Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer — The Cotton Club Character Profile

About Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

A musician who partners with mobsters to advance his career, becomes a Hollywood film star with Owney Madden's help, and falls in love with gangster Dutch Schultz's girlfriend, Vera Cicero.

Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Richard Gere

Appears in

The Cotton Club (1984)

Role

Protagonist

More characters from The Cotton Club

• Delbert 'Sandman' Williams (Gregory Hines)
• Vera Cicero (Diane Lane)
• Lila Rose Oliver (Lonette McKee)
• Frances Flegenheimer (Lisa Jane Persky)
• Owney Madden (Bob Hoskins)
• Patsy Dwyer (Jennifer Grey)
• Joe Flynn (John P. Ryan)
• Dutch Schultz (James Remar)
• Ed Popke (Glenn Withrow)
• Irving Stark (Tom Waits)
• Vincent Dwyer (Nicolas Cage)
• Bumpy Rhodes (Laurence Fishburne)