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).
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Movies (85)
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2027 · Stoick
Street Smart
2026 · Executive Producer
El Manuscrito De Dante
2026 · Louie / Pope Bonifacio
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
2026 · Self - Very Famous Actor
Greenland 2: Migration
2026 · John Garrity, Producer
How to Train Your Dragon
2025 · Stoick
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
2025 · Self
El Robo Perfecto: Pantera
2025 · Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien, Producer
Navidad en el país de las maravillas
2024 · St. Nick (voice), Executive Producer
Agente X: Última misión
2023 · Producer
Escape bajo fuego
2023 · Tom Harris, Producer
Alerta extrema
2023 · Brodie Torrance, Producer
Vista por última vez
2022 · Will Spann, Producer
Juego de criminales
2021 · Bob Viddick, Producer
El Día del Fin del Mundo
2020 · John Garrity, Producer
Love Reaches Everywhere
2020
Cómo Entrenar a tu Dragón: Regreso a Casa
2019 · Stoick (voice)
Agente bajo fuego
2019 · Mike Banning, Producer
Them That Follow
2019 · Producer
El misterio del faro
2019 · James, Producer
Cómo Entrenar A Tu Dragón 3
2019 · Stoick (voice)
Misión submarino
2018 · Captain Joe Glass, Producer
El robo perfecto
2018 · 'Big Nick' O'Brien, Producer
Geo-Tormenta
2017 · Jake Lawson
Hombre de familia
2016 · Dane Jensen, Producer
Londres bajo fuego
2016 · Mike Banning, Producer
Dioses de Egipto
2016 · Set
Septiembre en Shiraz
2015 · Producer
Cómo entrenar a tu dragón 2
2014 · Stoick (voice)
Discovering Mavericks
2013 · Self
Olimpo bajo fuego
2013 · Mike Banning, Producer
Proyecto 43
2013 · Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
Jugando por Amor
2012 · George, Producer
Chasing Mavericks: Pasión por las olas
2012 · Frosty Hesson, Executive Producer
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
Cómo Entrenar a Tu Dragón: El regalo de Furia Nocturna
2011 · Stoick the Vast (voice)
El Rescate
2011 · Sam Childers, Executive Producer
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011
Coriolanus
2011 · Tullus Aufidius
Cómo Entrenar a Tu Dragón: La leyenda del Rompehuesos
2010 · Stoick (voice)
Cómo Entrenar A Tu Dragón
2010 · Stoick (voice)
El Caza Recompensas
2010 · Milo Boyd
El vengador
2009 · Clyde Alexander Shelton, Producer
Gamer: Juego letal
2009 · Kable
La cruda verdad
2009 · Mike Chadway
Watchmen: Relatos del Navío Negro
2009 · The Mariner (voice)
RockNRolla
2008 · One-Two
La isla de Nim
2008 · Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
Posdata, Te Amo
2007 · Gerry
Guilty Hearts
2007 · Peter
Acorralados
2007 · Neil Randall
Wrath of Gods
2007 · Self
300
2007 · King Leonidas
Beowulf & Grendel
2005 · Beowulf
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
2005 · Prefect Cassius Chaerea
The Game of Their Lives
2005 · Frank Borghi
El fantasma de la ópera
2004 · The Phantom
Querido Frankie
2004 · The Stranger
Rescate En El Tiempo
2003 · Andre Marek
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - La cuna de la vida
2003 · Terry Sheridan
El reinado del fuego
2002 · Creedy
Shooters
2002 · Jackie Junior
Jewel of the Sahara
2001 · Captain Charles Belamy
Please!
2001 · Peter (as Gerry Butler)
Atila, el Azote de Dios
2001 · Atila the Hun
Drácula 2000
2000 · Dracula
Harrison's Flowers
2000 · Chris Kumac
One More Kiss
1999 · Sam
The Cherry Orchard
1999 · Yasha
Fast Food
1998 · Jacko
Tale of the Mummy
1998 · Burke
Little White Lies
1998 · Peter
007: El mañana nunca muere
1997 · HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman
Mrs Brown
1997 · Archie Brown
Hair of the Dog
· Mr. P
Just Watch Me
· Riley Wolfe, Producer
Empire City
· Rhett Westermark, Producer
All-Star Weekend
· Russian Gymnast Fan
Remote Control
· Michael Rafter, Producer
Night Has Fallen
· Mike Banning, Producer
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
· King Kula (voice)
Den of Thieves 3
· Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien, Producer
The Nest
· Producer
A Darker Shade of Magic
· Producer
Don't Go Gentle
· Producer
TV shows (31)
Has Fallen
2024 · Executive Producer
ARK: La serie animada
2024 · Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice), Executive Producer
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
La semaine des 4 Julie
2020 · Self
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Steve
2017 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
The Frame
2013 · King Leonidas
The Jay Leno Show
2009 · Self
Live from Studio Five
2009 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest, Self - Mean Tweets
HypaSpace
2002 · Self
The Jury
2002 · Johnnie Donne
Atila, el Azote de Dios
2001 · Attila the Hun
Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married
1999 · Gus
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
1998 · Marty Claymore
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1997 · Tim Bolton
Leute heute
1997 · Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
GMTV
1993 · Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self
Jeopardy!
1984 · Self - Clue Presenter
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host