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 Empire City
- 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 | Hair of the Dog | Mr. P | 2026 |
| Movie | Just Watch Me | Riley Wolfe | 2026 |
| Movie | All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2026 |
| Movie | Empire City | Rhett Westermark | 2026 |
| Movie | Empire City | Rhett | 2026 |
| Movie | Greenland 2: Migration | John Garrity | 2026-01-08 |
| 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 | salt & sea | Himself | 2026 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick | 2025-06-06 |
| Movie | In the Hand of Dante | Louie / Pope Bonifacio VIII | 2025-09-03 |
| Movie | Motor City | John Miller | 2025-08-30 |
| Movie | Afterburn | Unknown | 2025-08-20 |
| Movie | Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon | Self | 2025-06-06 |
| Movie | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2025-01-08 |
| Movie | The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland | St. Nick (voice) | 2024-11-15 |
| Series | ARK: The Animated Series | Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice) | 2024-03-21 |
| Movie | Kandahar | Tom Harris | 2023-05-25 |
| Movie | Plane | Brodie Torrance | 2023-01-11 |
| Series | Sherri | Self - Guest | 2022-09-12 |
| 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 | Love Reaches Everywhere | Unknown | 2020-05-30 |
| Movie | Greenland | John Garrity | 2020-07-29 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Stoick (voice) | 2019-12-03 |
| 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 | Den of Thieves | 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2018-01-18 |
| Series | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-28 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Stoick (voice) | 2014-06-05 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
| 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 | Discovering Mavericks | Self | 2013-11-01 |
| Series | The Frame | King Leonidas | 2013-04-09 |
| Movie | Olympus Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2013-03-20 |
| Movie | Movie 43 | Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2013-01-24 |
| Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
| Movie | Playing for Keeps | George | 2012-11-29 |
| Movie | Chasing Mavericks | Frosty Hesson | 2012-10-25 |
| Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 | 2011-03-13 | |
| Movie | Machine Gun Preacher | Sam Childers | 2011-09-23 |
| Movie | Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2011-11-15 |
| Movie | Coriolanus | Tullus Aufidius | 2011-02-14 |
| Movie | Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon | Stoick (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
| Movie | The Bounty Hunter | Milo Boyd | 2010-03-16 |
| Movie | Gamer | Kable | 2009-09-03 |
| Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Clyde Alexander Shelton | 2009-10-15 |
| Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
| Series | The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | The Ugly Truth | Mike Chadway | 2009-07-24 |
| Movie | Tales of the Black Freighter | The Mariner (voice) | 2009-03-24 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| 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 | P.S. I Love You | Gerry | 2007-11-15 |
| Movie | Guilty Hearts | Peter | 2007-07-30 |
| Movie | Butterfly on a Wheel | Neil Randall | 2007-07-27 |
| Movie | Wrath of Gods | Self | 2007-05-06 |
| Movie | 300 | King Leonidas | 2007-03-07 |
| Movie | The Game of Their Lives | Frank Borghi | 2005-04-22 |
| Movie | Beowulf & Grendel | Beowulf | 2005-09-14 |
| Movie | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Prefect Cassius Chaerea | 2005-06-15 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
| 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 | Jewel of the Sahara | Captain Charles Belamy | 2001-06-28 |
| Movie | Please! | Peter (as Gerry Butler) | 2001-05-04 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Fast Food | Jacko | 1998-10-09 |
| Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Burke | 1998-08-03 |
| Movie | Tomorrow Never Dies | HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman | 1997-12-11 |
| Series | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Unknown | 1997-10-24 |
| Series | Leute heute | Self | 1997-07-23 |
| Movie | Mrs Brown | Archie Brown | 1997-07-18 |
| 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 |