Gerard Butler
Actor | Producer
Actor | Producer
Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television.
A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in the American miniseries Attila (2001).
He garnered critical acclaim for his breakthrough work as the lead in Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera. In 2007, Butler gained worldwide recognition through his portrayal of King Leonidas in the film 300. Since then, he has appeared in projects including P.S. I Love You (2007), Nim's Island (2008), RocknRolla (2008), The Ugly Truth (2009), Gamer (2009), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), The Bounty Hunter (2010), and How to Train Your Dragon (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gerard Butler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
As: John Garrity
A detached married couple must get their son and themselves to safety after being randomly selected to enter an underground bunker, as a massive object from space threatens to destroy the world in less than 48 hours.
Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh
Stars: Gerard Butler | David Denman | Morena Baccarin | Hope Davis | Roger Dale Floyd
As: Stoick the Vast (voice)
It's been ten years since the dragons moved to the Hidden World, and even though Toothless doesn't live in New Berk anymore, Hiccup continues the holiday traditions he once shared with his best friend. But the Vikings of New Berk were beginning to forget about their friendship with dragons. Hiccup, Astrid, and Gobber know just what to do to keep the dragons in the villagers' hearts. And across the sea, the ...
Runtime: 22 min.
Directed by: Tim Johnson
Stars: Christopher Mintz-Plasse | America Ferrera | Jay Baruchel | Gerard Butler | Craig Ferguson
As: Mike Banning
After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Jada Pinkett Smith | Danny Huston | Nick Nolte | Gerard Butler
As: Stoick (voice)
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.
Directed by: Dean DeBlois
Stars: Cate Blanchett | America Ferrera | Jay Baruchel | Gerard Butler | F. Murray Abraham
As: James
Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Kristoffer Nyholm
Stars: Peter Mullan | Søren Malling | Gerard Butler | Ólafur Darri Ólafsson | Connor Swindells
As: Captain Joe Glass
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Donovan Marsh
Stars: Gary Oldman | Linda Cardellini | Gerard Butler | Common | Toby Stephens
As: Russian Gymnast Fan
Two buddies form a rivalry over their favorite American basketball player.
Directed by: Jamie Foxx
Stars: Eva Longoria | Gerard Butler | Jamie Foxx | Jeremy Piven | Robert Downey Jr.
As: Nick Flanagan
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Runtime: 140 min.
Directed by: Christian Gudegast
Stars: 50 Cent | Gerard Butler | Pablo Schreiber | Dawn Olivieri | O'Shea Jackson Jr.
As: Jake Lawson
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: the system built to protect Earth is attacking it, and it becomes a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out ...
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Dean Devlin
Stars: Ed Harris | Alexandra Maria Lara | Gerard Butler | Jim Sturgess | Abbie Cornish
As: Dane Jensen
Dane Jensen is a driven, Chicago-based headhunter, working at a cut-throat job placement firm. When Dane's boss announces his retirement, he pits Dane against Lynn Vogel, Dane's equally driven but polar-opposite rival at the firm, in a battle for control over the company.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Mark Williams
Stars: Willem Dafoe | Alfred Molina | Gerard Butler | Gretchen Mol | Alison Brie
As: Mike Banning
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Babak Najafi
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Aaron Eckhart | Melissa Leo | Gerard Butler | Angela Bassett
As: Set
A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Stars: Élodie Yung | Gerard Butler | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Brenton Thwaites | Courtney Eaton
As: Stoick (voice)
The thrilling second chapter of the epic How To Train Your Dragon trilogy brings back the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years later. While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island's new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Dean DeBlois
Stars: Cate Blanchett | America Ferrera | Jay Baruchel | Gerard Butler | Craig Ferguson
As: Himself
Winner of the Newport Beach Film Festival 2013 Audience Award, Discovering Mavericks is an epic film that reveals the true story of this famous and deadly wave, from the decade it was surfed solely by lone surfing pioneer Jeff Clark to the events that followed - leading it to become one of the most famous big wave surfing spots in the world.
