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Gerard Butler (b. 1969)

Alias:
Gerard James Butler
Τζεράρντ Τζέιμς Μπάτλερ
جرارد باتلر
جيرارد بتلر
เจอราร์ด บัตเลอร์
ჯერარდ ბატლერი
ジェラルド・バトラー
傑拉德·巴特勒
제라드 버틀러

Birthplace:
Paisley, Scotland, UK

Born:
November 13, 1969

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Performances

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Film Production

Executive Producer:
2011  Machine Gun Preacher
2012  Chasing Mavericks
????  Street Smart

Producer:
2009  Law Abiding Citizen
2011  Machine Gun Preacher
2012  Chasing Mavericks
2012  Playing for Keeps
2013  Olympus Has Fallen
2015  Septembers of Shiraz
2016  A Family Man
2016  London Has Fallen
2018  Den of Thieves
2018  Hunter Killer
2019  Angel Has Fallen
2019  The Vanishing
2019  Them That Follow
2020  Greenland
2021  Copshop
2022  Last Seen Alive
2023  Kandahar
2023  Plane
2023  The Bricklayer
2025  Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
????  A Darker Shade of Magic
????  Den of Thieves 3
????  Greenland: Migration
????  Just Watch Me
????  Law Abiding Citizen Sequel
????  Night Has Fallen
????  Remote Control
????  Street Smart

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TV Production

Executive Producer:
2024  ARK: The Animated Series
2024  Paris Has Fallen

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