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Gerard Butler

Actor, ProducerBorn November 13, 1969 (55 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Gamer
  • Movie 43
  • Machine Gun Preacher
  • Shattered
  • Coriolanus
  • The Vanishing
  • The Game of Their Lives

Known For

  • 300
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • Olympus Has Fallen
  • RocknRolla
  • London Has Fallen
  • Law Abiding Citizen
  • Greenland
  • Gamer
  • Den of Thieves
  • The Bounty Hunter
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2
  • Geostorm
  • The Ugly Truth
  • Angel Has Fallen
  • P.S. I Love You
  • Plane
  • Hunter Killer
  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
  • Machine Gun Preacher
  • Gods of Egypt
  • Copshop
  • Kandahar
  • Dracula 2000

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2027
    How to Train Your Dragon 2 · as Stoick The Vast
    2025
    Greenland: Migration · as John Garrity
    2025
    Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin · as King Kula (voice)
    2025
    How to Train Your Dragon · as Stoick The Vast
    2025
    Den of Thieves: Pantera · as Nicholas "big Nick" O'brien
    2024
    2024
    ARK: The Animated Series (TV Series) · as Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice)
    2023
    Kandahar · as Tom Harris
    2023
    Plane · as Brodie Torrance
    2022
    Last Seen Alive · as Will Spann
    2021
    Copshop · as Bob Viddick
    2020
    Greenland · as John Garrity
    2019
    How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming · as Stoick The Vast (voice)
    2019
    Angel Has Fallen · as Mike Banning
    2019
    2018
    2018
    Hunter Killer · as Captain Joe Glass
    2018
    Den of Thieves · as "big Nick" O'brien
    2017
    Geostorm · as Jake Lawson
    2016
    A Family Man · as Dane Jensen
    2016
    London Has Fallen · as Mike Banning
    2016
    Gods of Egypt · as Set
    2014
    How to Train Your Dragon 2 · as Stoick (voice)
    2013
    The Frame (TV Series) · as King Leonidas
    2013
    Olympus Has Fallen · as Mike Banning
    2013
    Movie 43 · as Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "happy Birthday")
    2012
    Playing for Keeps · as George
    2012
    Chasing Mavericks · as Frosty Hesson
    2012
    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage)
    2011
    Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury · as Stoick The Vast (voice)
    2011
    2011
    Coriolanus · as Tullus Aufidius
    2010
    2010
    The Talk (TV Series) · as Himseif
    2010
    2010
    How to Train Your Dragon · as Stoick (voice)
    2010
    The Bounty Hunter · as Milo Boyd
    2009
    Law Abiding Citizen · as Clyde Alexander Shelton
    2009
    Gamer · as Kable
    2009
    The Ugly Truth · as Mike Chadway
    2009
    Tales of the Black Freighter · as The Mariner (voice)
    2008
    RocknRolla · as One-Two
    2008
    Nim's Island · as Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
    2007
    P.S. I Love You · as Gerry
    2007
    Shattered · as Neil Randall
    2007
    Guys Choice · as King Leonidas
    2006
    300 · as King Leonidas
    2006
    Shadow Company · as James Ashcroft
    2006
    Guilty Hearts · as Peter
    2005
    Beowulf & Grendel · as Beowulf
    2005
    2005
    Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula · as Prefect Cassius Chaerea
    2004
    The Phantom of the Opera · as The Phantom
    2004
    Dear Frankie · as The Stranger
    2003
    Timeline · as Andre Marek
    2003
    2002
    Reign of Fire · as Creedy
    2002
    The Jury (TV Series) · as Johnnie Donne
    2002
    Shooters · as Jackie Junior
    2001
    Please! · as Peter (as Gerry Butler)
    2001
    Attila (TV Series) · as Attila The Hun
    2001
    Attila · as Atila The Hun
    2000
    Dracula 2000 · as Dracula
    2000
    Harrison's Flowers · as Chris Kumac
    1999
    Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married (TV Series) · as Gus
    1999
    One More Kiss · as Sam
    1999
    The Cherry Orchard · as Yasha
    1998
    The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star (TV Series) · as Marty Claymore
    1998
    Fast Food · as Jacko
    1998
    Tale of the Mummy · as Burke
    1998
    Little White Lies · as Peter
    1997
    Tomorrow Never Dies · as Leading Seaman - Hms Devonshire
    1997
    1997
    Mrs. Brown · as Archie Brown
    All-Star Weekend · as Russian Gymnast Fan

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