Gerard Butler

Acting · 6.8 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: November 13, 1969
From: Paisley, Scotland, UK

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).

Works

79 films

Greenland 2: Migration

20266.4

How to Train Your Dragon

20257.9

How to Train Your Dragon

20107.9

How to Train Your Dragon 2

20147.7

Greenland

20207.1

300

20077.2

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

20197.8

The Ugly Truth

20096.5

Geostorm

20176.1

Hunter Killer

20186.9

Den of Thieves

20186.9

Law Abiding Citizen

20097.4

Gods of Egypt

20165.7

Angel Has Fallen

20196.6

Olympus Has Fallen

20136.4

Movie 43

20134.7

London Has Fallen

20166.2

Plane

20236.9

Tomorrow Never Dies

19976.4

The Phantom of the Opera

20047.3

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

20256.6

Reign of Fire

20026.2

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

20198.0

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

20035.8

P.S. I Love You

20077.2

Kandahar

20236.8

Copshop

20216.3

Gamer

20095.7

Timeline

20035.7

RocknRolla

20086.9

In the Hand of Dante

20265.5

Last Seen Alive

20226.4

The Bounty Hunter

20105.8

Nim's Island

20085.9

Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon

20107.1

Dracula 2000

20005.2

Machine Gun Preacher

20116.7

The Vanishing

20195.8

A Family Man

20166.7

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

20117.3

Butterfly on a Wheel

20076.4

Coriolanus

20115.8

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

20127.5

Beowulf & Grendel

20055.6

Mrs Brown

19976.8

Chasing Mavericks

20127.0

Playing for Keeps

20125.7

Everyone Is Lying to You for Money

20265.0

Attila

20017.3

Dear Frankie

20047.1

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2027

Harrison's Flowers

20006.5

Tales of the Black Freighter

20096.6

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

2026

Empire City

2026

Wrath of Gods

20075.0

Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy

19984.7

The Game of Their Lives

20055.9

Shooters

20025.5

Love Reaches Everywhere

2020

Night Has Fallen

2026

Guilty Hearts

20075.8

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

2011

The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland

20246.1

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

20055.8

All-Star Weekend

2026

Please!

20015.9

The Cherry Orchard

19995.0

Den of Thieves 3

2026

The Nest

2026

Jewel of the Sahara

20017.8

Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon

20257.0

Fast Food

19983.7

Discovering Mavericks

20133.0

Just Watch Me

2026

Little White Lies

19984.0

One More Kiss

19995.5

Hair of the Dog

2026

Remote Control

2026