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 small 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 with Christopher Plummer and Jonny Lee Miller. He played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila (2001), then appeared in the films Reign of Fire with Christian Bale (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life with Angelina Jolie (2003) before playing André Marek in the adaptation of Michael Crichton's science fiction adventure Timeline (2003). He then was cast as Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera, with Emmy Rossum; it earned him a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor. Butler gained worldwide recognition for his portrayal of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film 300. That role earned him nominations for an Empire Award for Best Actor and a Saturn Award for Best Actor and a win for MTV Movie Award for Best Fight. He voiced Stoick the Vast in the critically and commercially successful How to Train Your Dragon franchise (2010–2019). Also in the 2010s, he portrayed Secret Service agent Mike Banning in the action thriller series Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, Angel Has Fallen and the upcoming Night Has Fallen. He played military leader Tullus Aufidius in the 2011 film Coriolanus, a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name, and Sam Childers in the 2011 action biopic Machine Gun Preacher.
Known For
Actor
as Mr. P
as Riley Wolfe
as Rhett Westermark
as Russian Gymnast Fan
as Michael Rafter
as Mike Banning
as King Kula (voice)
as Stoick the Vast
as John Garrity
as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
as St. Nick (voice)
as Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice)
as Tom Harris
as Brodie Torrance
as Will Spann
as Bob Viddick
as John Garrity
as Self
as Stoick the Vast (voice)
as Mike Banning
as James
as Stoick (voice)
as Captain Joe Glass
as Det. Nicholas O'Brien
as Self (archive footage)
as Jake Lawson
as Dane Jensen
as Mike Banning
as Set
as Stoick (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Mike Banning
as Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
as King Leonidas
as George
as Frosty Hesson
as (archive footage)
as Stoick the Vast (voice)
as Stoick the Vast (voice)
as Sam Childers
as Tullus Aufidius
as Stoick (voice)
as Stoick (voice)
as Milo Boyd
as Clyde Alexander Shelton
as Kable
as Mike Chadway
as The Mariner (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as One-Two
as Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
as Gerry
as Neil Randall
as Self
as King Leonidas
as Self
as Peter
as Beowulf
as Prefect Cassius Chaerea
as Frank Borghi
as The Phantom
as The Stranger
as Andre Marek
as Terry Sheridan
as Self
as Creedy
as Jackie Junior
as Self
as Johnnie Donne
as Captain Charles Belamy
as Peter (as Gerry Butler)
as Atila the Hun
as Attila the Hun
as Dracula
as Chris Kumac
as Sam
as Yasha
as Jacko
as Peter
as Burke
as Marty Claymore
as Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire
as Archie Brown
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Host
as Self
Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer