
Gerard Butler
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

How to Train Your Dragon

Greenland 2: Migration

Greenland

How to Train Your Dragon 2

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

300

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

Den of Thieves

Kandahar

Hunter Killer

Gods of Egypt

Olympus Has Fallen

Law Abiding Citizen

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

Angel Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

Copshop

Tomorrow Never Dies

The Ugly Truth

Geostorm

Plane

Gamer

Dracula 2000

The Phantom of the Opera

Movie 43

Chasing Mavericks

Fast Food

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

P.S. I Love You

Timeline

Reign of Fire

The Bounty Hunter

A Family Man

Attila

Last Seen Alive

RocknRolla

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

Mrs Brown

Guilty Hearts

Playing for Keeps

Shooters

Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon

Machine Gun Preacher

Harrison's Flowers

Butterfly on a Wheel

The Vanishing

Coriolanus

The Game of Their Lives

Nim's Island

Please!

In the Hand of Dante

Wrath of Gods

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Dear Frankie

One More Kiss

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

Beowulf & Grendel

Tales of the Black Freighter

The Cherry Orchard

Den of Thieves 3

Tale of the Mummy

The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon

All-Star Weekend

Love Reaches Everywhere

Discovering Mavericks

Jewel of the Sahara

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
