Gerard Butler
Birthday: 1969-11-13 | Place of Birth: Paisley, Scotland, UKGerard 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).
Known For
Acting
Role
as John Garrity
as Louie / Pope Bonifacio VIII
as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
as Stoick
as Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice)
as St. Nick (voice)
as Brodie Torrance
as Tom Harris
as Will Spann
as Bob Viddick
as John Garrity
as James
as Mike Banning
as Stoick (voice)
as Stoick (voice)
as 'Big Nick' O'Brien
as Captain Joe Glass
as Dane Jensen
as Jake Lawson
as Mike Banning
as Set
as Stoick (voice)
as Mike Banning
as Frosty Hesson
as George
as Tullus Aufidius
as Sam Childers
as Stoick the Vast (voice)
