
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 | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2024 |
Movie | Motor City | John Miller | 2024 |
Movie | Afterburn | 2024 | |
Movie | Night Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2024 |
Movie | All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2024 |
Movie | Remote Control | Michael Rafter | 2024 |
Movie | Just Watch Me | Riley Wolfe | 2024 |
Movie | Hair of the Dog | Mr. P | 2024 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen Sequel | 2024 | |
Movie | Greenland: Migration | John Garrity | 2024 |
Series | ARK: The Animated Series | Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice) | 2024 |
Movie | salt & sea | Himself | 2024 |
Movie | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) | 2023-06-30 |
Movie | Plane | Brodie Torrance | 2023-01-12 |
Movie | Kandahar | Tom Harris | 2023-05-25 |
Movie | Last Seen Alive | Will Spann | 2022-05-19 |
Movie | Copshop | Bob Viddick | 2021-09-09 |
Movie | Greenland | John Garrity | 2020-07-29 |
Series | La semaine des 4 Julie | Self | 2020-01-06 |
Movie | Love Reaches Everywhere | 2020-05-30 | |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Stoick (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
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 | Den of Thieves | Det. Nicholas O'Brien | 2018-01-18 |
Series | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-28 |
Movie | Hunter Killer | Captain Joe Glass | 2018-10-19 |
Movie | Geostorm | Jake Lawson | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | A Family Man | Dane Jensen | 2017-05-18 |
Movie | Gods of Egypt | Set | 2016-02-25 |
Movie | London Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2016-03-02 |
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") | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | Chasing Mavericks | Frosty Hesson | 2012-10-25 |
Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
Movie | Playing for Keeps | George | 2012-11-29 |
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 | Tales of the Black Freighter | The Mariner (voice) | 2009-03-24 |
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 | 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 | The Game of Their Lives | Frank Borghi | 2005-04-22 |
Movie | Beowulf & Grendel | Beowulf | 2005-09-14 |
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 | Dear Frankie | The Stranger | 2004-05-18 |
Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom | 2004-12-08 |
Movie | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | Terry Sheridan | 2003-07-21 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Timeline | Andre Marek | 2003-11-26 |
Movie | Shooters | Jackie Junior | 2002-01-25 |
Movie | Reign of Fire | Creedy | 2002-07-09 |
Series | The Jury | Johnnie Donne | 2002-02-17 |
Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
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 | Harrison's Flowers | Chris Kumac | 2000-09-23 |
Movie | Dracula 2000 | Dracula | 2000-12-22 |
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 |
Series | The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | Marty Claymore | 1998-11-10 |
Movie | Fast Food | Jacko | 1998-10-09 |
Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Burke | 1998-03-19 |
Movie | Tomorrow Never Dies | Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire | 1997-12-11 |
Movie | Mrs Brown | Archie Brown | 1997-07-18 |
Series | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Unknown | 1997-10-24 |
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 | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self | 1966-01-25 |