
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 small 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 with Christopher Plummer and Jonny Lee Miller. He played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila (2001), then appeared in the films Reign of Fire with Christian Bale (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life with Angelina Jolie (2003) before playing André Marek in the adaptation of Michael Crichton's science fiction adventure Timeline (2003). He then was cast as Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera, with Emmy Rossum; it earned him a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor. Butler gained worldwide recognition for his portrayal of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film 300. That role earned him nominations for an Empire Award for Best Actor and a Saturn Award for Best Actor and a win for MTV Movie Award for Best Fight. He voiced Stoick the Vast in the critically and commercially successful How to Train Your Dragon franchise (2010–2019). Also in the 2010s, he portrayed Secret Service agent Mike Banning in the action thriller series Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, Angel Has Fallen and the upcoming Night Has Fallen. He played military leader Tullus Aufidius in the 2011 film Coriolanus, a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name, and Sam Childers in the 2011 action biopic Machine Gun Preacher.
Movie | Afterburn | 2024 | |
Movie | All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2024 |
Movie | Greenland: Migration | John Garrity | 2024 |
Movie | Night Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2024 |
Movie | Motor City | John Miller | 2024 |
Movie | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2024 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen Sequel | 2024 | |
Movie | Hair of the Dog | Mr. P | 2024 |
Movie | Remote Control | Michael Rafter | 2024 |
Series | ARK: The Animated Series | Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice) | 2024 |
Movie | salt & sea | Himself | 2024 |
Movie | Just Watch Me | Riley Wolfe | 2024 |
Movie | Plane | Brodie Torrance | 2023-01-12 |
Movie | Kandahar | Tom Harris | 2023-05-25 |
Movie | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) | 2023-06-30 |
Movie | Last Seen Alive | Will Spann | 2022-05-19 |
Movie | Copshop | Bob Viddick | 2021-09-09 |
Series | La semaine des 4 Julie | Self | 2020-01-06 |
Movie | Love Reaches Everywhere | 2020-05-30 | |
Movie | Greenland | John Garrity | 2020-07-29 |
Movie | The Vanishing | James | 2019-01-04 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2019-10-25 |
Movie | Angel Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2019-08-21 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Stoick (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
Movie | Hunter Killer | Captain Joe Glass | 2018-10-19 |
Series | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-28 |
Movie | Den of Thieves | Det. Nicholas O'Brien | 2018-01-18 |
Movie | Geostorm | Jake Lawson | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | A Family Man | Dane Jensen | 2017-05-18 |
Movie | London Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2016-03-02 |
Movie | Gods of Egypt | Set | 2016-02-25 |
Movie | 300: Rise of an Empire | Leonidas (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-03-05 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Stoick (voice) | 2014-06-05 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Movie | Discovering Mavericks | Self | 2013-11-01 |
Movie | Olympus Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2013-03-20 |
Series | The Frame | King Leonidas | 2013-04-09 |
Movie | Movie 43 | Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2013-01-24 |
Movie | Playing for Keeps | George | 2012-11-29 |
Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
Movie | Chasing Mavericks | Frosty Hesson | 2012-10-25 |
Movie | Coriolanus | Tullus Aufidius | 2011-02-14 |
Movie | Machine Gun Preacher | Sam Childers | 2011-09-23 |
Movie | Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2011-11-15 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
Movie | Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon | Stoick (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
Movie | The Bounty Hunter | Milo Boyd | 2010-03-16 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Clyde Alexander Shelton | 2009-10-15 |
Movie | The Ugly Truth | Mike Chadway | 2009-07-24 |
Movie | Gamer | Kable | 2009-09-03 |
Series | The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Tales of the Black Freighter | The Mariner (voice) | 2009-03-24 |
Movie | Nim's Island | Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover | 2008-04-03 |
Movie | RocknRolla | One-Two | 2008-09-04 |
Movie | 300 | King Leonidas | 2007-03-07 |
Movie | P.S. I Love You | Gerry | 2007-11-15 |
Movie | Butterfly on a Wheel | Neil Randall | 2007-07-27 |
Movie | Wrath of Gods | Self | 2007-05-06 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Guilty Hearts | Peter | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Prefect Cassius Chaerea | 2005-06-15 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
Movie | The Game of Their Lives | Frank Borghi | 2005-04-22 |
Movie | Beowulf & Grendel | Beowulf | 2005-09-14 |
Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom | 2004-12-08 |
Movie | Dear Frankie | The Stranger | 2004-05-18 |
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 |
Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
Movie | Shooters | Jackie Junior | 2002-01-25 |
Movie | Reign of Fire | Creedy | 2002-07-09 |
Movie | Attila | Atila the Hun | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Jewel of the Sahara | Captain Charles Belamy | 2001-06-28 |
Movie | Please! | Peter (as Gerry Butler) | 2001-05-04 |
Series | Attila | Attila the Hun | 2001-01-30 |
Movie | Dracula 2000 | Dracula | 2000-12-22 |
Movie | Harrison's Flowers | Chris Kumac | 2000-09-23 |
Series | Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married | Gus | 1999-11-08 |
Movie | One More Kiss | Sam | 1999-09-18 |
Movie | The Cherry Orchard | Yasha | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Burke | 1998-03-19 |
Movie | Little White Lies | Peter | 1998-06-17 |
Movie | Fast Food | Jacko | 1998-10-09 |
Series | The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | Marty Claymore | 1998-11-10 |
Series | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Unknown | 1997-10-24 |
Movie | Tomorrow Never Dies | Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire | 1997-12-11 |
Movie | Mrs Brown | Archie Brown | 1997-07-18 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | 1992-05-25 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981-02-14 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self | 1966-01-25 |