Actor profile
Gerard Butler
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).
78 Movies
30 TV Shows
1 In Production 109 Credits
Filmography
Movies & TV Shows
Love Reaches Everywhere
30th May 2020
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
13th March 2011
All-Star Weekend
as Russian Gymnast Fan
Den of Thieves 3
as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
Empire City
as Rhett Westermark
Hair of the Dog
as Mr. P
Just Watch Me
as Riley Wolfe
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as King Kula (voice)
Night Has Fallen
as Mike Banning
Remote Control
as Michael Rafter
Coming soon
How to Train Your Dragon 2
10th June 2027 as Stoick