Actor

Gerard Butler

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).

Notable work

7.2
300 (2007)
as King Leonidas
7.9
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
as Stoick (voice)
7.7
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
as Stoick (voice)
7.8
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
as Stoick (voice)
6.4
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
as Mike Banning
7.4
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
as Clyde Alexander Shelton
7.1
Greenland (2020)
as John Garrity
6.1
Geostorm (2017)
as Jake Lawson
6.2
London Has Fallen (2016)
as Mike Banning
5.8
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
as Terry Sheridan
5.7
Gods of Egypt (2016)
as Set
6.6
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
as Mike Banning

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