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Gerard Butler

1969-11-13

The 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 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 Count Dracula in the gothic horror film Dracula 2000 with Christopher Plummer and Jonny Lee Miller. He played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila (2001), then appeared in the films Reign of Fire with Christian Bale (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life with Angelina Jolie (2003) before playing André Marek in the adaptation of Michael Crichton's science fiction adventure Timeline (2003). He then was cast as Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera, with Emmy Rossum; it earned him a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor. Butler gained worldwide recognition for his portrayal of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film 300. That role earned him nominations for an Empire Award for Best Actor and a Saturn Award for Best Actor and a win for MTV Movie Award for Best Fight. He voiced Stoick the Vast in the critically and commercially successful How to Train Your Dragon franchise (2010–2019). Also in the 2010s, he portrayed Secret Service agent Mike Banning in the action thriller series Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, Angel Has Fallen and the upcoming Night Has Fallen. He played military leader Tullus Aufidius in the 2011 film Coriolanus, a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name, and Sam Childers in the 2011 action biopic Machine Gun Preacher.

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How to Train Your Dragon

7.83 average rating
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

7.751 average rating
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How to Train Your Dragon 2

7.675 average rating
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Greenland

7.133 average rating
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Angel Has Fallen

6.6 average rating
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How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

8.1 average rating
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London Has Fallen

6.2 average rating
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Gods of Egypt

5.661 average rating
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Night Has Fallen

0 average rating
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Den of Thieves

6.8 average rating
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Geostorm

6.1 average rating
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300

7.187 average rating
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Kandahar

6.827 average rating
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Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

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Plane

7 average rating
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Olympus Has Fallen

6.4 average rating
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Law Abiding Citizen

7.4 average rating
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The Phantom of the Opera

7.254 average rating
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Copshop

6.244 average rating
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P.S. I Love You

7.2 average rating