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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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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
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Graham Norton Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
GMTV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Jeopardy!
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Jay Leno Show
DreamWorks Dragons
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
300: Rise of an Empire
Movie 43
Tomorrow Never Dies
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
The Authority
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Reign of Fire
Shooters
How to Train Your Dragon 2
How to Train Your Dragon 2
ARK: The Animated Series
How to Train Your Dragon
Timeline
Gods of Egypt
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
Law Abiding Citizen
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Coriolanus
P.S. I Love You
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
How to Train Your Dragon
Last Seen Alive
The Phantom of the Opera
Hunter Killer
Geostorm
Greenland 2: Migration
The Bounty Hunter
Greenland
Kandahar
Plane
RocknRolla
Den of Thieves
Attila
Beowulf & Grendel
Copshop
Tales of the Black Freighter
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Olympus Has Fallen
London Has Fallen
Angel Has Fallen
300
Gamer
Attila
Night Has Fallen
Production Credits
Last Seen Alive
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Olympus Has Fallen
London Has Fallen
Paris Has Fallen
Night Has Fallen
Law Abiding Citizen
Angel Has Fallen
Kandahar
Copshop
Plane
Greenland 2: Migration
Hunter Killer
Den of Thieves
The Bricklayer
ARK: The Animated Series
Greenland
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