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Gerard Butler

Acting

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).

Gerard Butler

Biography

Films Featuring Gerard Butler

300

How to Train Your Dragon

Dracula 2000

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

Nim's Island

The Ugly Truth

Beowulf & Grendel

Law Abiding Citizen

P.S. I Love You

Reign of Fire

Dear Frankie

Timeline

Butterfly on a Wheel

The Bounty Hunter

The Phantom of the Opera

RocknRolla

The Game of Their Lives

Tales of the Black Freighter

Machine Gun Preacher

Fast Food

Little White Lies

Hair of the Dog

Mrs Brown

Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon

Gamer

Guilty Hearts

Chasing Mavericks

How to Train Your Dragon 2

One More Kiss

Just Watch Me

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

Wrath of Gods

Playing for Keeps

Coriolanus

Movie 43

Shooters

Olympus Has Fallen

Last Seen Alive

Gods of Egypt

Please!

In the Hand of Dante

London Has Fallen

Geostorm

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

How to Train Your Dragon

Tomorrow Never Dies

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

A Family Man

Empire City

Hunter Killer

The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland

Harrison's Flowers

Angel Has Fallen

The Vanishing

Den of Thieves

Jewel of the Sahara

All-Star Weekend

The Cherry Orchard

Greenland

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

Plane

Remote Control

Discovering Mavericks

Kandahar

Copshop

Night Has Fallen

Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

Greenland 2: Migration

Attila

Love Reaches Everywhere

Den of Thieves 3

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

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

How to Train Your Dragon 2