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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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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.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Jay Leno Show
DreamWorks Dragons
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
300: Rise of an Empire
Tomorrow Never Dies
Movie 43
The Authority
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
Gods of Egypt
ARK: The Animated Series
How to Train Your Dragon 2
How to Train Your Dragon
Timeline
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
P.S. I Love You
Coriolanus
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
How to Train Your Dragon
Law Abiding Citizen
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Plane
Angel Has Fallen
Gamer
Attila
Attila
Olympus Has Fallen
Den of Thieves
The Phantom of the Opera
The Bounty Hunter
Last Seen Alive
Greenland
Night Has Fallen
Beowulf & Grendel
Kandahar
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
300
RocknRolla
Hunter Killer
Tales of the Black Freighter
Greenland: Migration
London Has Fallen
Geostorm
Copshop
Production Credits
Night Has Fallen
Paris Has Fallen
ARK: The Animated Series
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Olympus Has Fallen
Copshop
Law Abiding Citizen
Hunter Killer
Angel Has Fallen
Kandahar
Plane
Greenland: Migration
Den of Thieves
Greenland
Last Seen Alive
London Has Fallen
The Bricklayer
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