person

Gerard Butler

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1969-11-13

Place of Birth

Paisley, Scotland, UK

Gerard 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 – 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gerard Butler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also Known For

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300

Mar 07, 2007

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How to Train Your Dragon

Mar 18, 2010

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Dracula 2000

Dec 22, 2000

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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

Jul 21, 2003

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Nim's Island

Apr 03, 2008

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The Ugly Truth

Jul 24, 2009

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Beowulf & Grendel

Sep 14, 2005

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Law Abiding Citizen

Oct 15, 2009

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P.S. I Love You

Nov 15, 2007

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Reign of Fire

Jul 09, 2002

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Dear Frankie

May 18, 2004

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Timeline

Nov 26, 2003

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Butterfly on a Wheel

Jul 27, 2007

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The Bounty Hunter

Mar 16, 2010

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The Phantom of the Opera

Dec 08, 2004

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RocknRolla

Sep 04, 2008

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57

The Game of Their Lives

Apr 22, 2005

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66

Tales of the Black Freighter

Mar 24, 2009

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Machine Gun Preacher

Sep 23, 2011

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Fast Food

Oct 09, 1998

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Little White Lies

Jun 17, 1998

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Hair of the Dog

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Mrs Brown

Jul 18, 1997

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Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon

Oct 14, 2010

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Gamer

Sep 03, 2009

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Guilty Hearts

Jul 30, 2007

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Chasing Mavericks

Oct 25, 2012

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How to Train Your Dragon 2

Jun 05, 2014

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One More Kiss

Sep 18, 1999

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Just Watch Me

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Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

Nov 15, 2011

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Wrath of Gods

May 06, 2007

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Playing for Keeps

Nov 29, 2012

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Coriolanus

Feb 14, 2011

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Movie 43

Jan 24, 2013

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Shooters

Jan 25, 2002

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Olympus Has Fallen

Mar 20, 2013

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Last Seen Alive

May 12, 2022

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56

Gods of Egypt

Feb 25, 2016

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Please!

May 04, 2001

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In the Hand of Dante

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London Has Fallen

Mar 02, 2016

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Geostorm

Oct 12, 2017

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Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

Jun 15, 2005

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How to Train Your Dragon

Jun 06, 2025

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Tomorrow Never Dies

Dec 11, 1997

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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Feb 04, 2012

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A Family Man

Sep 13, 2016

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NA

Empire State

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69

Hunter Killer

Oct 19, 2018

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The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland

Nov 15, 2024

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Harrison's Flowers

Sep 23, 2000

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Angel Has Fallen

Aug 21, 2019

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The Vanishing

Jan 04, 2019

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69

Den of Thieves

Jan 18, 2018

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Jewel of the Sahara

Jun 28, 2001

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All-Star Weekend

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The Cherry Orchard

Jan 01, 1999

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71

Greenland

Jul 29, 2020

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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Jan 03, 2019

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Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

Jan 08, 2025

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How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

Dec 03, 2019

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Plane

Jan 12, 2023

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NA

Remote Control

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30

Discovering Mavericks

Nov 01, 2013

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Kandahar

May 25, 2023

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Copshop

Sep 09, 2021

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Night Has Fallen

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Tale of the Mummy

Aug 03, 1998

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Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin

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Greenland: Migration

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Attila

Jan 01, 2001

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Love Reaches Everywhere

May 30, 2020

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NA

Den of Thieves 3

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Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10

Mar 13, 2011

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NA

Soaring to Life: The Making of How To Train Your Dragon

Jun 06, 2025

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NA

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Jun 10, 2027

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57

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Sep 08, 2003

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40

HypaSpace

May 13, 2002

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54

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

May 25, 1992

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58

The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star

Nov 10, 1998

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36

The Jay Leno Show

Sep 14, 2009

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71

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Sep 13, 1993

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84

ARK: The Animated Series

Mar 21, 2024

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67

The Jury

Feb 17, 2002

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67

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Jan 03, 2005

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Attila

Jan 30, 2001

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GMTV

Jan 01, 1993

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Live from Studio Five

Sep 14, 2009

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Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married

Nov 08, 1999

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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

Oct 24, 1997

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Saturday Night Live

Oct 11, 1975

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La semaine des 4 Julie

Jan 06, 2020

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

Feb 25, 2014

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71

The Graham Norton Show

Feb 22, 2007

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Leute heute

Jul 23, 1997

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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Jul 16, 2009

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The Frame

Apr 09, 2013

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Sep 08, 2015

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Goldene Kamera Verleihung

Feb 03, 1984

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Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj

Oct 28, 2018

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Wetten, dass..?

Feb 14, 1981

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Sherri

Sep 12, 2022

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Feb 17, 2014