Gerard Butler

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

300

2007

7.19

Dracula 2000

Dracula 2000

2000

5.30

Nim's Island

Nim's Island

2008

5.90

Dear Frankie

Dear Frankie

2004

7.00

Timeline

Timeline

2003

5.71

RocknRolla

RocknRolla

2008

6.95

Fast Food

Fast Food

1998

1.50

Mrs Brown

Mrs Brown

1997

6.80

Gamer

Gamer

2009

5.70

Coriolanus

Coriolanus

2011

5.80

Movie 43

Movie 43

2013

4.62

Shooters

Shooters

2002

5.42

Please!

Please!

2001

5.10

Geostorm

Geostorm

2017

6.12

A Family Man

A Family Man

2016

6.71

Greenland

Greenland

2020

7.13

Plane

Plane

2023

6.92

Kandahar

Kandahar

2023

6.80

Copshop

Copshop

2021

6.28

Attila

Attila

2001

7.35