Gerard Butler
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 small 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 with Christopher Plummer and Jonny Lee Miller. He played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila (2001), then appeared in the films Reign of Fire with Christian Bale (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life with Angelina Jolie (2003) before playing André Marek in the adaptation of Michael Crichton's science fiction adventure Timeline (2003). He then was cast as Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera, with Emmy Rossum; it earned him a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor. Butler gained worldwide recognition for his portrayal of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film 300. That role earned him nominations for an Empire Award for Best Actor and a Saturn Award for Best Actor and a win for MTV Movie Award for Best Fight. He voiced Stoick the Vast in the critically and commercially successful How to Train Your Dragon franchise (2010–2019). Also in the 2010s, he portrayed Secret Service agent Mike Banning in the action thriller series Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, Angel Has Fallen and the upcoming Night Has Fallen. He played military leader Tullus Aufidius in the 2011 film Coriolanus, a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name, and Sam Childers in the 2011 action biopic Machine Gun Preacher.
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- 2025 · Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin as King Kula (voice)
- 2025 · How to Train Your Dragon as Stoick the Vast
- 2025 · Greenland: Migration as John Garrity
- 2025 · Den of Thieves 2: Pantera as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
- 2024 · ARK: The Animated 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
- 2020 · Love Reaches Everywhere as
- 2020 · La semaine des 4 Julie as Self
- 2019 · How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming as Stoick the Vast (voice)
- 2019 · Angel Has Fallen as Mike Banning
- 2019 · The Vanishing as James
- 2019 · How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Stoick the Vast (voice)
- 2018 · Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Hunter Killer as Captain Joe Glass
- 2018 · Den of Thieves as Det. Nicholas 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
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2014 · How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Stoick (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Discovering Mavericks as Self
- 2013 · The Frame 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 · DreamWorks Dragons as Stoick the Vast (voice)
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury as Stoick the Vast (voice)
- 2011 · Machine Gun Preacher as Sam Childers
- 2011 · Coriolanus as Tullus Aufidius
- 2010 · Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon as Stoick (voice)
- 2010 · How to Train Your Dragon as Stoick the Vast (voice)
- 2010 · The Bounty Hunter as Milo Boyd
- 2009 · Law Abiding Citizen as Clyde Alexander Shelton
- 2009 · The Jay Leno Show as Self
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Gamer as Kable
- 2009 · The Ugly Truth as Mike Chadway
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 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 · Butterfly on a Wheel as Neil Randall
- 2007 · Wrath of Gods as Self
- 2007 · 300 as King Leonidas
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Guilty Hearts as Peter
- 2005 · Beowulf & Grendel as Beowulf
- 2005 · Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula as Prefect Cassius Chaerea
- 2005 · The Game of Their Lives as Frank Borghi
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · The Phantom of the Opera as The Phantom
- 2004 · Dear Frankie as The Stranger
- 2003 · Timeline as Andre Marek
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life as Terry Sheridan
- 2002 · Reign of Fire as Creedy
- 2002 · HypaSpace as Self
- 2002 · The Jury as Johnnie Donne
- 2002 · Shooters as Jackie Junior
- 2001 · Jewel of the Sahara as Captain Charles Belamy
- 2001 · Please! as Peter (as Gerry Butler)
- 2001 · Attila 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 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 as Marty Claymore
- 1998 · Fast Food as Jacko
- 1998 · Little White Lies as Peter
- 1998 · Tale of the Mummy as Burke
- 1997 · Tomorrow Never Dies as Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire
- 1997 · An Unsuitable Job for a Woman as
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1997 · Mrs Brown as Archie Brown
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 2024 · Hair of the Dog as Mr. P
- 2024 · Just Watch Me as Riley Wolfe
- 2024 · In the Hand of Dante as
- 2024 · Empire State as Rhett Westermark
- 2024 · The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland as St. Nick (voice)
- 2024 · All-Star Weekend as Russian Gymnast Fan
- 2024 · Remote Control as Michael Rafter
- 2024 · Night Has Fallen as Mike Banning