- BIRTH 13/11/1969
- Country United Kingdom
- SHOWS 17
- MOVIES 57
- PRODUCTION 24
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).
Shows (17)
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
Movies (57)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Production (24)
Greenland 2: Migration
Greenland
Olympus Has Fallen
London Has Fallen
Angel Has Fallen
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Den of Thieves
Plane
Law Abiding Citizen
Copshop
Kandahar
Hunter Killer
Last Seen Alive
The Bricklayer
The Vanishing
Night Has Fallen
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
Chasing Mavericks
Machine Gun Preacher
Septembers of Shiraz
Playing for Keeps
Empire City
Them That Follow
A Family Man
