Gerard Butler

Acting · 7.1 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

300

20077.2

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

20197.8

Greenland

20207.1

The Ugly Truth

20096.5

Hunter Killer

20186.9

Den of Thieves

20186.9

Geostorm

20176.1

Gods of Egypt

20165.7

Law Abiding Citizen

20097.4

Olympus Has Fallen

20136.4

Movie 43

20134.7

Angel Has Fallen

20196.6

Tomorrow Never Dies

19976.4

London Has Fallen

20166.2

Plane

20236.9

The Phantom of the Opera

20047.3

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

20256.6

Reign of Fire

20026.2

P.S. I Love You

20077.2

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

20198.0

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

20035.8

Kandahar

20236.8

Timeline

20035.7

Gamer

20095.7

Last Seen Alive

20226.4

In the Hand of Dante

20265.5

RocknRolla

20086.9

Copshop

20216.3

Nim's Island

20085.9

The Bounty Hunter

20105.8

Dracula 2000

20005.2

Machine Gun Preacher

20116.7

Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon

20107.1

A Family Man

20166.7

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

20117.3

The Vanishing

20195.8

Butterfly on a Wheel

20076.4

Coriolanus

20115.8

Attila

20017.3

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

20127.5

Mrs Brown

19976.8

Playing for Keeps

20125.7

Chasing Mavericks

20127.0

Dear Frankie

20047.1

Beowulf & Grendel

20055.6

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2027

Everyone Is Lying to You for Money

20265.0

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

2026

Tales of the Black Freighter

20096.6

Wrath of Gods

20075.0

Harrison's Flowers

20006.5

Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy

19984.7

Empire City

2026

The Game of Their Lives

20055.9

Love Reaches Everywhere

2020

Night Has Fallen

2026

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

2011

Guilty Hearts

20075.8

Shooters

20025.5

The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland

20246.1

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

20055.8

The Cherry Orchard

19995.0

Den of Thieves 3

2026

The Nest

2026

All-Star Weekend

2026

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

20257.0

Just Watch Me

2026

One More Kiss

19995.5

Please!

20015.9

Fast Food

19983.7

Discovering Mavericks

20133.0

Jewel of the Sahara

20017.8

Hair of the Dog

2026

Little White Lies

19984.0

Remote Control

2026