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 | Untitled How to Train Your Dragon Film | Stoick the Vast | 2025-06-12 |
Movie | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) | 2025 |
Movie | All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2025 |
Movie | Kandahar | Tom Harris | 2023-05-25 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Stoick (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
Movie | The Vanishing | James | 2019-01-04 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2019-12-03 |
Movie | Angel Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2019-08-21 |
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 | Gods of Egypt | Set | 2016-02-25 |
Movie | A Family Man | Dane Jensen | 2016-09-13 |
Movie | London Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2016-03-02 |
Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015-09-08 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Movie | 300: Rise of an Empire | King Leonidas (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-03-05 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Stoick (voice) | 2014-06-05 |
Movie | Olympus Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2013-03-20 |
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 | Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2011-11-15 |
Movie | Machine Gun Preacher | Sam Childers | 2011-09-23 |
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 | The Ugly Truth | Mike Chadway | 2009-07-24 |
Movie | Tales of the Black Freighter | The Mariner (voice) | 2009-03-24 |
Movie | Gamer | Kable | 2009-09-03 |
Series | The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Clyde Alexander Shelton | 2009-10-15 |
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 |
Movie | 300 | King Leonidas | 2007-03-07 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Wrath of Gods | Self | 2007-05-06 |
Movie | Butterfly on a Wheel | Neil Randall | 2007-07-27 |
Movie | P.S. I Love You | Gerry | 2007-11-15 |
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 | 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 | Shooters | Jackie Junior | 2002-01-25 |
Movie | Reign of Fire | Creedy | 2002-07-09 |
Series | The Jury | Johnnie Donne | 2002-02-17 |
Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
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 | Tale of the Mummy | Burke | 1998-03-19 |
Series | The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | Marty Claymore | 1998-11-10 |
Movie | Mrs Brown | Archie Brown | 1997-07-18 |
Movie | Tomorrow Never Dies | Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire | 1997-12-11 |
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 |
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