Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 13, 1969
Place of Birth
Paisley, Scotland, UK
Credits
117 titles
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).
Known For
Filmography
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Stoick
Street Smart
Executive Producer
In the Hand of Dante
Louie / Pope Bonifacio
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
Self
Greenland 2: Migration
John Garrity
How to Train Your Dragon
Stoick
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
Self
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
St. Nick (voice)
Paris Has Fallen
Executive Producer
ARK: The Animated Series
Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice)
The Bricklayer
Producer
Kandahar
Tom Harris
Plane
Brodie Torrance
Sherri
Self - Guest
Last Seen Alive
Will Spann
Copshop
Bob Viddick
Greenland
John Garrity
Love Reaches Everywhere
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
Stoick (voice)
Angel Has Fallen
Mike Banning
Them That Follow
Producer
The Vanishing
James
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Stoick (voice)
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Self (archive footage)
Hunter Killer
Captain Joe Glass
Den of Thieves
'Big Nick' O'Brien
Geostorm
Jake Lawson
Steve
Self
A Family Man
Dane Jensen
London Has Fallen
Mike Banning
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Gods of Egypt
Set
Septembers of Shiraz
Producer
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Stoick (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Discovering Mavericks
Self
The Frame
King Leonidas
Olympus Has Fallen
Mike Banning
Movie 43
Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
Playing for Keeps
George
Chasing Mavericks
Frosty Hesson
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Stoick the Vast (voice)
Machine Gun Preacher
Sam Childers
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Coriolanus
Tullus Aufidius