Runtime: 76 min.
Directed by: Joshua Pomer
Stars: Peter Mel | Shane Dorian | Darryl Virostko | Jay Moriarity | Mark Foo
As: Mike Banning
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Stars: Aaron Eckhart | Finley Jacobsen | Gerard Butler | Rick Yune | Dylan McDermott
As: Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
The film is composed of multiple comedy shorts presented through an overarching segment titled "The Pitch", in which Charlie Wessler, a mad screenwriter, is attempting to pitch a script to film executive Griffin Schraeder. After revealing several of the stories in his script, Wessler becomes agitated when Schraeder dismisses his outrageous ideas, and he pulls a gun on him and forces him to listen ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: James Duffy | Steve Carr | Griffin Dunne | Peter Farrelly | Rusty Cundieff | James Gunn | Will Graham | Elizabeth Banks | Jonathan van Tulleken | Brett Ratner | Patrik Forsberg | Steven Brill
Stars: Kate Winslet | Anna Faris | Richard Gere | Chris Pratt | Hugh Jackman
As: George
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones | Uma Thurman | Jessica Biel | Gerard Butler | Iqbal Theba
As: Frosty Hesson
Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Curtis Hanson | Michael Apted
Stars: Elisabeth Shue | Gerard Butler | Leven Rambin | Abigail Spencer | Jonny Weston
As: Tullus Aufidius
Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus, is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting Rome from its enemies. Pushed by his ambitious mother to seek the position of consul, Coriolanus is at odds with the masses and unpopular with certain colleagues. When a riot results in his expulsion from Rome, Coriolanus seeks out his sworn enemy, Tullus Aufidius. Together, the pair vow to destroy the ...
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Ralph Fiennes
Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Gerard Butler | Jessica Chastain | Ashraf Barhom | Lubna Azabal
As: Stoick the Vast (voice)
The Viking town of Berk, now enjoying its new alliance with the dragons, is preparing for its annual winter holiday of Snoggletog. However, that spirit is threatened when all the dragons, except Toothless who needs Hiccup to help him, suddenly fly away for some reason. While Astrid ineffectually tries to salvage the occasion, Hiccup decides to build Toothless a new prosthetic to allow him ...
Runtime: 22 min.
Directed by: Tom Owens
Stars: Jonah Hill | America Ferrera | Jay Baruchel | Gerard Butler | Craig Ferguson
As: Sam Childers
The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Marc Forster
Stars: Peter Carey | Kathy Baker | Michelle Monaghan | Richard Goteri | Gerard Butler
As: Stoick (voice)
The film follows Hiccup and his young fellows accompanying their mentor, Gobber, on a quest to kill the legendary Boneknapper Dragon. An extra that accompanies the film "How to Train Your Dragon".
Runtime: 17 min.
Directed by: John Puglisi
Stars: Jonah Hill | America Ferrera | Jay Baruchel | Gerard Butler | Craig Ferguson
As: Milo Boyd
Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, Nicole's wannabe-boyfriend, Stewart, joins the chase.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Andy Tennant
Stars: Siobhan Fallon Hogan | Gio Perez | Joel Garland | Gerard Butler | Jennifer Aniston
As: Stoick the Vast (voice)
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Chris Sanders | Dean DeBlois
Stars: Jonah Hill | America Ferrera | Jay Baruchel | Gerard Butler | Craig Ferguson
As: Clyde Alexander Shelton
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Stars: Leslie Bibb | Colm Meaney | Gerard Butler | Jamie Foxx | Bruce McGill
As: Kable
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Brian Taylor | Mark Neveldine
Stars: Michael C. Hall | Logan Lerman | Gerard Butler | Amber Valletta | Ludacris
As: Mike
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Robert Luketic
Stars: Gerard Butler | Nick Searcy | Katherine Heigl | Bree Turner | Eric Winter
As: The Mariner (voice)
A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost.
Runtime: 26 min.
