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Gerard Butler
Paisley, Scotland, UK
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…
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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).
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2027
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Movie Stoick
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2026
Street Smart
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
In the Hand of Dante
Movie Louie / Pope Bonifacio
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2026
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
Movie Self
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2026
Greenland 2: Migration
Movie John Garrity
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2025
How to Train Your Dragon
Movie Stoick
- 2025
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2025
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Movie Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
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2024
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
Movie St. Nick (voice)
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2024
Has Fallen
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
ARK: The Animated Series
TV show Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice)
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2023
The Bricklayer
Movie Producer
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2023
Kandahar
Movie Tom Harris
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2023
Plane
Movie Brodie Torrance
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Last Seen Alive
Movie Will Spann
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2021
Copshop
Movie Bob Viddick
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2020
Greenland
Movie John Garrity
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2020
Love Reaches Everywhere
Movie
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2020
La semaine des 4 Julie
TV show Self
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2019
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
Movie Stoick (voice)
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2019
Angel Has Fallen
Movie Mike Banning
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2019
Them That Follow
Movie Producer
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2019
The Vanishing
Movie James
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2019
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Movie Stoick (voice)
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2018
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2018
Hunter Killer
Movie Captain Joe Glass
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2018
Den of Thieves
Movie 'Big Nick' O'Brien
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2017
Geostorm
Movie Jake Lawson
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2017
Steve
TV show Self
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2016
A Family Man
Movie Dane Jensen
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2016
London Has Fallen
Movie Mike Banning
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2016
Gods of Egypt
Movie Set
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2015
Septembers of Shiraz
Movie Producer
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2014
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Movie Stoick (voice)
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2013
Discovering Mavericks
Movie Self
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2013
The Frame
TV show King Leonidas
