Birth Day: 1969-11-13
Place of birth: Paisley, Scotland, UK
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).
Credits
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As Stoick -
As John Garrity -
As Stoick -
As Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien -
As Louie / Pope Bonifacio VIII -
As Self -
As St. Nick (voice) -
As Brodie Torrance -
As Tom Harris -
As Will Spann -
As Bob Viddick -
As John Garrity -
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As Stoick (voice) -
As Mike Banning -
As Stoick (voice) -
As James -
As 'Big Nick' O'Brien -
As Captain Joe Glass -
As Jake Lawson -
As Dane Jensen -
As Mike Banning -
As Set -
As Stoick (voice) -
As Mike Banning -
As Self -
As Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") -
As (archive footage) -
As George -
As Frosty Hesson -
As Stoick the Vast (voice) -
As Sam Childers -
As Tullus Aufidius -
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As Milo Boyd -
As Stoick (voice) -
As Stoick (voice) -
As Mike Chadway -
As Clyde Alexander Shelton -
As Kable -
As The Mariner (voice) -
As Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover -
As One-Two -
As King Leonidas -
As Neil Randall -
As Peter -
As Self -
As Gerry -
As Beowulf -
As Prefect Cassius Chaerea -
As Frank Borghi -
As The Phantom -
As The Stranger -
As Andre Marek -
As Terry Sheridan -
As Creedy -
As Jackie Junior -
As Atila the Hun -
As Peter (as Gerry Butler) -
As Captain Charles Belamy -
As Dracula -
As Chris Kumac -
As Yasha -
As Sam -
As Jacko -
As Burke -
As Peter -
As Archie Brown -
As HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman -
As Riley Wolfe
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As Mike Banning
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As King Kula (voice) -
As Mr. P
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As Russian Gymnast Fan -
As Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien -
As Rhett Westermark
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As Michael Rafter