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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
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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
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
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
Shooters
Reign of Fire
Timeline
How to Train Your Dragon
ARK: The Animated Series
Gods of Egypt
How to Train Your Dragon 2
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Law Abiding Citizen
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
P.S. I Love You
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
How to Train Your Dragon
The Bounty Hunter
Coriolanus
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
London Has Fallen
Gamer
Kandahar
Den of Thieves 3
The Phantom of the Opera
Olympus Has Fallen
Night Has Fallen
Greenland
RocknRolla
Last Seen Alive
Tales of the Black Freighter
Beowulf & Grendel
Greenland 2: Migration
Plane
Den of Thieves
300
Hunter Killer
Copshop
Attila
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Attila
Angel Has Fallen
Geostorm
Production Credits
Copshop
London Has Fallen
The Bricklayer
ARK: The Animated Series
Greenland 2: Migration
Night Has Fallen
Hunter Killer
Kandahar
Last Seen Alive
Olympus Has Fallen
Plane
Paris Has Fallen
Angel Has Fallen
Greenland
Den of Thieves
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Den of Thieves 3
Law Abiding Citizen
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