Gerard Butler
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
105
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-11-13 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Paisley, Scotland, UK
Gerard Butler
Biography
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).
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
How to Train Your Dragon
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jeopardy!
Sherri
Leute heute
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Wetten, dass..?
La semaine des 4 Julie
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Gods of Egypt
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
300
Law Abiding Citizen
GMTV
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
Goldene Kamera
Greenland
Den of Thieves
Olympus Has Fallen
Coriolanus
Angel Has Fallen
Copshop
Greenland 2: Migration
Hunter Killer
Kandahar
London Has Fallen
Tomorrow Never Dies
The Phantom of the Opera
Geostorm
The Jay Leno Show
The Ugly Truth
Plane
Movie 43
Dracula 2000
Beowulf & Grendel
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Playing for Keeps
Last Seen Alive
Night Has Fallen
Attila
Chasing Mavericks
ARK: The Animated Series
Reign of Fire
The Frame
P.S. I Love You
Machine Gun Preacher
Mrs Brown
RocknRolla
Timeline
Attila
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Wrath of Gods
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
Fast Food
Gamer
Shooters
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
Please!
Nim's Island
Guilty Hearts
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
The Bounty Hunter
The Jury
A Family Man
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Butterfly on a Wheel
HypaSpace
Tales of the Black Freighter
All-Star Weekend
Harrison's Flowers
In the Hand of Dante
The Vanishing
Tale of the Mummy
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Empire City
Empire City
Den of Thieves 3
Dear Frankie
The Cherry Orchard
Remote Control
The Game of Their Lives
Jewel of the Sahara
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
One More Kiss
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
Live from Studio Five
Hair of the Dog
Discovering Mavericks
Little White Lies
Just Watch Me
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Love Reaches Everywhere
