Gerard Butler
Acting
- Born:
- 1969-11-13
- Place of birth:
- Paisley, Scotland, UK
Biography
Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor and film producer. After studying law, he turned to acting in the mid-1990s with minor roles in productions such as Mrs Brown (1997), the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and Tale of the Mummy (1998). In 2000, he starred as Count Dracula in the gothic horror film Dracula 2000. He played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila (2001), then appeared in the films Reign of Fire (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003) before starring in the science fiction film Timeline (2003). He played Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 musical The Phantom of the Opera. Butler gained wider recognition for portraying King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film 300 (2007). In 2010, he began lending his voice to the How to Train Your Dragon franchise. Also in the 2010s, he portrayed a Secret Service agent in the action thriller Has Fallen film series, played military leader Tullus Aufidius in the 2011 film Coriolanus, and Sam Childers in the 2011 action biopic Machine Gun Preacher. Butler had further action film roles in Geostorm (2017), Den of Thieves (2018), Greenland (2020), and Plane (2023).
Known For
Filmography
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Street Smart
In the Hand of Dante
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
Greenland 2: Migration
How to Train Your Dragon
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
Has Fallen
ARK: The Animated Series
The Bricklayer
Kandahar
Plane
Sherri
Last Seen Alive
Copshop
Greenland
Love Reaches Everywhere
La semaine des 4 Julie
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
Angel Has Fallen
Them That Follow
The Vanishing
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Hunter Killer
Den of Thieves
Geostorm
Steve
A Family Man
London Has Fallen
Gods of Egypt
Septembers of Shiraz
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Discovering Mavericks
The Frame
Olympus Has Fallen
Movie 43
Playing for Keeps
Chasing Mavericks
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Machine Gun Preacher
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Coriolanus
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon
The Bounty Hunter
Law Abiding Citizen
The Jay Leno Show
Live from Studio Five
Gamer
The Ugly Truth
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Tales of the Black Freighter
RocknRolla