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).
69 movies · 31 shows
In the Hand of Dante
2026·5.5
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
2026·0.0
Greenland 2: Migration
2026·6.4
How to Train Your Dragon
2025·7.9
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
2025·7.0
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
2025·6.6
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
2024·6.2
Kandahar
2023·6.8
Plane
2023·6.9
Last Seen Alive
2022·6.4
Copshop
2021·6.3
Greenland
2020·7.1
Love Reaches Everywhere
2020·0.0
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
2019·8.0
Angel Has Fallen
2019·6.6
The Vanishing
2019·5.8
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019·7.8
Hunter Killer
2018·6.9
Den of Thieves
2018·6.9
Geostorm
2017·6.1
A Family Man
2016·6.7
London Has Fallen
2016·6.2
Gods of Egypt
2016·5.7
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014·7.7
Discovering Mavericks
2013·3.0
Olympus Has Fallen
2013·6.4
Movie 43
2013·4.7
Playing for Keeps
2012·5.7
Chasing Mavericks
2012·7.0
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012·7.6
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
2011·7.3
Machine Gun Preacher
2011·6.7
Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2011·0.0
Coriolanus
2011·5.8
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
2010·7.1
How to Train Your Dragon
2010·7.9
The Bounty Hunter
2010·5.8
Law Abiding Citizen
2009·7.4
Gamer
2009·5.7
The Ugly Truth
2009·6.5
Tales of the Black Freighter
2009·6.6
RocknRolla
2008·6.9
Nim's Island
2008·5.9
P.S. I Love You
2007·7.2
Guilty Hearts
2007·5.8
Butterfly on a Wheel
2007·6.4
Wrath of Gods
2007·5.0
300
2007·7.2
Beowulf & Grendel
2005·5.6
Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula
2005·5.8
The Game of Their Lives
2005·5.9
The Phantom of the Opera
2004·7.3
Dear Frankie
2004·7.1
Timeline
2003·5.7
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003·5.8
Reign of Fire
2002·6.2
Shooters
2002·5.5
Jewel of the Sahara
2001·7.8
Please!
2001·5.9
Attila
2001·7.3
Dracula 2000
2000·5.2
Harrison's Flowers
2000·6.5
One More Kiss
1999·5.5
The Cherry Orchard
1999·5.0
Fast Food
1998·3.7
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
1998·4.7
Little White Lies
1998·4.0
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997·6.4
Mrs Brown
1997·6.8