Gerard Butler

Acting

1969-11-13 · 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).

Filmography

Theaters

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2027 · Movie

Apollo Has Fallen

2026 · Series

Theaters

Street Smart

2026 · Movie

Theaters

In the Hand of Dante

2026 · Movie

Everyone Is Lying to You for Money

2026 · Movie

Greenland 2: Migration

2026 · Movie

How to Train Your Dragon

2025 · Movie

Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon

2025 · Movie

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

2025 · Movie

The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland

2024 · Movie

Paris Has Fallen

2024 · Series

ARK: The Animated Series

2024 · Series

The Bricklayer

2023 · Movie

Kandahar

2023 · Movie

Plane

2023 · Movie

Sherri

2022 · Series

Last Seen Alive

2022 · Movie

Copshop

2021 · Movie

Greenland

2020 · Movie

Love Reaches Everywhere

2020 · Movie

La semaine des 4 Julie

2020 · Series

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

2019 · Movie

Angel Has Fallen

2019 · Movie

Them That Follow

2019 · Movie

The Vanishing

2019 · Movie

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2019 · Movie

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj

2018 · Series

Hunter Killer

2018 · Movie

Den of Thieves

2018 · Movie

Geostorm

2017 · Movie

Steve

2017 · Series

A Family Man

2016 · Movie

London Has Fallen

2016 · Movie

Gods of Egypt

2016 · Movie

Septembers of Shiraz

2015 · Movie

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Series

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014 · Movie

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · Series

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Series

Discovering Mavericks

2013 · Movie

The Frame

2013 · Series

Olympus Has Fallen

2013 · Movie

Movie 43

2013 · Movie

Playing for Keeps

2012 · Movie

Chasing Mavericks

2012 · Movie

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012 · Movie

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

2011 · Movie

Machine Gun Preacher

2011 · Movie

Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

2011 · Movie

Coriolanus

2011 · Movie

Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon

2010 · Movie

How to Train Your Dragon

2010 · Movie

The Bounty Hunter

2010 · Movie

Law Abiding Citizen

2009 · Movie

The Jay Leno Show

2009 · Series

Live from Studio Five

2009 · Series

Gamer

2009 · Movie

The Ugly Truth

2009 · Movie

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · Series

Tales of the Black Freighter

2009 · Movie

RocknRolla

2008 · Movie

Nim's Island

2008 · Movie

P.S. I Love You

2007 · Movie

Guilty Hearts

2007 · Movie

Butterfly on a Wheel

2007 · Movie

Wrath of Gods

2007 · Movie

300

2007 · Movie

The Graham Norton Show

2007 · Series

Beowulf & Grendel

2005 · Movie

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

2005 · Movie

The Game of Their Lives

2005 · Movie

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005 · Series

The Phantom of the Opera

2004 · Movie

Dear Frankie

2004 · Movie

Timeline

2003 · Movie

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003 · Series

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

2003 · Movie

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · Series

Reign of Fire

2002 · Movie

HypaSpace

2002 · Series

The Jury

2002 · Series

Shooters

2002 · Movie

Jewel of the Sahara

2001 · Movie

Please!

2001 · Movie

Attila

2001 · Series

Attila

2001 · Movie

Dracula 2000

2000 · Movie

Harrison's Flowers

2000 · Movie

Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married

1999 · Series

One More Kiss

1999 · Movie

The Cherry Orchard

1999 · Movie

The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star

1998 · Series

Fast Food

1998 · Movie

Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy

1998 · Movie

Little White Lies

1998 · Movie

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997 · Movie

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

1997 · Series

Leute heute

1997 · Series

Mrs Brown

1997 · Movie

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Series

GMTV

1993 · Series

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992 · Series

Jeopardy!

1984 · Series

Goldene Kamera

1984 · Series

Wetten, dass..?

1981 · Series

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Series

Empire City

Movie

Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

Movie

Night Has Fallen

Movie

All-Star Weekend

Movie

Den of Thieves 3

Movie

Hair of the Dog

Movie

Just Watch Me

Movie

The Nest

Movie

A Darker Shade of Magic

Movie

Remote Control

Movie