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
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
ARK: The Animated Series
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
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
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
Nim's Island
P.S. I Love You
Guilty Hearts
Butterfly on a Wheel
Wrath of Gods
300
The Graham Norton Show
Beowulf & Grendel
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
The Game of Their Lives
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Phantom of the Opera
Dear Frankie
Timeline
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Reign of Fire
HypaSpace
The Jury
Shooters
Jewel of the Sahara
Please!
Attila
Attila
Dracula 2000
Harrison's Flowers
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
One More Kiss
The Cherry Orchard
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
Fast Food
Tale of the Mummy
Little White Lies
Tomorrow Never Dies
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Leute heute
Mrs Brown
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
GMTV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Jeopardy!
Goldene Kamera
Wetten, dass..?
Saturday Night Live
Hair of the Dog
Just Watch Me
Empire City
All-Star Weekend
Remote Control
Night Has Fallen
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Den of Thieves 3
The Nest