Gerard Butler

13.11.1969 (55 years) (Paisley, Scotland, UK )

Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor, producer, singer, and musician. After studying law, Butler 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 Dracula in the horror film Dracula 2000. He subsequently played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila (2001) and then appeared in the films Reign of Fire (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003), before playing André Marek in the adaptation of Michael Crichton's science fiction adventure Timeline (2003). He then was cast in the role of Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera, which earned him a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor. Although Attila and The Phantom of the Opera were important breaks, it was in 2007 that Butler gained worldwide recognition for his portrayal of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film 300, which earned him nominations for the Empire Award for Best Actor and Saturn Award for Best Actor, and a win for MTV Movie Award for Best Fight. He voiced the role of Stoick the Vast in the animated action-fantasy film How to Train Your Dragon (2010), a role he later reprised in Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010), Gift of the Night Fury (2011), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). He portrayed Secret Service agent Mike Banning in the action thriller trilogy Olympus Has Fallen (2013), London Has Fallen (2016), and Angel Has Fallen (2019). He also played military leader Tullus Aufidius in Coriolanus (2011), a modernized adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name.

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