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Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor and film producer. After studying law, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small 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 Dracula in the horror film Dracula 2000 with Christopher Plummer and Jonny Lee Miller.
Birth Name
Gerard James Butler
Born
Thursday, 13 November 1969
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) | 2025 |
| How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick / Stoick the Vast | 2025 |
| Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | 'Big Nick' O'Brien / Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2024 |
| Ark: The Animated Series | Gaius Marcellus Nerva / Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice) | 2024 |
| Kandahar | Tom Harris | 2023 |
| Plane | Brodie Torrance | 2023 |
| All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2023 |
| Last Seen Alive | Will Spann | 2022 |
| Copshop | Bob Viddick | 2021 |
| Remote Control | Michael Rafter | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin | King Kula (voice) | 2025 |
| How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick / Stoick the Vast | 2025 |
| Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | 'Big Nick' O'Brien / Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 2024 |
| Ark: The Animated Series | Gaius Marcellus Nerva / Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice) | 2024 |
| Kandahar | Tom Harris | 2023 |
| Plane | Brodie Torrance | 2023 |
| All-Star Weekend | Russian Gymnast Fan | 2023 |
| Last Seen Alive | Will Spann | 2022 |
| Copshop | Bob Viddick | 2021 |
| Remote Control | Michael Rafter | 2021 |
| The Drew Barrymore Show | Self - Guest | 2020 |
| Greenland | John Garrity | 2020 |
| How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Stoick the Vast (voice) / Stoick | 2019 |
| Angel Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2019 |
| The Vanishing | James | 2019 |
| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Stoick / Stoick (voice) | 2019 |
| Afterburn | 2019 | |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Hunter Killer | Captain Joe Glass | 2018 |
| Den of Thieves | 'Big Nick' O'Brien / Det. Nicholas O'Brien | 2018 |
| Geostorm | Jake Lawson | 2017 |
| A Family Man | Dane Jensen | 2016 |
| London Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2016 |
| Gods of Egypt | Set | 2016 |
| Boots on the Ground in Haiti | Self | 2016 |
| 73rd Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | 2016 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| Movie3Some | Self | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Stoick (voice) / Stoick | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self / Self - Guest | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| Discovering Mavericks | Self | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Olympus Has Fallen | Mike Banning | 2013 |
| Movie 43 | Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2013 |
| Playing for Keeps | George | 2012 |
| Chasing Mavericks | Frosty Hesson | 2012 |
| Leet Fighters | Leonidas | 2012 |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012 |
| The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | 2012 |
| Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury | Stoick the Vast / Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2011 |
| Machine Gun Preacher | Sam Childers | 2011 |
| The Frollo Show | Leonidas / King Leonidas | 2011 |
| Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
| Coriolanus | Tullus Aufidius | 2011 |
| Dreamworks How to Train Your Dragon Legends | (voice) | 2010 |
| The Talk | Himseif / Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon | Stoick (voice) / Stoick | 2010 |
| How to Train Your Dragon | Stoick / Stoick the Vast (voice) | 2010 |
| The Bounty Hunter | Milo Boyd | 2010 |
| The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2010 |
| The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | 2010 |
| Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief | Self | 2010 |
| Law Abiding Citizen | Clyde Shelton / Clyde Alexander Shelton | 2009 |
| The Jay Leno Show | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Gamer | Kable | 2009 |
| The Ugly Truth | Mike Chadway | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self | 2009 |
| The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | Self / Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Tales of the Black Freighter | The Mariner (voice) / The Sea Captain | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
| RocknRolla | One Two / One-Two | 2008 |
| Nim's Island | Alex Rover / Jack Rusoe | 2008 |
| P.S. I Love You | Gerry | 2007 |
| Shattered | Neil Randall | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Himself - Guest / Himself | 2007 |
| 300 | King Leonidas | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest / Self | 2007 |
| Wrath of Gods | Self | 2006 |
| Shadow Company | James Ashcroft | 2006 |
| Guilty Hearts | Peter / Peter (segment: Please!, 1999) | 2006 |
| History in Focus | Self | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Beowulf & Grendel | Beowulf | 2005 |
| Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula | Prefect Cassius Chaerea | 2005 |
| The Game of Their Lives | Frank Borghi | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| The Phantom of the Opera | The Phantom | 2004 |
| Dear Frankie | The Stranger | 2004 |
| Timeline | Andre Marek | 2003 |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life | Terry Sheridan | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest / Himself | 2003 |
| Reign of Fire | Creedy | 2002 |
| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Self | 2002 |
| HypaSpace | Self | 2002 |
| The Jury | Johnnie Donne | 2002 |
| Shooters | Jackie Junior | 2002 |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest | 2001 |
| Please! | Peter (as Gerry Butler) / Peter | 2001 |
| Attila | Attila the Hun | 2001 |
| Harrison's Flowers | Chris Kumac / Chris Kumac, Photojournalist | 2001 |
| Dracula 2000 | Dracula | 2000 |
| Entertainers with Byron Allen | Self | 2000 |
| One More Kiss | Sam | 1999 |
| The Cherry Orchard | Yasha | 1999 |
| The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | Marty Claymore | 1998 |
| Fast Food | Jacko | 1998 |
| Tale of the Mummy | Burke | 1998 |
| Little White Lies | Peter | 1998 |
| Tomorrow Never Dies | Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire | 1997 |
| An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Tim Bolton | 1997 |
| Mrs. Brown | Archie Brown | 1997 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| WWE Raw | Self - Audience Member | 1993 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self | 1988 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self / Himself / Himself (archive footage) | 1981 |
| Wetten, dass..? | Self - Guest | 1981 |
| Saturday Night Live | Various / Self - Host | 1975 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | 2024 |
| Ark: The Animated Series | 2024 |
| The Bricklayer | 2023 |
| Kandahar | 2023 |
| Plane | 2023 |
| Last Seen Alive | 2022 |
| Copshop | 2021 |
| Remote Control | 2021 |
| Greenland | 2020 |
| Angel Has Fallen | 2019 |
| Them That Follow | 2019 |
| The Vanishing | 2019 |
| Afterburn | 2019 |
| Hunter Killer | 2018 |
| Den of Thieves | 2018 |
| A Family Man | 2016 |
| London Has Fallen | 2016 |
| Septembers of Shiraz | 2015 |
| Olympus Has Fallen | 2013 |
| Playing for Keeps | 2012 |
| Chasing Mavericks | 2012 |
| Machine Gun Preacher | 2011 |
| Law Abiding Citizen | 2009 |
| Wrath of Gods | 2006 |
