Gerard Butler
- Acting
- November 13, 1969 · 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 · Stoick
- Street Smart · Executive producer
- In the Hand of Dante · Louie / Pope Bonifacio
- Everyone Is Lying to You for Money · Self
- Greenland 2: Migration · John Garrity, Producer
- How to Train Your Dragon · Stoick
- Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon · Self
- Den of Thieves 2: Pantera · Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien, Producer
- The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland · St. Nick (Voice), Executive producer
- Has Fallen · Executive producer
- ARK: The Animated Series · Gaius Marcellus Nerva (Voice), Executive producer
- The Bricklayer · Producer
- Kandahar · Tom Harris, Producer
- Plane · Brodie Torrance, Producer
- Sherri · Self
- Last Seen Alive · Will Spann, Producer
- Copshop · Bob Viddick, Producer
- Greenland · John Garrity, Producer
- Love Reaches Everywhere
- La semaine des 4 Julie · Self
- How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming · Stoick (Voice)
- Angel Has Fallen · Mike Banning, Producer
- Them That Follow · Producer
- The Vanishing · James, Producer
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World · Stoick (Voice)
- Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj · Self
- Hunter Killer · Captain Joe Glass, Producer
- Den of Thieves · 'Big Nick' O'Brien, Producer
- Geostorm · Jake Lawson
- Steve · Self
- A Family Man · Dane Jensen, Producer
- London Has Fallen · Mike Banning, Producer
- Gods of Egypt · Set
- Septembers of Shiraz · Producer
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 · Stoick (Voice)
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Discovering Mavericks · Self
- The Frame · King Leonidas
- Olympus Has Fallen · Mike Banning, Producer
- Movie 43 · Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
- Playing for Keeps · George, Producer
- Chasing Mavericks · Frosty Hesson, Executive producer
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · (archive footage)
- Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury · Stoick the Vast (Voice)
- Machine Gun Preacher · Sam Childers, Executive producer
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
- Coriolanus · Tullus Aufidius
- Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon · Stoick (Voice)
- How to Train Your Dragon · Stoick (Voice)
- The Bounty Hunter · Milo Boyd
- Law Abiding Citizen · Clyde Alexander Shelton, Producer
- The Jay Leno Show · Self
- Live from Studio Five · Self
- Gamer · Kable
- The Ugly Truth · Mike Chadway
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Tales of the Black Freighter · The Mariner (Voice)
- RocknRolla · One-Two
- Nim's Island · Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
- P.S. I Love You · Gerry
- Guilty Hearts · Peter
- Butterfly on a Wheel · Neil Randall
- Wrath of Gods · Self
- 300 · King Leonidas
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Beowulf & Grendel · Beowulf
- Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula · Prefect Cassius Chaerea
- The Game of Their Lives · Frank Borghi
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson · Self
- The Phantom of the Opera · The Phantom
- Dear Frankie · The Stranger
- Timeline · Andre Marek
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life · Terry Sheridan
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Reign of Fire · Creedy
- HypaSpace · Self
- The Jury · Johnnie Donne