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 | Law Abiding Citizen Sequel | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Motor City | John Miller | 2025 |
Movie | salt & sea | Himself | 2025 |
Movie | Afterburn | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Untitled How to Train Your Dragon Film | Stoick the Vast | 2025-06-12 |
Movie | Hair of the Dog | Mr. P | 2025 |
Movie | In the Hand of Dante | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2025 |
Movie | Just Watch Me | Riley Wolfe | 2025 |
Movie | Night Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2025 |
Movie | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) | 2025 |
Movie | Greenland: Migration | John Garrity | 2025 |
Movie | Remote Control | Michael Rafter | 2025 |
Series | ARK: The Animated Series | Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice) | 2024-03-21 |
Movie | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2024-09-27 |
Movie | Plane | Brodie Torrance | 2023-01-12 |
Movie | Kandahar | Tom Harris | 2023-05-25 |
Movie | Last Seen Alive | Will Spann | 2022-05-12 |
Movie | Copshop | Bob Viddick | 2021-09-09 |
Movie | Love Reaches Everywhere | Unknown | 2020-05-30 |
Series | La semaine des 4 Julie | Self | 2020-01-06 |
Movie | Greenland | John Garrity | 2020-07-29 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2019-12-03 |
Movie | The Vanishing | James | 2019-01-04 |
Movie | Angel Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2019-08-21 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Stoick (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
Movie | Hunter Killer | Captain Joe Glass | 2018-10-19 |
Series | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-28 |
Movie | Den of Thieves | Det. Nicholas O'Brien | 2018-01-18 |
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 |
Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Stoick (voice) | 2014-06-05 |
Movie | 300: Rise of an Empire | King Leonidas (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-03-05 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Movie | Olympus Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2013-03-20 |
Movie | Discovering Mavericks | Self | 2013-11-01 |
Series | The Frame | King Leonidas | 2013-04-09 |
Movie | Movie 43 | Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2013-01-24 |
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 | Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2011-11-15 |
Movie | Machine Gun Preacher | Sam Childers | 2011-09-23 |
Movie | Coriolanus | Tullus Aufidius | 2011-02-14 |
Movie | The Bounty Hunter | Milo Boyd | 2010-03-16 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
Movie | Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon | Stoick (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
Movie | Tales of the Black Freighter | The Mariner (voice) | 2009-03-24 |
Movie | Gamer | Kable | 2009-09-03 |
Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Clyde Alexander Shelton | 2009-10-15 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | The Ugly Truth | Mike Chadway | 2009-07-24 |
Series | The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | RocknRolla | One-Two | 2008-09-04 |
Movie | Nim's Island | Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover | 2008-04-03 |
Movie | 300 | King Leonidas | 2007-03-07 |
Movie | P.S. I Love You | Gerry | 2007-11-15 |
Movie | Butterfly on a Wheel | Neil Randall | 2007-07-27 |
Movie | Wrath of Gods | Self | 2007-05-06 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Guilty Hearts | Peter | 2006-01-01 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
Movie | Beowulf & Grendel | Beowulf | 2005-09-14 |
Movie | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Prefect Cassius Chaerea | 2005-06-15 |
Movie | The Game of Their Lives | Frank Borghi | 2005-04-22 |
Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom | 2004-12-08 |
Movie | Dear Frankie | The Stranger | 2004-05-18 |
Movie | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | Terry Sheridan | 2003-07-21 |
Movie | Timeline | Andre Marek | 2003-11-26 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
Movie | Reign of Fire | Creedy | 2002-07-09 |
Series | The Jury | Johnnie Donne | 2002-02-17 |
Movie | Shooters | Jackie Junior | 2002-01-25 |
Series | Attila | Attila the Hun | 2001-01-30 |
Movie | Attila | Atila the Hun | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Please! | Peter (as Gerry Butler) | 2001-05-04 |
Movie | Jewel of the Sahara | Captain Charles Belamy | 2001-06-28 |
Movie | Harrison's Flowers | Chris Kumac | 2000-09-23 |
Movie | Dracula 2000 | Dracula | 2000-12-22 |
Movie | The Cherry Orchard | Yasha | 1999-01-01 |
Series | Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married | Gus | 1999-11-08 |
Movie | One More Kiss | Sam | 1999-09-18 |
Movie | Fast Food | Jacko | 1998-10-09 |
Series | The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | Marty Claymore | 1998-11-10 |
Movie | Little White Lies | Peter | 1998-06-17 |
Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Burke | 1998-03-19 |
Series | Leute heute | Self | 1997-07-23 |
Movie | Mrs Brown | Archie Brown | 1997-07-18 |
Series | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Unknown | 1997-10-24 |
Movie | Tomorrow Never Dies | Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire | 1997-12-11 |
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 |