Acting credits
100
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Gerard Butler
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
6.9
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Movies: 78Series: 28Crew credits: 27
TMDB ID: 17276
IMDb ID: nm0124930
Known for: Acting
Born: November 13, 1969
Age: 56
Place of birth: Paisley, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1975 - 2027
Years active: 53
Average TMDB rating: 6.41
Wikidata: Q169982
Also known as
Gerard James Butler
Other jobs
Producer (21)Executive Producer (6)
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Gerard Butler.
Jun 10, 2027
How to Train Your Dragon 2
as Stoick
2027 Movie
Street Smart
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
In the Hand of Dante
as Louie / Pope Bonifacio
2026 Movie
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
as Self
2026 Movie
Greenland 2: Migration
as John Garrity
2026 Movie
How to Train Your Dragon
as Stoick
2025 Movie
Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your Dragon
as Self
2025 Movie
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
2025 Movie
The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland
as St. Nick (voice)
2024 Movie
The Bricklayer
Producer
2023 Movie
Kandahar
as Tom Harris
2023 Movie
Plane
as Brodie Torrance
2023 Movie
Last Seen Alive
as Will Spann
2022 Movie
Copshop
as Bob Viddick
2021 Movie
Greenland
as John Garrity
2020 Movie
Love Reaches Everywhere
2020 Movie
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
as Stoick (voice)
2019 Movie
Angel Has Fallen
as Mike Banning
2019 Movie
Them That Follow
Producer
2019 Movie
The Vanishing
as James
2019 Movie
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
as Stoick (voice)
2019 Movie
Hunter Killer
as Captain Joe Glass
2018 Movie
Den of Thieves
as 'Big Nick' O'Brien
2018 Movie
Geostorm
as Jake Lawson
2017 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Gerard Butler.
Has Fallen
Executive Producer • 16 eps
2024 Series
ARK: The Animated Series
as Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice) • 14 eps
2024 Series
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
La semaine des 4 Julie
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2018 Series
Steve
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 3 eps
2014 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
The Frame
as King Leonidas • 1 eps
2013 Series
The Jay Leno Show
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
Live from Studio Five
as Self • 2 eps
2009 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 3 eps
2007 Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self • 2 eps
2003 Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2003 Series
The Jury
as Johnnie Donne • 6 eps
2002 Series
Attila
as Attila the Hun • 2 eps
2001 Series
The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
as Marty Claymore • 6 eps
1998 Series
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
as Tim Bolton • 1 eps
1997 Series
Leute heute
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1993 Series
GMTV
as Self • 1 eps
1993 Series