Gerard Butler
Acting
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).
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Stoick
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
Self
Greenland 2: Migration
John Garrity
In the Hand of Dante
Louie / Pope Bonifacio VIII
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
Self
How to Train Your Dragon
Stoick
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
St. Nick (voice)
Kandahar
Tom Harris
Plane
Brodie Torrance
Last Seen Alive
Will Spann
Copshop
Bob Viddick
Greenland
John Garrity
Love Reaches Everywhere
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
Stoick (voice)
Angel Has Fallen
Mike Banning
The Vanishing
James
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Stoick (voice)
Hunter Killer
Captain Joe Glass
Den of Thieves
'Big Nick' O'Brien
Geostorm
Jake Lawson
A Family Man
Dane Jensen
London Has Fallen
Mike Banning
Gods of Egypt
Set
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Stoick (voice)
Discovering Mavericks
Self
Olympus Has Fallen
Mike Banning
Movie 43
Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
Playing for Keeps
George
Chasing Mavericks
Frosty Hesson
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Stoick the Vast (voice)
Machine Gun Preacher
Sam Childers
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
Coriolanus
Tullus Aufidius
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
Stoick (voice)
How to Train Your Dragon
Stoick (voice)
The Bounty Hunter
Milo Boyd
Law Abiding Citizen
Clyde Alexander Shelton
Gamer
Kable
The Ugly Truth
Mike Chadway
Tales of the Black Freighter
The Mariner (voice)
RocknRolla
One-Two
Nim's Island
Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
P.S. I Love You
Gerry
Guilty Hearts
Peter
Butterfly on a Wheel
Neil Randall
Wrath of Gods
Self
300
King Leonidas
Beowulf & Grendel
Beowulf
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
Prefect Cassius Chaerea
The Game of Their Lives
Frank Borghi
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom
Dear Frankie
The Stranger
Timeline
Andre Marek
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Terry Sheridan
Reign of Fire
Creedy
Shooters
Jackie Junior
Jewel of the Sahara
Captain Charles Belamy
Please!
Peter (as Gerry Butler)
Attila
Atila the Hun
Dracula 2000
Dracula
Harrison's Flowers
Chris Kumac
One More Kiss
Sam
The Cherry Orchard
Yasha
Fast Food
Jacko
Tale of the Mummy
Burke
Little White Lies
Peter
Tomorrow Never Dies
HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman
Mrs Brown
Archie Brown