Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1969-11-13 (Age: 57)
Place of Birth
Paisley, Scotland, UK
Gerard Butler
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).
Filmography (70)
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2027
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
2026
Greenland 2: Migration
2026
In the Hand of Dante
2025
How to Train Your Dragon
2025
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
2025
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
2025
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
2024
Kandahar
2023
Plane
2023
Last Seen Alive
2022
Copshop
2021
Greenland
2020
Love Reaches Everywhere
2020
