Gerard Butler

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).

Known For

300 Not in library

300

2007

How to Train Your Dragon Not in library

How to Train Your Dragon

2010

How to Train Your Dragon 2 Not in library

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Not in library

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2019

Olympus Has Fallen Not in library

Olympus Has Fallen

2013

Law Abiding Citizen Not in library

Law Abiding Citizen

2009

Greenland Not in library

Greenland

2020

Geostorm Not in library

Geostorm

2017

London Has Fallen Not in library

London Has Fallen

2016

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life Not in library

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

2003

Acting

2027 How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Stoick
2026 Greenland 2: Migration as John Garrity In Library
2026 Everyone Is Lying to You for Money as Self
2025 In the Hand of Dante as Louie / Pope Bonifacio VIII
2025 How to Train Your Dragon as Stoick
2025 Den of Thieves 2: Pantera as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
2025 Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon as Self
2024 The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland as St. Nick (voice)
2024 ARK: The Animated Series as Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice) (14 episodes)
2023 Plane as Brodie Torrance
2023 Kandahar as Tom Harris
2022 Last Seen Alive as Will Spann
2022 Sherri as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2021 Copshop as Bob Viddick
2020 Greenland as John Garrity
2020 Love Reaches Everywhere
2020 La semaine des 4 Julie as Self (1 episode)
2019 Angel Has Fallen as Mike Banning
2019 The Vanishing as James
2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as Stoick (voice)
2019 How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming as Stoick (voice)
2018 Hunter Killer as Captain Joe Glass
2018 Den of Thieves as 'Big Nick' O'Brien
2018 Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2017 Geostorm as Jake Lawson
2016 Gods of Egypt as Set
2016 London Has Fallen as Mike Banning
2016 A Family Man as Dane Jensen
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (1 episode)
2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Stoick (voice)
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (3 episodes)
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (1 episode)
2013 Movie 43 as Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
2013 Olympus Has Fallen as Mike Banning
2013 Discovering Mavericks as Self
2013 The Frame as King Leonidas (1 episode)
2012 Chasing Mavericks as Frosty Hesson
2012 Playing for Keeps as George
2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2011 Machine Gun Preacher as Sam Childers
2011 Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury as Stoick the Vast (voice)
2011 Coriolanus as Tullus Aufidius
2011 Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10
2010 How to Train Your Dragon as Stoick (voice)
2010 The Bounty Hunter as Milo Boyd
2010 Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon as Stoick (voice)
2009 The Ugly Truth as Mike Chadway
2009 Law Abiding Citizen as Clyde Alexander Shelton
2009 Tales of the Black Freighter as The Mariner (voice)
2009 Gamer as Kable
2009 The Jay Leno Show as Self (1 episode)
2009 Live from Studio Five as Self (2 episodes)
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2008 Nim's Island as Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
2008 RocknRolla as One-Two
2007 300 as King Leonidas
2007 P.S. I Love You as Gerry
2007 Butterfly on a Wheel as Neil Randall
2007 Guilty Hearts as Peter
2007 Wrath of Gods as Self
2007 The Graham Norton Show as Self (3 episodes)
2005 Beowulf & Grendel as Beowulf
2005 The Game of Their Lives as Frank Borghi
2005 Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula as Prefect Cassius Chaerea
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self (1 episode)
2004 Dear Frankie as The Stranger
2004 The Phantom of the Opera as The Phantom
2003 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life as Terry Sheridan
2003 Timeline as Andre Marek
2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (2 episodes)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2002 Reign of Fire as Creedy
2002 Shooters as Jackie Junior
2002 HypaSpace as Self (1 episode)
2002 The Jury as Johnnie Donne (6 episodes)
2001 Please! as Peter (as Gerry Butler)
2001 Jewel of the Sahara as Captain Charles Belamy
2001 Attila as Atila the Hun
2001 Attila as Attila the Hun (2 episodes)
2000 Dracula 2000 as Dracula
2000 Harrison's Flowers as Chris Kumac
1999 One More Kiss as Sam
1999 The Cherry Orchard as Yasha
1999 Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married as Gus (16 episodes)
1998 Fast Food as Jacko
1998 Little White Lies as Peter
1998 Tale of the Mummy as Burke
1998 The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star as Marty Claymore (6 episodes)
1997 Mrs Brown as Archie Brown
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies as HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman
1997 An Unsuitable Job for a Woman as Tim Bolton (1 episode)
1997 Leute heute as Self (1 episode)
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1993 GMTV as Self (1 episode)
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self (2 episodes)
1984 Goldene Kamera as Self (1 episode)
1984 Jeopardy! as Self - Clue Presenter (1 episode)
1981 Wetten, dass..? as Self (1 episode)
1975 Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (1 episode)
Hair of the Dog as Mr. P
Just Watch Me as Riley Wolfe
Empire City as Rhett Westermark
All-Star Weekend as Russian Gymnast Fan
Remote Control as Michael Rafter
Night Has Fallen as Mike Banning
Naya: Legend of the Golden Dolphin as King Kula (voice)
Den of Thieves 3 as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien

Production

2026 Greenland 2: Migration Producer In Library
2025 Den of Thieves 2: Pantera Producer
2024 The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland Executive Producer
2024 Paris Has Fallen Executive Producer
2024 ARK: The Animated Series Executive Producer
2023 The Bricklayer Producer
2023 Kandahar Producer
2023 Plane Producer
2022 Last Seen Alive Producer
2021 Copshop Producer
2020 Greenland Producer
2019 The Vanishing Producer
2019 Angel Has Fallen Producer
2019 Them That Follow Producer
2018 Den of Thieves Producer
2018 Hunter Killer Producer
2016 A Family Man Producer
2016 London Has Fallen Producer
2015 Septembers of Shiraz Producer
2013 Olympus Has Fallen Producer
2012 Chasing Mavericks Executive Producer
2012 Playing for Keeps Producer
2011 Machine Gun Preacher Executive Producer
2009 Law Abiding Citizen Producer
Just Watch Me Producer
A Darker Shade of Magic Producer
Remote Control Producer
Night Has Fallen Producer
Den of Thieves 3 Producer
Street Smart Executive Producer
Empire City Producer
Apollo Has Fallen Executive Producer