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:
- 106
- First Appeared:
- In the series Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie Greenland 2: Migration 2026-01-07
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Night Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2026 |
| Movie | Den of Thieves 3 | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2026 |
| Movie | Empire City | Rhett | 2026 |
| Movie | Greenland 2: Migration | John Garrity | 2026-01-07 |
| Movie | Remote Control | Michael Rafter | 2026 |
| Movie | Empire City | Rhett Westermark | 2026 |
| Movie | All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2026 |
| Movie | Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) | 2026 |
| Movie | Just Watch Me | Riley Wolfe | 2026 |
| Movie | Hair of the Dog | Mr. P | 2026 |
| Movie | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2025-01-08 |
| Movie | Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon | Self | 2025-06-06 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick | 2025-06-06 |
| Movie | In the Hand of Dante | Louie / Pope Bonifacio VIII | 2025-09-03 |
| 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 | 2023-01-11 |
| Movie | Kandahar | Tom Harris | 2023-05-25 |
| Movie | Last Seen Alive | Will Spann | 2022-05-12 |
| Series | Sherri | Self - Guest | 2022-09-12 |
| 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 | The Vanishing | James | 2019-01-04 |
| 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 (voice) | 2019-12-03 |
| 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 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| 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 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Stoick (voice) | 2014-06-05 |
| Movie | Movie 43 | Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2013-01-24 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Movie | Coriolanus | Tullus Aufidius | 2011-02-14 |
| Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 | Unknown | 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 | The Bounty Hunter | Milo Boyd | 2010-03-16 |
| Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
| 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 | Tales of the Black Freighter | The Mariner (voice) | 2009-03-24 |
| Movie | Gamer | Kable | 2009-09-03 |
| Movie | The Ugly Truth | Mike Chadway | 2009-07-24 |
| 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 | 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 | Wrath of Gods | Self | 2007-05-06 |
| 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 | The Game of Their Lives | Frank Borghi | 2005-04-22 |
| 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 | Beowulf & Grendel | Beowulf | 2005-09-14 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Timeline | Andre Marek | 2003-11-26 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Little White Lies | Peter | 1998-06-17 |
| Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Burke | 1998-08-03 |
| 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 | HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman | 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 | 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 |