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Gerard Butler
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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
Shooters
Reign of Fire
Timeline
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon 2
ARK: The Animated Series
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Gods of Egypt
P.S. I Love You
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
How to Train Your Dragon
Law Abiding Citizen
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Coriolanus
Olympus Has Fallen
Beowulf & Grendel
Greenland 2: Migration
Tales of the Black Freighter
The Phantom of the Opera
Kandahar
Night Has Fallen
The Bounty Hunter
Hunter Killer
London Has Fallen
Gamer
RocknRolla
Greenland
Angel Has Fallen
Geostorm
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Den of Thieves
Attila
Attila
Plane
Last Seen Alive
300
Copshop
Production Credits
Olympus Has Fallen
Night Has Fallen
Law Abiding Citizen
Copshop
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Greenland
Angel Has Fallen
Last Seen Alive
Hunter Killer
Paris Has Fallen
Den of Thieves
London Has Fallen
The Bricklayer
ARK: The Animated Series
Plane
Kandahar
Greenland 2: Migration
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