Directed by: Mike Smith | Daniel DelPurgatorio
Stars: Salli Saffioti | Gerard Butler | Jared Harris | Cam Clarke | Siobhan Flynn
As: One-Two
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Stars: Mark Strong | Idris Elba | Gerard Butler | Tom Wilkinson | Thandie Newton
As: Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Jennifer Flackett | Mark Levin
Stars: Abigail Breslin | Gerard Butler | Jodie Foster | Michael Carman | Maddison Joyce
As: Gerry
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
Stars: Gina Gershon | Gerard Butler | Hilary Swank | Lisa Kudrow | Harry Connick Jr.
As: Neil Randall
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Mike Barker
Stars: Pierce Brosnan | Gerard Butler | Maria Bello | Claudette Mink | Emma Karwandy
As: Himself
When Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson set upon Iceland to film Beowulf & Grendel starring Gerard Butler and Stellan Skarsgard in 2004, they expected the usual complication involved in making a movie, but what they encountered made them wonder if the Norse gods were actually working against them.
Runtime: 42 min.
Directed by: Jon Gustafsson
Stars: Stellan Skarsgård | Gerard Butler | Sarah Polley | Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson | Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
As: King Leonidas
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Stars: David Wenham | Lena Headey | Vincent Regan | Gerard Butler | Dominic West
As: Peter
Over the course of this drama's six separate stories, a variety of couples struggle with the infidelity, dishonesty and heartbreak that plagues their varied pasts. In overcoming their challenges, these diverse individuals embrace a brighter future.
Runtime: 180 min.
Directed by: Savina Dellicour | George Augusto
Stars: Kathy Bates | Anna Faris | Julie Delpy | Andrea Di Stefano | Frank Gallegos
As: Beowulf
The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Sturla Gunnarsson
Stars: Stellan Skarsgård | Gerard Butler | Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson | Hringur Ingvarsson | Spencer Wilding
As: Prefect Cassius Chaerea
This is a short film based on the 1979 film of the same name. The film is stylized with the actors wearing modernized robes and Roman jewelry and females playing male characters and vice-versa.
Runtime: 5 min.
Directed by: Francesco Vezzoli
Stars: Helen Mirren | Milla Jovovich | Gerard Butler | Barbara Bouchet | Benicio del Toro
As: Frank Borghi
Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of the 1950 US soccer team who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Although no US team has yet won a World Cup title, this story is about the family traditions and passions which shaped the lives of the players who made up this team of underdogs.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: David Anspaugh
Stars: Costas Mandylor | Louis Mandylor | Gerard Butler | Wes Bentley | Gavin Rossdale
As: The Phantom
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and demanding Christine be given lead roles. Things get worse when Christine meets back up with her childhood acquaintance Raoul and the two fall in love
Runtime: 143 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Miranda Richardson | Patrick Wilson | Gerard Butler | Emmy Rossum | Minnie Driver
As: The Stranger
Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, Lizzie has invented a story that he is away at sea on the HMS Accra. Every few weeks, Lizzie writes Frankie a make-believe letter from his father, telling of his ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Shona Auerbach
Stars: Emily Mortimer | Gerard Butler | Jack McElhone | Katy Murphy | Sharon Small
As: Andre Marek
A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Richard Donner
Stars: David Thewlis | Paul Walker | Gerard Butler | Frances O'Connor | Billy Connolly
As: Terry Sheridan
Lara Croft ventures to an underwater temple in search of the mythological Pandora's Box but, after securing it, it is promptly stolen by the villainous leader of a Chinese crime syndicate. Lara must recover the box before the syndicate's evil mastermind uses it to construct a weapon of catastrophic capabilities.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Jan de Bont
Stars: Noah Taylor | Angelina Jolie | Gerard Butler | Ciarán Hinds | Chris Barrie
As: Creedy
In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Rob Bowman
Stars: Christian Bale | Alexander Siddig | Gerard Butler | Matthew McConaughey | Izabella Scorupco
As: Jackie Junior
Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life around and go straight. But when he returns to his South London home and visits his old colleague J, in hope of obtaining his share of the proceeds from the job that landed him inside, J soon talks him into getting involved in one last scam.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Glenn Durfort | Colin Teague
Stars: Andrew Howard | Matthew Rhys | Gerard Butler | Adrian Dunbar | Louis Dempsey
As: Peter (as Gerry Butler)
Peter is a novelist who is going out of his mind because his wife and daughter have left him. He's bought a Smith & Wesson and put one bullet in it. He's pulled the trigger once in despairing Russian roulette. Driving to his wife's office, he pulls the gun out again when an angry motorist assaults him. Then, he begs his wife to talk to him, and she does - while she holds the pistol. His next stop ...
