Gerard Butler
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).
Acting
Movie
300
as King Leonidas
2007
Movie
How to Train Your Dragon
as Stoick (voice)
2010
Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2
as Stoick (voice)
2014
Movie
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
as Stoick (voice)
2019
Movie
Olympus Has Fallen
as Mike Banning
2013
Movie
Law Abiding Citizen
as Clyde Alexander Shelton
2009
Movie
Greenland
as John Garrity
2020
Movie
Geostorm
as Jake Lawson
2017
Movie
London Has Fallen
as Mike Banning
2016
Movie
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
as Terry Sheridan
2003
Movie
Gods of Egypt
as Set
2016
Movie
Angel Has Fallen
as Mike Banning
2019
Movie
The Ugly Truth
as Mike Chadway
2009
Movie
P.S. I Love You
as Gerry
2007
Movie
Tomorrow Never Dies
as HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman
1997
Movie
Den of Thieves
as 'Big Nick' O'Brien
2018
Movie
RocknRolla
as One-Two
2008
Movie
The Bounty Hunter
as Milo Boyd
2010
Movie
How to Train Your Dragon
as Stoick
2025
Movie
Plane
as Brodie Torrance
2023
Movie
Gamer
as Kable
2009
Movie
Movie 43
as Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
2013
Movie
Reign of Fire
as Creedy
2002
Movie
Hunter Killer
as Captain Joe Glass
2018
Crew
Movie
Olympus Has Fallen
Producer
2013
Movie
Law Abiding Citizen
Producer
2009
Movie
Greenland
Producer
2020
Movie
London Has Fallen
Producer
2016
Movie
Angel Has Fallen
Producer
2019
Movie
Den of Thieves
Producer
2018
Movie
Plane
Producer
2023
Movie
Hunter Killer
Producer
2018
Movie
Kandahar
Producer
2023
Movie
Greenland 2: Migration
Producer
2026
Movie
Machine Gun Preacher
Executive Producer
2011
Movie
Last Seen Alive
Producer
2022