Gerard Butler
Acting
Born 1969-11-13
Paisley, Scotland, UK
117 credits
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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).
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Acting
57 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Jeopardy!
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
Sherri
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Wetten, dass..?
Greenland 2: Migration
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
How to Train Your Dragon
Leute heute
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Steve
How to Train Your Dragon
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
How to Train Your Dragon 2
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Greenland
300
GMTV
The Ugly Truth
Den of Thieves
La semaine des 4 Julie
Goldene Kamera
Gods of Egypt
Hunter Killer
The Jay Leno Show
Geostorm
Angel Has Fallen
Olympus Has Fallen
Law Abiding Citizen
London Has Fallen
Tomorrow Never Dies
Movie 43
Plane
Reign of Fire
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
P.S. I Love You
The Phantom of the Opera
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
Kandahar
Timeline
ARK: The Animated Series
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Nim's Island
The Jury
Last Seen Alive
Gamer
The Bounty Hunter
Dracula 2000
Copshop
The Frame
Producing
17 credits
Greenland 2: Migration
Greenland
Den of Thieves
Hunter Killer
Angel Has Fallen
Olympus Has Fallen
Law Abiding Citizen
London Has Fallen
Plane
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Paris Has Fallen
Kandahar
ARK: The Animated Series
The Bricklayer
Last Seen Alive
Them That Follow
Copshop
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