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).
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- Born:
- Nov 13, 1969 In Paisley, Scotland, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 111
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Hair of the Dog
- Latest Project:
- Movie How to Train Your Dragon 2 2027-06-10
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Stoick | 2027-06-10 |
| Movie | Den of Thieves 3 | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2026 |
| Movie | Empire City | Rhett | 2026 |
| Movie | salt & sea | Himself | 2026 |
| Movie | Empire City | Rhett Westermark | 2026 |
| Movie | Hair of the Dog | Mr. P | 2026 |
| Movie | Just Watch Me | Riley Wolfe | 2026 |
| Movie | All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2026 |
| Movie | Greenland 2: Migration | John Garrity | 2026-01-07 |
| Movie | Remote Control | Michael Rafter | 2026 |
| Movie | Night Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2026 |
| Movie | Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) | 2026 |
| Movie | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2025-01-08 |
| Movie | Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon | Self | 2025-06-06 |
| Movie | Afterburn | Unknown | 2025-08-20 |
| Movie | Motor City | John Miller | 2025-08-30 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick | 2025-06-06 |
| Movie | In the Hand of Dante | Louie / Pope Bonifacio VIII | 2025-09-03 |
| Series | ARK: The Animated Series | Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice) | 2024-03-21 |
| Movie | The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland | St. Nick (voice) | 2024-11-15 |
| Movie | Kandahar | Tom Harris | 2023-05-25 |
| Movie | Plane | Brodie Torrance | 2023-01-11 |
| Movie | Last Seen Alive | Will Spann | 2022-05-12 |
| Series | Sherri | Self - Guest | 2022-09-12 |
| Movie | Copshop | Bob Viddick | 2021-09-09 |
| Series | La semaine des 4 Julie | Self | 2020-01-06 |
| Movie | Greenland | John Garrity | 2020-07-29 |
| Movie | Love Reaches Everywhere | Unknown | 2020-05-30 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Stoick (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
| Movie | Angel Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2019-08-21 |
| Movie | The Vanishing | James | 2019-01-04 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Stoick (voice) | 2019-12-03 |
| Series | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-28 |
| Movie | Den of Thieves | 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2018-01-18 |
| Movie | Hunter Killer | Captain Joe Glass | 2018-10-19 |
| 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 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Movie | 300: Rise of an Empire | King Leonidas (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-03-05 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | Movie 43 | Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2013-01-24 |
| Movie | Discovering Mavericks | Self | 2013-11-01 |
| Series | The Frame | King Leonidas | 2013-04-09 |
| Movie | Olympus Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2013-03-20 |
| Movie | Playing for Keeps | George | 2012-11-29 |
| 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 | Coriolanus | Tullus Aufidius | 2011-02-14 |
| Movie | Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2011-11-15 |
| Movie | Machine Gun Preacher | Sam Childers | 2011-09-23 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 | Unknown | 2011-03-13 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick (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 | Law Abiding Citizen | Clyde Alexander Shelton | 2009-10-15 |
| Movie | Tales of the Black Freighter | The Mariner (voice) | 2009-03-24 |
| Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
| Series | The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | The Ugly Truth | Mike Chadway | 2009-07-24 |
| Movie | Gamer | Kable | 2009-09-03 |
| Movie | Nim's Island | Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover | 2008-04-03 |
| Movie | RocknRolla | One-Two | 2008-09-04 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| 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 | Guilty Hearts | Peter | 2007-07-30 |
| Movie | Wrath of Gods | Self | 2007-05-06 |
| 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 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 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | Timeline | Andre Marek | 2003-11-26 |
| Movie | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | Terry Sheridan | 2003-07-21 |
| Movie | Shooters | Jackie Junior | 2002-01-25 |
| Series | The Jury | Johnnie Donne | 2002-02-17 |
| Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
| Movie | Reign of Fire | Creedy | 2002-07-09 |
| Movie | Jewel of the Sahara | Captain Charles Belamy | 2001-06-28 |
| Series | Attila | Attila the Hun | 2001-01-30 |
| 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 | The Cherry Orchard | Yasha | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | One More Kiss | Sam | 1999-09-18 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Burke | 1998-08-03 |
| Movie | Mrs Brown | Archie Brown | 1997-07-18 |
| Series | Leute heute | Self | 1997-07-23 |
| Movie | Tomorrow Never Dies | HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman | 1997-12-11 |
| Series | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Unknown | 1997-10-24 |
| Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | 1992-05-25 |
| Series | Goldene Kamera | Self | 1984-02-03 |
| Series | Jeopardy! | Self - Clue Presenter | 1984-09-10 |
| Series | Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981-02-14 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |