Gerard Butler
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).
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-11-13
Place of birth
Paisley, Scotland, UK
Images
Cast
300
2007
7.19
How to Train Your Dragon
2010
7.84
Dracula 2000
2000
5.30
Nim's Island
2008
5.90
The Ugly Truth
2009
6.50
Beowulf & Grendel
2005
5.58
Law Abiding Citizen
2009
7.39
P.S. I Love You
2007
7.19
Reign of Fire
2002
6.20
Dear Frankie
2004
7.00
Timeline
2003
5.71
Butterfly on a Wheel
2007
6.40
The Bounty Hunter
2010
5.85
The Phantom of the Opera
2004
7.20
RocknRolla
2008
6.95
The Game of Their Lives
2005
5.70
Tales of the Black Freighter
2009
6.70
Machine Gun Preacher
2011
6.70
Fast Food
1998
1.50
Little White Lies
1998
3.50
Hair of the Dog
0.00
Mrs Brown
1997
6.80
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
2010
7.00
Gamer
2009
5.70
Guilty Hearts
2007
5.53
Chasing Mavericks
2012
7.00
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014
7.67
One More Kiss
1999
5.50
Just Watch Me
0.00
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
2011
7.17
Wrath of Gods
2007
5.00
Playing for Keeps
2012
5.66
Coriolanus
2011
5.83
Movie 43
2013
4.62
Shooters
2002
5.42
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
6.40
Last Seen Alive
2022
6.42
Gods of Egypt
2016
5.67
Please!
2001
5.10
London Has Fallen
2016
6.21
Geostorm
2017
6.12
How to Train Your Dragon
2025
8.00
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
6.37
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
7.54
A Family Man
2016
6.71
Empire State
0.00
Hunter Killer
2018
6.89
Harrison's Flowers
2000
6.50
Angel Has Fallen
2019
6.59
The Vanishing
2019
5.74
Den of Thieves
2018
6.85
Jewel of the Sahara
2001
7.00
All-Star Weekend
0.00
The Cherry Orchard
1999
4.33
Greenland
2020
7.13
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
2025
6.72
Plane
2023
6.92
Remote Control
0.00
Discovering Mavericks
2013
3.00
Kandahar
2023
6.82
Copshop
2021
6.28
Night Has Fallen
0.00
Tale of the Mummy
1998
4.40
Attila
2001
7.35
Love Reaches Everywhere
2020
0.00
Den of Thieves 3
0.00
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2027
0.00