Cast
Gerard Butler
Acting
Cast
Gerard Butler
Known for
Acting
Born
1969-11-13
From
Paisley, Scotland, UK
Also known as Gerard James 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 â 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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6.5
MOVIE2026
Greenland 2: Migration
as John Garrity
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7.9
MOVIE2025
How to Train Your Dragon
as Stoick
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7.7
MOVIE2014
How to Train Your Dragon 2
as Stoick (voice)
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7.9
MOVIE2010
How to Train Your Dragon
as Stoick (voice)
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7.2
MOVIE2007
300
as King Leonidas
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7.8
MOVIE2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
as Stoick (voice)
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7.1
MOVIE2020
Greenland
as John Garrity
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6.4
MOVIE2013
Olympus Has Fallen
as Mike Banning
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6.6
MOVIE2019
Angel Has Fallen
as Mike Banning
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6.1
MOVIE2017
Geostorm
as Jake Lawson
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6.9
MOVIE2018
Den of Thieves
as 'Big Nick' O'Brien
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5.7
MOVIE2016
Gods of Egypt
as Set
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7.4
MOVIE2009
Law Abiding Citizen
as Clyde Alexander Shelton
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5.8
MOVIE2003
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
as Terry Sheridan
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6.2
MOVIE2016
London Has Fallen
as Mike Banning
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6.9
MOVIE2023
Plane
as Brodie Torrance
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4.7
MOVIE2013
Movie 43
as Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
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6.8
MOVIE2023
Kandahar
as Tom Harris
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6.6
MOVIE2025
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
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7.3
MOVIE2004
The Phantom of the Opera
as The Phantom
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8.0
MOVIE2019
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
as Stoick (voice)
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6.4
MOVIE1997
Tomorrow Never Dies
as HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman
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6.9
MOVIE2018
Hunter Killer
as Captain Joe Glass
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5.5
MOVIE2026
In the Hand of Dante
as Louie / Pope Bonifacio
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6.2
MOVIE2002
Reign of Fire
as Creedy
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7.2
MOVIE2007
P.S. I Love You
as Gerry
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6.5
MOVIE2009
The Ugly Truth
as Mike Chadway
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6.9
MOVIE2008
RocknRolla
as One-Two
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5.7
MOVIE2003
Timeline
as Andre Marek
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6.7
MOVIE2011
Machine Gun Preacher
as Sam Childers
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5.7
MOVIE2009
Gamer
as Kable
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6.4
MOVIE2022
Last Seen Alive
as Will Spann
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7.3
MOVIE2011
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
as Stoick the Vast (voice)
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5.2
MOVIE2000
Dracula 2000
as Dracula
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5.8
MOVIE2010
The Bounty Hunter
as Milo Boyd
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6.3
MOVIE2021
Copshop
as Bob Viddick
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5.8
MOVIE2019
The Vanishing
as James
MOVIETBA
Empire City
as Rhett Westermark
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5.7
MOVIE2012
Playing for Keeps
as George
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7.3
MOVIE2001
Attila
as Atila the Hun
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6.4
MOVIE2007
Butterfly on a Wheel
as Neil Randall
MOVIE2027
How to Train Your Dragon 2
as Stoick
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7.1
MOVIE2010
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
as Stoick (voice)
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5.9
MOVIE2008
Nim's Island
as Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
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5.8
MOVIE2011
Coriolanus
as Tullus Aufidius
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5.0
MOVIE2007
Wrath of Gods
as Self
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6.7
MOVIE2016
A Family Man
as Dane Jensen
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7.6
MOVIE2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
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5.6
MOVIE2005
Beowulf & Grendel
as Beowulf
MOVIE2026
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
as Self
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7.0
MOVIE2012
Chasing Mavericks
as Frosty Hesson
MOVIE2020
Love Reaches Everywhere
MOVIETBA
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin
as King Kula (voice)
MOVIETBA
Night Has Fallen
as Mike Banning
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4.7
MOVIE1998
Russell Mulcahyâs Tale of the Mummy
as Burke
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5.9
MOVIE2005
The Game of Their Lives
as Frank Borghi
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6.5
MOVIE2000
Harrison's Flowers
as Chris Kumac
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7.1
MOVIE2004
Dear Frankie
as The Stranger
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6.8
MOVIE1997
Mrs Brown
as Archie Brown
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5.5
MOVIE2002
Shooters
as Jackie Junior
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6.6
MOVIE2009
Tales of the Black Freighter
as The Mariner (voice)
MOVIETBA
All-Star Weekend
as Russian Gymnast Fan
MOVIETBA
The Nest
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5.8
MOVIE2007
Guilty Hearts
as Peter
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6.2
MOVIE2024
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
as St. Nick (voice)
MOVIETBA
Hair of the Dog
as Mr. P
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5.0
MOVIE1999
The Cherry Orchard
as Yasha
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7.8
MOVIE2001
Jewel of the Sahara
as Captain Charles Belamy
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3.0
MOVIE2013
Discovering Mavericks
as Self
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7.0
MOVIE2025
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
as Self
MOVIETBA
Den of Thieves 3
as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
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4.0
MOVIE1998
Little White Lies
as Peter
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5.9
MOVIE2001
Please!
as Peter (as Gerry Butler)
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5.5
MOVIE1999
One More Kiss
as Sam
MOVIETBA
Just Watch Me
as Riley Wolfe
MOVIE2011
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
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5.8
MOVIE2005
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
as Prefect Cassius Chaerea
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3.7
MOVIE1998
Fast Food
as Jacko
MOVIETBA
Remote Control
as Michael Rafter