Gerard Butler
Known for Acting · 109 credits
- Born
- 1969-11-13 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Paisley, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- Gerard James 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).
Known For
TV Shows (30)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
Jeopardy!
1984
as Self - Clue Presenter
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest / Self - Mean Tweets
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
Steve
2017
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
La semaine des 4 Julie
2020
as Self
The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
GMTV
1993
as Self
The Frame
2013
as King Leonidas
The Jury
2002
as Johnnie Donne
ARK: The Animated Series
2024
as Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice)
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Attila
2001
as Attila the Hun
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1997
as Tim Bolton
HypaSpace
2002
as Self
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
1999
as Gus
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
1998
as Marty Claymore
Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
Movies (79)
Greenland 2: Migration
2026
as John Garrity
How to Train Your Dragon
2025
as Stoick
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014
as Stoick (voice)
How to Train Your Dragon
2010
as Stoick (voice)
300
2007
as King Leonidas
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019
as Stoick (voice)
Greenland
2020
as John Garrity
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
as Mike Banning
Angel Has Fallen
2019
as Mike Banning
Geostorm
2017
as Jake Lawson
Den of Thieves
2018
as 'Big Nick' O'Brien
Gods of Egypt
2016
as Set
Law Abiding Citizen
2009
as Clyde Alexander Shelton
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
as Terry Sheridan
London Has Fallen
2016
as Mike Banning
Plane
2023
as Brodie Torrance
Movie 43
2013
as Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
Kandahar
2023
as Tom Harris
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
2025
as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
The Phantom of the Opera
2004
as The Phantom
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
2019
as Stoick (voice)
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman
Hunter Killer
2018
as Captain Joe Glass
In the Hand of Dante
2026
as Louie / Pope Bonifacio
Reign of Fire
2002
as Creedy
P.S. I Love You
2007
as Gerry
The Ugly Truth
2009
as Mike Chadway
RocknRolla
2008
as One-Two
Timeline
2003
as Andre Marek
Machine Gun Preacher
2011
as Sam Childers
Gamer
2009
as Kable
Last Seen Alive
2022
as Will Spann
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
2011
as Stoick the Vast (voice)
Dracula 2000
2000
as Dracula
The Bounty Hunter
2010
as Milo Boyd
Copshop
2021
as Bob Viddick
The Vanishing
2019
as James
Empire City
as Rhett Westermark
Playing for Keeps
2012
as George
Attila
2001
as Atila the Hun
Butterfly on a Wheel
2007
as Neil Randall
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2027
as Stoick
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
2010
as Stoick (voice)
Nim's Island
2008
as Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
Coriolanus
2011
as Tullus Aufidius
Wrath of Gods
2007
as Self
A Family Man
2016
as Dane Jensen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Beowulf & Grendel
2005
as Beowulf
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
2026
as Self
Chasing Mavericks
2012
as Frosty Hesson
Love Reaches Everywhere
2020
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as King Kula (voice)
Night Has Fallen
as Mike Banning
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
1998
as Burke
The Game of Their Lives
2005
as Frank Borghi
Harrison's Flowers
2000
as Chris Kumac
Dear Frankie
2004
as The Stranger
Mrs Brown
1997
as Archie Brown
Shooters
2002
as Jackie Junior
Tales of the Black Freighter
2009
as The Mariner (voice)
All-Star Weekend
as Russian Gymnast Fan
The Nest
Guilty Hearts
2007
as Peter
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
2024
as St. Nick (voice)
Hair of the Dog
as Mr. P
The Cherry Orchard
1999
as Yasha
Jewel of the Sahara
2001
as Captain Charles Belamy
Discovering Mavericks
2013
as Self
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
2025
as Self
Den of Thieves 3
as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
Little White Lies
1998
as Peter
Please!
2001
as Peter (as Gerry Butler)
One More Kiss
1999
as Sam
Just Watch Me
as Riley Wolfe
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
2005
as Prefect Cassius Chaerea
Fast Food
1998
as Jacko
Remote Control
as Michael Rafter
About 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 fic… With 109 credits spanning from 1975 to 2027, Gerard Butler has appeared in 79 films and 30 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gerard Butler Movies
- Greenland 2: Migration (2026) — as John Garrity
- How to Train Your Dragon (2025) — as Stoick
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) — as Stoick (voice)
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010) — as Stoick (voice)
- 300 (2007) — as King Leonidas
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