Gerard Butler 1969 55
Gerard Butler 1969 55
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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2027 How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Stoick the Vast
2026 Greenland 2: Migration as John Garrity Producer
2025 In the Hand of Dante
2025 Hair of the Dog as Mr. P
2025 Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin as King Kula (voice)
2025 Night Has Fallen as Mike Banning Producer
2025 Street Smart Executive Producer
2025 Remote Control as Michael Rafter Producer
2025 Den of Thieves 3 as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien Producer
2025 All-Star Weekend as Russian Gymnast Fan
2025 Empire State as Rhett Westermark
2025 Just Watch Me as Riley Wolfe Producer
2025 A Darker Shade of Magic Producer
2025 Law Abiding Citizen Sequel Producer
2025 Soaring to Life: The Making of How To Train Your Dragon as Self
2025 How to Train Your Dragon as Stoick
2025 Den of Thieves 2: Pantera as Nicholas "Big Nick" O'Brien Producer
2024 The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland as St. Nick (voice)
2023 The Bricklayer Producer
2023 Kandahar as Tom Harris Producer
2023 Plane as Brodie Torrance Producer
2022 Last Seen Alive as Will Spann Producer
2021 Copshop as Bob Viddick Producer
2020 Greenland as John Garrity Producer
2019 How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming as Stoick (voice)
2019 Angel Has Fallen as Mike Banning Producer
2019 Them That Follow Producer
2019 The Vanishing as James Producer
2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Stoick (voice)
2018 Hunter Killer as Captain Joe Glass Producer
2018 Den of Thieves as "Big Nick" O'Brien Producer
2017 Geostorm as Jake Lawson
2016 A Family Man as Dane Jensen Producer
2016 London Has Fallen as Mike Banning Producer
2016 Gods of Egypt as Set
2015 Septembers of Shiraz Producer
2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Stoick (voice)
2013 Discovering Mavericks as Self
2013 Olympus Has Fallen as Mike Banning Producer
2013 Movie 43 as Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
2012 Playing for Keeps as George Producer
2012 Chasing Mavericks as Frosty Hesson Executive Producer
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 Executive Producer
2011 Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
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 Producer
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 Guilty Hearts as Peter
2007 Butterfly on a Wheel as Neil Randall
2007 Wrath of Gods as Self
2007 300 as King Leonidas
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
2004 The Phantom of the Opera as The Phantom
2004 Dear Frankie as The Stranger
2003 Timeline as Andre Marek
2003 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life as Terry Sheridan
2002 Reign of Fire as Creedy
2002 Shooters as Jackie Junior
2001 Jewel of the Sahara as Captain Charles Belamy
2001 Please! as Peter (as Gerry Butler)
2001 Attila as Atila the Hun
2000 Dracula 2000 as Dracula
2000 Harrison's Flowers as Chris Kumac
1999 One More Kiss as Sam
1999 The Cherry Orchard as Yasha
1998 Fast Food as Jacko
1998 Tale of the Mummy as Burke
1998 Little White Lies as Peter
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies as HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman
1997 Mrs Brown as Archie Brown