Gerard Butler
Acting
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).
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Filmography of
Gerard Butler
John Garrity
... 2026
Louie / Pope Bonifacio VIII
... 2025
Stoick
... 2025
... 2025
Nicholas "Big Nick" O'Brien
... 2025
St. Nick (voice)
... 2024
Tom Harris
... 2023
Brodie Torrance
... 2023
Will Spann
... 2022
Bob Viddick
... 2021
John Garrity
... 2020
... 2020
Stoick (voice)
... 2019
Mike Banning
... 2019
James
... 2019
Stoick (voice)
... 2019
Captain Joe Glass
... 2018
"Big Nick" O'Brien
... 2018
Jake Lawson
... 2017
Dane Jensen
... 2016
Mike Banning
... 2016
Set
... 2016
Stoick (voice)
... 2014
... 2013
Mike Banning
... 2013
Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
... 2013
George
... 2012
Frosty Hesson
... 2012
(archive footage)
... 2012
Stoick the Vast (voice)
... 2011
Sam Childers
... 2011
Tullus Aufidius
... 2011
Stoick (voice)
... 2010
Stoick (voice)
... 2010
Milo Boyd
... 2010
Clyde Alexander Shelton
... 2009
Kable
... 2009
Mike Chadway
... 2009
The Mariner (voice)
... 2009
One-Two
... 2008
Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
... 2008
Gerry
... 2007
Peter
... 2007
Neil Randall
... 2007
Self
... 2007
King Leonidas
... 2007
Beowulf
... 2005
Prefect Cassius Chaerea
... 2005
Frank Borghi
... 2005
The Phantom
... 2004
The Stranger
... 2004
Andre Marek
... 2003
Terry Sheridan
... 2003
Creedy
... 2002
Jackie Junior
... 2002
Captain Charles Belamy
... 2001
Peter (as Gerry Butler)
... 2001
Atila the Hun
... 2001
Dracula
... 2000
Chris Kumac
... 2000
Sam
... 1999
Yasha
... 1999
Jacko
... 1998
Burke
... 1998
Peter
... 1998
HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman
... 1997
Archie Brown
... 1997
Mr. P
Riley Wolfe
Rhett Westermark
Russian Gymnast Fan
Michael Rafter
Mike Banning
King Kula (voice)
Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien