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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gerard Butler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2027 · How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Stoick the Vast
- 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 2: Pantera as Nicholas "Big Nick" O'Brien
- 2024 · The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland as St. Nick (voice)
- 2024 · ARK: The Animated Series as Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice)
- 2023 · Kandahar as Tom Harris
- 2023 · Plane as Brodie Torrance
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 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 (voice)
- 2019 · Angel Has Fallen as Mike Banning
- 2019 · The Vanishing as James
- 2019 · How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Stoick (voice)
- 2018 · Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj as Self (archive footage)
- 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
- 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 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10 as
- 2011 · Coriolanus as Tullus Aufidius
- 2010 · Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon as Stoick (voice)
- 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 · 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 · Guilty Hearts as Peter
- 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
- 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 · 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 · The Cherry Orchard as Yasha
- 1998 · The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star as Marty Claymore
- Future · Night Has Fallen as Mike Banning
- Future · All-Star Weekend as Russian Gymnast Fan
- Future · In the Hand of Dante as
- 2001 · Please! as Peter (as Gerry Butler)
- 1999 · One More Kiss as Sam
- 1998 · Fast Food as Jacko
- 1998 · Tale of the Mummy as Burke
- 1997 · An Unsuitable Job for a Woman as
- Future · Greenland: Migration as John Garrity
- 1998 · Little White Lies as Peter
- 1997 · Mrs Brown as Archie Brown
- Future · Den of Thieves 3 as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
- Future · Remote Control as Michael Rafter
- 2001 · Jewel of the Sahara as Captain Charles Belamy
- 1997 · Tomorrow Never Dies as Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Future · Hair of the Dog as Mr. P
- Future · Just Watch Me as Riley Wolfe
- Future · Empire State as Rhett Westermark