Gerard Butler

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1969-11-13 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Paisley, Scotland, UK

Gerard 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 ...

Acting

2007

300

as King Leonidas

2010

How to Train Your Dragon

as Stoick (voice)

2000

Dracula 2000

as Dracula

2008

Nim's Island

as Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover

2009

The Ugly Truth

as Mike Chadway

2005

2009

Law Abiding Citizen

as Clyde Alexander Shelton

2007

2002

Reign of Fire

as Creedy

2004

Dear Frankie

as The Stranger

2003

Timeline

as Andre Marek

2007

Butterfly on a Wheel

as Neil Randall

2010

The Bounty Hunter

as Milo Boyd

2004

2008

RocknRolla

as One-Two

2005

2009

Tales of the Black Freighter

as The Mariner (voice)

2011

Machine Gun Preacher

as Sam Childers

1998

Fast Food

as Jacko

1998

1997

Mrs Brown

as Archie Brown

2009

Gamer

as Kable

2007

2012

Chasing Mavericks

as Frosty Hesson

2014

1999

-

Just Watch Me

as Riley Wolfe

2011

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

as Stoick the Vast (voice)

2007

2012

2011

Coriolanus

as Tullus Aufidius

2013

Movie 43

as Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")

2002

Shooters

as Jackie Junior

2013

Olympus Has Fallen

as Mike Banning

2022

Last Seen Alive

as Will Spann

2016

2001

Please!

as Peter (as Gerry Butler)

2016

London Has Fallen

as Mike Banning

2017

Geostorm

as Jake Lawson

2005

2025

How to Train Your Dragon

as Stoick the Vast

1997

Tomorrow Never Dies

as HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman

2012

2016

A Family Man

as Dane Jensen

-

Empire State

as Rhett Westermark

2018

Hunter Killer

as Captain Joe Glass

2000

Harrison's Flowers

as Chris Kumac

2019

Angel Has Fallen

as Mike Banning

2019

2018

Den of Thieves

as "Big Nick" O'Brien

2001

Jewel of the Sahara

as Captain Charles Belamy

-

All-Star Weekend

as Russian Gymnast Fan

1999

2020

Greenland

as John Garrity

2025

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

as Nicholas "Big Nick" O'Brien

2023

Plane

as Brodie Torrance

-

Remote Control

as Michael Rafter

2023

Kandahar

as Tom Harris

2021

Copshop

as Bob Viddick

-

Night Has Fallen

as Mike Banning

1998

-

Greenland: Migration

as John Garrity

2001

Attila

as Atila the Hun

-

Den of Thieves 3

as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien

2027

How to Train Your Dragon 2

as Stoick the Vast

Production

2011

Machine Gun Preacher

as Executive Producer

2012

Chasing Mavericks

as Executive Producer

2022

Last Seen Alive

as Producer

2012

2013

2021

Copshop

as Producer

2009

2023

The Bricklayer

as Producer

2016

A Family Man

as Producer

-

Just Watch Me

as Producer

2023

Kandahar

as Producer

2015

2016

2018

Den of Thieves

as Producer

2019

The Vanishing

as Producer

2018

Hunter Killer

as Producer

2019

Angel Has Fallen

as Producer

2020

Greenland

as Producer

2023

Plane

as Producer

-

Remote Control

as Producer

2019

Them That Follow

as Producer

-

Night Has Fallen

as Producer

-

Den of Thieves 3

as Producer

-

Street Smart

as Executive Producer

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