer to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture,” he said of Silva. “She was very generous in giving me six years living in my world, so it is only fair that I give her at least another six living in hers.”

Gere then made an appearance on theTodayShow in November 2024 just ahead of their move and explained, “My wife is Spanish, and we’re going there for her family, her friends, her culture. The kids are bilingual, so it’s really going to be great for them.”

The following month,he and Silva were photographedwhile out and about in Madrid together.

Gere, who had breakout roles in 1980’sAmerican Gigoloand 1982’sAn Officer and a Gentleman, shared last month on an episode ofThe Hollywood Reporter’sAwards Chatterpodcasthow he made “asubconscious choice on my part to step back” and act in lower-profile projects.

“I said, ‘Enough. I don’t really like all this attention … I don’t wanna be looked at,’ ” the actor recalled of his decision.

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