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.
Movie | Afterburn | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Motor City | John Miller | 2025 |
Movie | Just Watch Me | Riley Wolfe | 2025 |
Movie | Remote Control | Michael Rafter | 2025 |
Movie | All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2025 |
Movie | Hair of the Dog | Mr. P | 2025 |
Movie | In the Hand of Dante | 2025 | |
Movie | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) | 2025-06-28 |
Movie | Night Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2025 |
Movie | salt & sea | Himself | 2025 |
Movie | Untitled How to Train Your Dragon Film | Stoick the Vast | 2025-06-12 |
Movie | Greenland: Migration | John Garrity | 2025 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen Sequel | Unknown | 2024 |
Movie | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2024-09-27 |
Series | ARK: The Animated Series | Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice) | 2024-03-21 |
Movie | Kandahar | Tom Harris | 2023-05-25 |
Movie | Plane | Brodie Torrance | 2023-01-12 |
Movie | Last Seen Alive | Will Spann | 2022-05-12 |
Movie | Copshop | Bob Viddick | 2021-09-09 |
Movie | Love Reaches Everywhere | Unknown | 2020-05-30 |
Movie | Greenland | John Garrity | 2020-07-29 |
Series | La semaine des 4 Julie | Self | 2020-01-06 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2019-10-25 |
Movie | Angel Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2019-08-21 |
Movie | The Vanishing | James | 2019-01-04 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Stoick (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
Movie | Hunter Killer | Captain Joe Glass | 2018-10-19 |
Movie | Den of Thieves | Det. Nicholas O'Brien | 2018-01-18 |
Series | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-28 |
Movie | Geostorm | Jake Lawson | 2017-10-12 |
Movie | A Family Man | Dane Jensen | 2016-09-13 |
Movie | London Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2016-03-02 |
Movie | Gods of Egypt | Set | 2016-02-25 |
Movie | 300: Rise of an Empire | Leonidas (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-03-05 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Stoick (voice) | 2014-06-05 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Movie | Movie 43 | Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2013-01-24 |
Movie | Olympus Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2013-03-20 |
Series | The Frame | King Leonidas | 2013-04-09 |
Movie | Discovering Mavericks | Self | 2013-11-01 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Chasing Mavericks | Frosty Hesson | 2012-10-25 |
Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
Movie | Playing for Keeps | George | 2012-11-29 |
Movie | Coriolanus | Tullus Aufidius | 2011-02-14 |
Movie | Machine Gun Preacher | Sam Childers | 2011-09-23 |
Movie | Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2011-11-15 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
Movie | The Bounty Hunter | Milo Boyd | 2010-03-16 |
Movie | Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon | Stoick (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
Movie | Tales of the Black Freighter | The Mariner (voice) | 2009-03-24 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Clyde Alexander Shelton | 2009-10-15 |
Series | The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Gamer | Kable | 2009-09-03 |
Movie | The Ugly Truth | Mike Chadway | 2009-07-24 |
Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
Movie | RocknRolla | One-Two | 2008-09-04 |
Movie | Nim's Island | Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover | 2008-04-03 |
Movie | Butterfly on a Wheel | Neil Randall | 2007-07-27 |
Movie | 300 | King Leonidas | 2007-03-07 |
Movie | P.S. I Love You | Gerry | 2007-11-15 |
Movie | Wrath of Gods | Self | 2007-05-06 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Guilty Hearts | Peter | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | The Game of Their Lives | Frank Borghi | 2005-04-22 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
Movie | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Prefect Cassius Chaerea | 2005-06-15 |
Movie | Beowulf & Grendel | Beowulf | 2005-09-14 |
Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom | 2004-12-08 |
Movie | Dear Frankie | The Stranger | 2004-05-18 |
Movie | Timeline | Andre Marek | 2003-11-26 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | Terry Sheridan | 2003-07-21 |
Series | The Jury | Johnnie Donne | 2002-02-17 |
Movie | Shooters | Jackie Junior | 2002-01-25 |
Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
Movie | Reign of Fire | Creedy | 2002-07-09 |
Series | Attila | Attila the Hun | 2001-01-30 |
Movie | Jewel of the Sahara | Captain Charles Belamy | 2001-06-28 |
Movie | Please! | Peter (as Gerry Butler) | 2001-05-04 |
Movie | Attila | Atila the Hun | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Harrison's Flowers | Chris Kumac | 2000-09-23 |
Movie | Dracula 2000 | Dracula | 2000-12-22 |
Series | Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married | Gus | 1999-11-08 |
Movie | One More Kiss | Sam | 1999-09-18 |
Movie | The Cherry Orchard | Yasha | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Burke | 1998-03-19 |
Movie | Little White Lies | Peter | 1998-06-17 |
Movie | Fast Food | Jacko | 1998-10-09 |
Series | The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | Marty Claymore | 1998-11-10 |
Series | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Unknown | 1997-10-24 |
Movie | Tomorrow Never Dies | Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire | 1997-12-11 |
Series | Leute heute | Self | 1997-07-23 |
Movie | Mrs Brown | Archie Brown | 1997-07-18 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | 1992-05-25 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981-02-14 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self | 1966-01-25 |