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 | Remote Control | Michael Rafter | 2025 |
Movie | Afterburn | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2025 |
Movie | Motor City | John Miller | 2025 |
Movie | Night Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2025 |
Movie | Just Watch Me | Riley Wolfe | 2025 |
Movie | Greenland: Migration | John Garrity | 2025 |
Movie | salt & sea | Himself | 2025 |
Movie | In the Hand of Dante | 2025 | |
Movie | Hair of the Dog | Mr. P | 2025 |
Movie | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) | 2025-06-28 |
Movie | Untitled How to Train Your Dragon Film | Stoick the Vast | 2025-06-12 |
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 | 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 |
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 | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2019-10-25 |
Movie | The Vanishing | James | 2019-01-04 |
Series | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-28 |
Movie | Den of Thieves | Det. Nicholas 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 | Gods of Egypt | Set | 2016-02-25 |
Movie | London Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2016-03-02 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Stoick (voice) | 2014-06-05 |
Movie | 300: Rise of an Empire | 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 |
Series | The Frame | King Leonidas | 2013-04-09 |
Movie | Discovering Mavericks | Self | 2013-11-01 |
Movie | Movie 43 | Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2013-01-24 |
Movie | Playing for Keeps | George | 2012-11-29 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
Movie | Chasing Mavericks | Frosty Hesson | 2012-10-25 |
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 | Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon | Stoick (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
Movie | The Bounty Hunter | Milo Boyd | 2010-03-16 |
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 |
Movie | Gamer | Kable | 2009-09-03 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | The Ugly Truth | Mike Chadway | 2009-07-24 |
Movie | RocknRolla | One-Two | 2008-09-04 |
Movie | Nim's Island | Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover | 2008-04-03 |
Movie | Wrath of Gods | Self | 2007-05-06 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Butterfly on a Wheel | Neil Randall | 2007-07-27 |
Movie | P.S. I Love You | Gerry | 2007-11-15 |
Movie | 300 | King Leonidas | 2007-03-07 |
Movie | Guilty Hearts | Peter | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | Beowulf & Grendel | Beowulf | 2005-09-14 |
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 | The Game of Their Lives | Frank Borghi | 2005-04-22 |
Movie | Dear Frankie | The Stranger | 2004-05-18 |
Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom | 2004-12-08 |
Movie | Timeline | Andre Marek | 2003-11-26 |
Movie | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | Terry Sheridan | 2003-07-21 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Reign of Fire | Creedy | 2002-07-09 |
Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
Series | The Jury | Johnnie Donne | 2002-02-17 |
Movie | Shooters | Jackie Junior | 2002-01-25 |
Movie | Attila | Atila the Hun | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Jewel of the Sahara | Captain Charles Belamy | 2001-06-28 |
Movie | Please! | Peter (as Gerry Butler) | 2001-05-04 |
Series | Attila | Attila the Hun | 2001-01-30 |
Movie | Dracula 2000 | Dracula | 2000-12-22 |
Movie | Harrison's Flowers | Chris Kumac | 2000-09-23 |
Movie | The Cherry Orchard | Yasha | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | One More Kiss | Sam | 1999-09-18 |
Series | Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married | Gus | 1999-11-08 |
Series | The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | Marty Claymore | 1998-11-10 |
Movie | Fast Food | Jacko | 1998-10-09 |
Movie | Little White Lies | Peter | 1998-06-17 |
Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Burke | 1998-03-19 |
Movie | Tomorrow Never Dies | Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire | 1997-12-11 |
Movie | Mrs Brown | Archie Brown | 1997-07-18 |
Series | Leute heute | Self | 1997-07-23 |
Series | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Unknown | 1997-10-24 |
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 |