Gerard Butler
Acting
Born November 13, 1969 · Paisley, Scotland, UK
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).
Films (70)
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2027
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
2026
Greenland 2: Migration
2026
In the Hand of Dante
2025
How to Train Your Dragon
2025
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
2025
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
2025
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
2024
Kandahar
2023
Plane
2023
Last Seen Alive
2022
Copshop
2021
Greenland
2020
Love Reaches Everywhere
2020
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
2019
Angel Has Fallen
2019
The Vanishing
2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019
Hunter Killer
2018
Den of Thieves
2018
Geostorm
2017
A Family Man
2016
London Has Fallen
2016
Gods of Egypt
2016
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014
Discovering Mavericks
2013
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
Movie 43
2013
Playing for Keeps
2012
Chasing Mavericks
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
2011
Machine Gun Preacher
2011
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
Coriolanus
2011
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
2010
How to Train Your Dragon
2010
The Bounty Hunter
2010
Law Abiding Citizen
2009
Gamer
2009
The Ugly Truth
2009
Tales of the Black Freighter
2009
RocknRolla
2008
Nim's Island
2008
P.S. I Love You
2007
Guilty Hearts
2007
Butterfly on a Wheel
2007
Wrath of Gods
2007
300
2007
Beowulf & Grendel
2005
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
2005
The Game of Their Lives
2005
The Phantom of the Opera
2004
Dear Frankie
2004
Timeline
2003
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
Reign of Fire
2002
Shooters
2002
Jewel of the Sahara
2001
Please!
2001
Attila
2001
Dracula 2000
2000
Harrison's Flowers
2000
One More Kiss
1999
The Cherry Orchard
1999
Fast Food
1998
Tale of the Mummy
1998
Little White Lies
1998
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
Mrs Brown
1997