Gerard Butler

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''. 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 his portrayal of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war film ''300''. He had a voice role in the critically and commercially successful ''How to Train Your Dragon'' franchise (2010–present). 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), ''Greenland'' (2020), and ''Plane'' (2023). Provided by Wikipedia