Gerard Butler
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
106
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
Greenland 2: Migration
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Saturday Night Live
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Greenland
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Graham Norton Show
Jeopardy!
Leute heute
How to Train Your Dragon
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Wetten, dass..?
Sherri
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
How to Train Your Dragon
The Jay Leno Show
How to Train Your Dragon 2
GMTV
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Hunter Killer
La semaine des 4 Julie
Kandahar
300
Goldene Kamera
Dracula 2000
Den of Thieves
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Attila
Mrs Brown
Geostorm
Law Abiding Citizen
Olympus Has Fallen
Butterfly on a Wheel
Angel Has Fallen
Last Seen Alive
Plane
Gods of Egypt
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
Tomorrow Never Dies
London Has Fallen
Copshop
Movie 43
Empire City
The Phantom of the Opera
One More Kiss
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Wrath of Gods
Please!
The Ugly Truth
The Frame
P.S. I Love You
Attila
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
Night Has Fallen
Harrison's Flowers
Gamer
RocknRolla
ARK: The Animated Series
Timeline
Shooters
Reign of Fire
The Jury
The Bounty Hunter
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
HypaSpace
Chasing Mavericks
Machine Gun Preacher
The Vanishing
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
Coriolanus
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
A Family Man
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Playing for Keeps
Beowulf & Grendel
Nim's Island
Dear Frankie
In the Hand of Dante
Tale of the Mummy
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Tales of the Black Freighter
Live from Studio Five
Hair of the Dog
Just Watch Me
The Game of Their Lives
The Cherry Orchard
Den of Thieves 3
All-Star Weekend
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
Jewel of the Sahara
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Remote Control
Love Reaches Everywhere
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Fast Food
Guilty Hearts
Discovering Mavericks
Little White Lies
