
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 | Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) | 2025-06-28 |
Movie | salt & sea | Himself | 2024 |
Movie | Motor City | John Miller | 2024 |
Series | ARK: The Animated Series | Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice) | 2024 |
Movie | Greenland: Migration | John Garrity | 2024 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen Sequel | 2024 | |
Movie | The Authority | Jack Hawksmoor | 2024 |
Movie | Hair of the Dog | Mr. P | 2024 |
Movie | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2024 |
Movie | Afterburn | Unknown | 2024 |
Movie | All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2024 |
Movie | Remote Control | Michael Rafter | 2024 |
Movie | Night Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2024 |
Movie | Just Watch Me | Riley Wolfe | 2024 |
Movie | Plane | Brodie Torrance | 2023-01-12 |
Movie | Kandahar | Tom Harris | 2023-05-25 |
Movie | Last Seen Alive | Will Spann | 2022-05-12 |
Movie | Copshop | Bob Viddick | 2021-09-09 |
Movie | Greenland | John Garrity | 2020-07-29 |
Movie | Love Reaches Everywhere | 2020-05-30 | |
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 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Stoick (voice) | 2019-01-03 |
Movie | The Vanishing | James | 2019-01-04 |
Movie | Angel Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2019-08-21 |
Series | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-28 |
Movie | Hunter Killer | Captain Joe Glass | 2018-10-19 |
Movie | Den of Thieves | Det. Nicholas O'Brien | 2018-01-18 |
Movie | Geostorm | Jake Lawson | 2017-10-12 |
Movie | A Family Man | Dane Jensen | 2016-09-13 |
Movie | Gods of Egypt | Set | 2016-02-25 |
Movie | London Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2016-03-02 |
Movie | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Stoick (voice) | 2014-06-05 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Movie | 300: Rise of an Empire | Leonidas (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-03-05 |
Movie | Discovering Mavericks | Self | 2013-11-01 |
Movie | Movie 43 | Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2013-01-24 |
Series | The Frame | King Leonidas | 2013-04-09 |
Movie | Olympus Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2013-03-20 |
Movie | Playing for Keeps | George | 2012-11-29 |
Movie | Chasing Mavericks | Frosty Hesson | 2012-10-25 |
Series | DreamWorks Dragons | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2012-08-07 |
Movie | Coriolanus | Tullus Aufidius | 2011-02-14 |
Movie | Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2011-11-15 |
Movie | Machine Gun Preacher | Sam Childers | 2011-09-23 |
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 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Law Abiding Citizen | Clyde Alexander Shelton | 2009-10-15 |
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 | Tales of the Black Freighter | The Mariner (voice) | 2009-03-24 |
Movie | RocknRolla | One-Two | 2008-09-04 |
Movie | Nim's Island | Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover | 2008-04-03 |
Movie | Butterfly on a Wheel | Neil Randall | 2007-07-27 |
Movie | P.S. I Love You | Gerry | 2007-11-15 |
Movie | 300 | King Leonidas | 2007-03-07 |
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 | Beowulf & Grendel | Beowulf | 2005-09-14 |
Movie | Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Prefect Cassius Chaerea | 2005-06-15 |
Movie | The Game of Their Lives | Frank Borghi | 2005-04-22 |
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 | 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 | Shooters | Jackie Junior | 2002-01-25 |
Series | HypaSpace | Self | 2002-05-13 |
Movie | Reign of Fire | Creedy | 2002-07-09 |
Movie | Jewel of the Sahara | Captain Charles Belamy | 2001-06-28 |
Movie | Please! | Peter (as Gerry Butler) | 2001-05-04 |
Movie | Attila | Atila the Hun | 2001-01-01 |
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 | The Cherry Orchard | Yasha | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | One More Kiss | Sam | 1999-09-18 |
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 |