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Aliases: 傑拉德·巴特勒 , เจอราร์ด บัตเลอร์ , ジェラルド・バトラー , 제라드 버틀러 , جيرارد بتلر , Gerard James Butler , Τζεράρντ Τζέιμς Μπάτλερ , ჯერარდ ბატლერი , جرارد باتلر , जेरार्ड बटलर
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Paisley, Scotland, UK
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Movie Involvements: 90
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
How to Train Your Dragon
(2025) Stoick the VastHow to Train Your Dragon
(2010) Stoick (voice)Leute heute
(1997) SelfHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
(2019) Stoick (voice)GMTV
(1993) SelfGoldene Kamera Verleihung
(1984) SelfGeostorm
(2017) Jake LawsonHow to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
(2019) Stoick (voice)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Stoick | |
| 2025 | King Kula (voice) | |
| Stoick the Vast | ||
| Self | ||
| Nicholas "Big Nick" O'Brien | ||
| 2024 | St. Nick (voice) | |
| Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice) | ||
| 2023 | Tom Harris | |
| Brodie Torrance | ||
| 2022 | Self - Guest | |
| Will Spann | ||
| 2021 | Bob Viddick | |
| 2020 | John Garrity | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2019 | Stoick (voice) | |
| Mike Banning | ||
| James | ||
| Stoick (voice) | ||
| 2018 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Captain Joe Glass | ||
| "Big Nick" O'Brien | ||
| 2017 | Jake Lawson | |
| 2016 | Dane Jensen | |
| Mike Banning | ||
| Set | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| 2014 | Stoick (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Self | |
| King Leonidas | ||
| Mike Banning | ||
| Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | ||
| 2012 | George | |
| Frosty Hesson | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| 2011 | Stoick the Vast (voice) | |
| Sam Childers | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tullus Aufidius | ||
| 2010 | Stoick (voice) | |
| Stoick (voice) | ||
| Milo Boyd | ||
| 2009 | Clyde Alexander Shelton | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Kable | ||
| Mike Chadway | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| The Mariner (voice) | ||
| 2008 | One-Two | |
| Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover | ||
| 2007 | Gerry | |
| Peter | ||
| Neil Randall | ||
| Self | ||
| King Leonidas | ||
| Self | ||
| 2005 | Beowulf | |
| Prefect Cassius Chaerea | ||
| Frank Borghi | ||
| Self | ||
| 2004 | The Phantom | |
| The Stranger | ||
| 2003 | Andre Marek | |
| Self | ||
| Terry Sheridan | ||
| 2002 | Creedy | |
| Self | ||
| Johnnie Donne | ||
| Jackie Junior | ||
| 2001 | Captain Charles Belamy | |
| Peter (as Gerry Butler) | ||
| Attila the Hun | ||
| Atila the Hun | ||
| 2000 | Dracula | |
| Chris Kumac | ||
| 1999 | Gus | |
| Sam | ||
| Yasha | ||
| 1998 | Marty Claymore | |
| Jacko | ||
| Burke | ||
| Peter | ||
| 1997 | HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Archie Brown | ||
| 1993 | Self - Guest | |
| Self | ||
| 1992 | Self | |
| 1984 | Self | |
| 1981 | Self | |
| 1975 | Self - Host | |
| Michael Rafter | ||
| Russian Gymnast Fan | ||
| Mike Banning | ||
| Riley Wolfe | ||
| John Garrity | ||
| Rhett Westermark | ||
| Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | ||
| Mr. P | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Producer | |
| 2024 | Executive Producer | |
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| 2023 | Producer | |
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| 2022 | Producer | |
| 2021 | Producer | |
| 2020 | Producer | |
| 2019 | Producer | |
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| 2018 | Producer | |
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| 2016 | Producer | |
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| 2015 | Producer | |
| 2013 | Producer | |
| 2012 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| 2011 | Executive Producer | |
| 2009 | Producer | |
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