Gerard Butler
Actor
Born November 13, 1969 in Paisley, Scotland, UK
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).
Filmography
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How to Train Your Dragon 2
Stoick
All-Star Weekend
Russian Gymnast Fan
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
King Kula (voice)
Den of Thieves 3
Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
A Darker Shade of Magic
Apollo Has Fallen
Street Smart
In the Hand of Dante
Louie / Pope Bonifacio
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
Self
Greenland 2: Migration
John Garrity
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
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
St. Nick (voice)
Paris Has Fallen
ARK: The Animated Series
Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice)
The Bricklayer
Kandahar
Tom Harris
Plane
Brodie Torrance
Sherri
Self - Guest
Last Seen Alive
Will Spann
Copshop
Bob Viddick
Greenland
John Garrity
Love Reaches Everywhere
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
Stoick (voice)
Angel Has Fallen
Mike Banning
Them That Follow
The Vanishing
James
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Stoick (voice)
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Self (archive footage)
Hunter Killer
Captain Joe Glass
Den of Thieves
'Big Nick' O'Brien
Geostorm
Jake Lawson
Steve
Self
A Family Man
Dane Jensen
London Has Fallen
Mike Banning
Gods of Egypt
Set
Septembers of Shiraz
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
Movie 43
Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
Playing for Keeps
George
Chasing Mavericks
Frosty Hesson
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Stoick the Vast (voice)
Machine Gun Preacher
Sam Childers
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
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 - Guest
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 - Guest
Reign of Fire
Creedy
The Jury
Johnnie Donne
Shooters
Jackie Junior
Jewel of the Sahara
Captain Charles Belamy
Please!
Peter (as Gerry Butler)
Attila
Attila the Hun
Attila
Atila the Hun
Dracula 2000
Dracula
Harrison's Flowers
Chris Kumac
One More Kiss
Sam
The Cherry Orchard
Yasha
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
Marty Claymore
Fast Food
Jacko
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
Burke
Little White Lies
Peter
Tomorrow Never Dies
HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Tim Bolton
Leute heute
Self
Mrs Brown
Archie Brown
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
GMTV
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
Jeopardy!
Self - Clue Presenter
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host