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).
as Mr. P
as Riley Wolfe
as Rhett Westermark
as Russian Gymnast Fan
as Michael Rafter
as Mike Banning
as King Kula (voice)
as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
as Stoick
as Louie / Pope Bonifacio
as Self - Very Famous Actor
as John Garrity
as Stoick
as Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
as St. Nick (voice)
as Gaius Marcellus Nerva (voice)(14 eps)
as Tom Harris
as Brodie Torrance
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Will Spann
as Bob Viddick
as John Garrity
as Self(1 ep)
as Stoick (voice)
as Mike Banning
as James
as Stoick (voice)
as Self (archive footage)(1 ep)
as Captain Joe Glass
as 'Big Nick' O'Brien
as Jake Lawson
as Self(1 ep)
as Dane Jensen
as Mike Banning
as Set
as Self(1 ep)
as Stoick (voice)
as Self(3 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self
as King Leonidas(1 ep)
as Mike Banning
as Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
as George
as Frosty Hesson
as (archive footage)
as Stoick the Vast (voice)
as Sam Childers
as Tullus Aufidius
as Stoick (voice)
as Stoick (voice)
as Milo Boyd
as Clyde Alexander Shelton
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Kable
as Mike Chadway
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as The Mariner (voice)
as One-Two
as Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
as Gerry
as Peter
as Neil Randall
as Self
as King Leonidas
as Self(3 eps)
as Beowulf
as Prefect Cassius Chaerea
as Frank Borghi
as Self(1 ep)
as The Phantom
as The Stranger
as Andre Marek
as Self(2 eps)
as Terry Sheridan
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self - Mean Tweets(1 ep)
as Creedy
as Self(1 ep)
as Johnnie Donne(6 eps)
as Jackie Junior
as Captain Charles Belamy
as Peter (as Gerry Butler)
as Attila the Hun(2 eps)
as Atila the Hun
as Dracula
as Chris Kumac
as Gus(16 eps)
as Sam
as Yasha
as Marty Claymore(6 eps)
as Jacko
as Burke
as Peter
as HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman
as Tim Bolton(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Archie Brown
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self - Clue Presenter(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Host(1 ep)