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).
Acting (68 movies)
300
2007
How to Train Your Dragon
2010
Dracula 2000
2000
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
Nim's Island
2008
The Ugly Truth
2009
Beowulf & Grendel
2005
Law Abiding Citizen
2009
P.S. I Love You
2007
Reign of Fire
2002
Dear Frankie
2004
Timeline
2003
Butterfly on a Wheel
2007
The Bounty Hunter
2010
The Phantom of the Opera
2004
RocknRolla
2008
The Game of Their Lives
2005
Tales of the Black Freighter
2009
Machine Gun Preacher
2011
Fast Food
1998
Little White Lies
1998
Mrs Brown
1997
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
2010
Gamer
2009
Guilty Hearts
2007
Chasing Mavericks
2012
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014
One More Kiss
1999
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
2011
Wrath of Gods
2007
Playing for Keeps
2012
Coriolanus
2011
Movie 43
2013
Shooters
2002
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
Last Seen Alive
2022
Gods of Egypt
2016
Please!
2001
In the Hand of Dante
2025
London Has Fallen
2016
Geostorm
2017
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
2005
How to Train Your Dragon
2025
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
A Family Man
2016
Hunter Killer
2018
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
2024
Harrison's Flowers
2000
Angel Has Fallen
2019
The Vanishing
2019
Den of Thieves
2018
Jewel of the Sahara
2001
The Cherry Orchard
1999
Greenland
2020
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
2025
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
2019
Plane
2023
Discovering Mavericks
2013
Kandahar
2023
Copshop
2021
Tale of the Mummy
1998
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
2027
Greenland 2: Migration
2026
Attila
2001
Love Reaches Everywhere
2020
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
Soaring to Life: The Making of How To Train Your Dragon
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Law Abiding Citizen | 2009 | Producer |
| Machine Gun Preacher | 2011 | Executive Producer |
| Chasing Mavericks | 2012 | Executive Producer |
| Playing for Keeps | 2012 | Producer |
| Olympus Has Fallen | 2013 | Producer |
| Septembers of Shiraz | 2015 | Producer |
| London Has Fallen | 2016 | Producer |
| A Family Man | 2016 | Producer |
| Den of Thieves | 2018 | Producer |
| Hunter Killer | 2018 | Producer |
| The Vanishing | 2019 | Producer |
| Them That Follow | 2019 | Producer |
| Angel Has Fallen | 2019 | Producer |
| Greenland | 2020 | Producer |
| Copshop | 2021 | Producer |
| Last Seen Alive | 2022 | Producer |
| Plane | 2023 | Producer |
| Kandahar | 2023 | Producer |
| The Bricklayer | 2023 | Producer |
| The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | 2025 | Producer |
| Greenland 2: Migration | 2026 | Producer |