
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 | All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2024 |
Series | ARK: The Animated Series | Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice) | 2024 |
Movie | Night Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2024 |
Movie | Motor City | John Miller | 2024 |
Movie | Remote Control | Michael Rafter | 2024 |
Movie | Afterburn | Unknown | 2024 |
Movie | Kandahar | Tom Harris | 2024 |
Movie | salt & sea | Himself | 2024 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen Sequel | 2024 | |
Movie | The Making Of How To Train Your Dragon | Self | 2024 |
Movie | Hair of the Dog | Mr. P | 2024 |
Movie | Greenland: Migration | John Garrity | 2024 |
Movie | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2024 |
Movie | Just Watch Me | Riley Wolfe | 2024 |
Movie | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) | 2023-06-30 |
Movie | Plane | Brodie Torrance | 2023-01-13 |
Movie | Last Seen Alive | Will Spann | 2022-05-19 |
Movie | Copshop | Bob Viddick | 2021-09-09 |
Movie | Love Reaches Everywhere | 2020-05-30 | |
Movie | Greenland | John Garrity | 2020-07-29 |
Series | La semaine des 4 Julie | Self | 2020-01-06 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2019-10-25 |
Movie | Angel Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2019-08-21 |
Movie | The Vanishing | James | 2019-01-04 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Stoick (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
Movie | Hunter Killer | Captain Joe Glass | 2018-10-19 |
Movie | Den of Thieves | Det. Nicholas O'Brien | 2018-01-18 |
Series | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-28 |
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 | 2014-02-24 |
Series | The Frame | King Leonidas | 2013-04-09 |
Movie | Olympus Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2013-03-20 |
Movie | Discovering Mavericks | Self | 2013-11-01 |
Movie | Movie 43 | Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2013-01-01 |
Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
Movie | Playing for Keeps | George | 2012-11-29 |
Movie | Chasing Mavericks | Frosty Hesson | 2012-10-25 |
Movie | Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2011-11-15 |
Movie | Machine Gun Preacher | Sam Childers | 2011-09-23 |
Movie | Coriolanus | Tullus Aufidius | 2011-02-14 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2010-03-18 |
Movie | The Bounty Hunter | Milo Boyd | 2010-03-16 |
Movie | Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon | Stoick (voice) | 2010-10-14 |
Movie | Tales of the Black Freighter | The Mariner (voice) | 2009-03-24 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Clyde Alexander Shelton | 2009-10-15 |
Movie | Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut | Unknown | 2009-11-03 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Series | The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Gamer | Kable | 2009-09-03 |
Movie | The Ugly Truth | Mike Chadway | 2009-07-24 |
Movie | Nim's Island | Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover | 2008-04-03 |
Movie | RocknRolla | One-Two | 2008-09-04 |
Movie | P.S. I Love You | Gerry | 2007-11-15 |
Movie | Butterfly on a Wheel | Neil Randall | 2007-07-27 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | 300 | King Leonidas | 2007-03-07 |
Movie | Wrath of Gods | Self | 2007-05-06 |
Movie | Guilty Hearts | Peter | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Prefect Cassius Chaerea | 2005-06-15 |
Movie | Beowulf & Grendel | Beowulf | 2005-09-14 |
Movie | The Game of Their Lives | Frank Borghi | 2005-04-22 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom | 2004-12-08 |
Movie | Dear Frankie | The Stranger | 2004-05-18 |
Movie | Timeline | Andre Marek | 2003-11-26 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | Terry Sheridan | 2003-07-21 |
Series | The Jury | Johnnie Donne | 2002-02-17 |
Movie | Reign of Fire | Creedy | 2002-07-09 |
Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
Movie | Shooters | Jackie Junior | 2002-01-25 |
Movie | Please! | Peter (as Gerry Butler) | 2001-05-04 |
Movie | Jewel of the Sahara | Captain Charles Belamy | 2001-06-28 |
Series | Attila | Attila the Hun | 2001-01-30 |
Movie | Attila | Atila the Hun | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Dracula 2000 | Dracula | 2000-12-22 |
Movie | Harrison's Flowers | Chris Kumac | 2000-09-23 |
Movie | The Cherry Orchard | Yasha | 1999-01-01 |
Series | Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married | Gus | 1999-11-08 |
Movie | One More Kiss | Sam | 1999-09-18 |
Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Burke | 1998-03-19 |
Movie | Fast Food | Jacko | 1998-10-09 |
Series | The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | Marty Claymore | 1998-11-10 |
Movie | Tomorrow Never Dies | Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire | 1997-12-11 |
Series | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Unknown | 1997-10-24 |
Movie | Mrs Brown | Archie Brown | 1997-07-18 |
Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | 1992-05-25 |
Series | Wanna Bet? | Self | 1981-02-14 |
Series | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self | 1966-01-25 |