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 | Hair of the Dog | Mr. P | 2025 |
Movie | Empire State | Rhett Westermark | 2025 |
Movie | Remote Control | Michael Rafter | 2025 |
Movie | Night Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2025 |
Movie | In the Hand of Dante | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Just Watch Me | Riley Wolfe | 2025 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick the Vast | 2025-06-11 |
Movie | Greenland: Migration | John Garrity | 2025-03-28 |
Movie | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2025-01-08 |
Movie | All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2025 |
Movie | Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) | 2025-06-28 |
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 | 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 | Love Reaches Everywhere | Unknown | 2020-05-30 |
Movie | Greenland | John Garrity | 2020-07-29 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Stoick (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
Movie | The Vanishing | James | 2019-01-04 |
Movie | Angel Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2019-08-21 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2019-12-03 |
Movie | Den of Thieves | Det. Nicholas O'Brien | 2018-01-18 |
Movie | Hunter Killer | Captain Joe Glass | 2018-10-19 |
Series | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-28 |
Movie | Geostorm | Jake Lawson | 2017-10-12 |
Movie | London Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2016-03-02 |
Movie | Gods of Egypt | Set | 2016-02-25 |
Movie | A Family Man | Dane Jensen | 2016-09-13 |
Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
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 |
Movie | Olympus Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2013-03-20 |
Movie | Movie 43 | Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2013-01-24 |
Series | The Frame | King Leonidas | 2013-04-09 |
Movie | Discovering Mavericks | Self | 2013-11-01 |
Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Chasing Mavericks | Frosty Hesson | 2012-10-25 |
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 (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
Movie | The Bounty Hunter | Milo Boyd | 2010-03-16 |
Movie | Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon | Stoick (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
Series | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009-07-16 |
Movie | The Ugly Truth | Mike Chadway | 2009-07-24 |
Movie | Tales of the Black Freighter | The Mariner (voice) | 2009-03-24 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Clyde Alexander Shelton | 2009-10-15 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Series | The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009-09-14 |
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 | Butterfly on a Wheel | Neil Randall | 2007-07-27 |
Movie | P.S. I Love You | Gerry | 2007-11-15 |
Movie | Wrath of Gods | Self | 2007-05-06 |
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 | The Game of Their Lives | Frank Borghi | 2005-04-22 |
Movie | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Prefect Cassius Chaerea | 2005-06-15 |
Movie | Dear Frankie | The Stranger | 2004-05-18 |
Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom | 2004-12-08 |
Movie | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | Terry Sheridan | 2003-07-21 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Timeline | Andre Marek | 2003-11-26 |
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 |
Movie | Attila | Atila the Hun | 2001-01-01 |
Series | Attila | Attila the Hun | 2001-01-30 |
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 |
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 | Tale of the Mummy | Burke | 1998-03-19 |
Movie | Fast Food | Jacko | 1998-10-09 |
Series | The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | Marty Claymore | 1998-11-10 |
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 |
Movie | Tomorrow Never Dies | Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire | 1997-12-11 |
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 | Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981-02-14 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self | 1966-01-25 |
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