Runtime: 15 min.
Stars: Kate Ashfield | Gerard Butler | Bernice Stegers | Danny Midwinter
As: Dracula
In the millenium version of this classic Gothic horror we find Abraham Van Helsing (Plummer), who has tangled with Count Dracula (Butler) in the past, working as an English antiques dealer. Simon (Miller) is a vampire hunter in training under his apprenticeship.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Patrick Lussier
Stars: Gerard Butler | Christopher Plummer | Jonny Lee Miller | Jennifer Esposito | Justine Waddell
As: Chris Kumac
Harrison Lloyd is a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist. His wife and family are making it hard for him to keep his mind on his work when he's in a war zone, and he wants to change jobs to something less stressful. But he's got one last assignment, in war-torn Yugoslavia, in 1991, at the height of the fighting. Word comes back that he apparently died in a building collapse, but his ...
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Élie Chouraqui
Stars: Brendan Gleeson | Elias Koteas | Adrien Brody | Andie MacDowell | David Strathairn
As: Sam
When Sarah Hopson realizes her successful high-rise New York lifestyle is devoid of meaning, she packs her bags and heads for her home town in the Scottish Borders to look for Sam, her childhood sweetheart and the only man she ever loved. Sam Murray runs a restaurant. He and Sarah grew up together and Sam hoped they'd grow old together. His world fell apart the day Sarah left and now she's back, standing ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Vadim Jean
Stars: James Cosmo | Gerard Butler | Valerie Gogan | Valerie Edmond | Danny Nussbaum
As: Yasha
Madame Ranevskaya (Rampling) is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the re-possessor Lopakhin (Teale), her former serf, who has his own agenda.
Runtime: 141 min.
Directed by: Mihalis Kakogiannis
Stars: Charlotte Rampling | Tushka Bergen | Katrin Cartlidge | Alan Bates | Owen Teale
As: Leading Seaman - HMS Devonshire
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now 007 must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Stars: Pierce Brosnan | Michelle Yeoh | Teri Hatcher | Jonathan Pryce | Ricky Jay
As: Archie Brown
Queen Victoria is deeply depressed after the death of her husband, disappearing from public. Her servant Brown, who adores her, through caress and admiration brings her back to life, but that relationship creates scandalous situation and is likely to lead to monarchy crisis.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: John Madden
Stars: Gerard Butler | Antony Sher | Geoffrey Palmer | Billy Connolly | Judi Dench
As: 'Big Nick' O'Brien
Plot unknown. A sequel to the 2018 film 'Den of Thieves'.
Directed by: Christian Gudegast
Stars: 50 Cent | Gerard Butler | Bob Jennings | O'Shea Jackson Jr. | John West Jr.
As: Michael Rafter
The movie follows Michael Rafter, a former war correspondent turned corporate security consultant, whose life is overturned when he receives a mysterious phone call from an unknown source.Intrigued by the caller’s intent, Rafter investigates and soon uncovers the threads of a global conspiracy, finding himself drawn into a fight for his life and pursued by the 212, a powerful shadow organization. ...
Directed by: John Mathieson
Stars: Gerard Butler
Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.
Directed by: Jung Byung-gil
Stars: Gerard Butler
As: Ray Torrance
Ray Torrance, who after a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, finds himself caught between the agendas of multiple militias that are planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage.
Stars: Gerard Butler