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).
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027) | Stoick | - | - |
| 2 | Greenland 2: Migration (2026) | John Garrity | 5 | |
| 3 | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025) | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 6.6 | |
| 4 | How to Train Your Dragon (2025) | Stoick | 7.9 | |
| 5 | Plane (2023) | Brodie Torrance | 6.9 | |
| 6 | Kandahar (2023) | Tom Harris | 5.2 | |
| 7 | Last Seen Alive (2022) | Will Spann | 6.2 | |
| 8 | Copshop (2021) | Bob Viddick | 7 | |
| 9 | Greenland (2020) | John Garrity | 7.1 | |
| 10 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) | Stoick (voice) | 7.7 | |
| 11 | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019) | Stoick (voice) | 7.2 | |
| 12 | The Vanishing (2019) | James | 6.6 | |
| 13 | Angel Has Fallen (2019) | Mike Banning | 7 | |
| 14 | Hunter Killer (2018) | Captain Joe Glass | 7.1 | |
| 15 | Den of Thieves (2018) | 'Big Nick' O'Brien | 7.2 | |
| 16 | Geostorm (2017) | Jake Lawson | 5.5 | |
| 17 | Gods of Egypt (2016) | Set | 5.5 | |
| 18 | London Has Fallen (2016) | Mike Banning | 6.5 | |
| 19 | A Family Man (2016) | Dane Jensen | 7 | |
| 20 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Oscars 2015 | Stoick (voice) | 7.9 | |
| 21 | Movie 43 (2013) | Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday") | 5.4 | |
| 22 | Olympus Has Fallen (2013) | Mike Banning | 6.9 | |
| 23 | Playing for Keeps (2012) | George | 6.3 | |
| 24 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) | (archive footage) | 8 | |
| 25 | Chasing Mavericks (2012) | Frosty Hesson | 6 | |
| 26 | Machine Gun Preacher (2011) | Sam Childers | 7.2 | |
| 27 | Coriolanus (2011) | Tullus Aufidius | 5.8 | |
| 28 | Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2011) | Stoick the Vast (voice) | 7.7 | |
| 29 | The Bounty Hunter (2010) | Milo Boyd | 5.8 | |
| 30 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) Top 100 by FilmGator | Stoick (voice) | 8.1 | |
| 31 | Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon (2010) | Stoick (voice) | 7 | |
| 32 | Tales of the Black Freighter (2009) | The Mariner (voice) | 6.3 | |
| 33 | Gamer (2009) | Kable | 6 | |
| 34 | Law Abiding Citizen (2009) | Clyde Alexander Shelton | 7.7 | |
| 35 | The Ugly Truth (2009) | Mike Chadway | 6 | |
| 36 | RocknRolla (2008) | One-Two | 7.4 | |
| 37 | Nim's Island (2008) | Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover | 7 | |
| 38 | Guilty Hearts (2007) | Peter | - | - |
| 39 | Butterfly on a Wheel (2007) | Neil Randall | 6.5 | |
| 40 | 300 (2007) | King Leonidas | 7.7 | |
| 41 | P.S. I Love You (2007) | Gerry | 7.4 | |
| 42 | Wrath of Gods (2007) | Self | - | - |
| 43 | Beowulf & Grendel (2005) | Beowulf | 5.2 | |
| 44 | The Game of Their Lives (2005) | Frank Borghi | - | - |
| 45 | Dear Frankie (2004) | The Stranger | - | - |
| 46 | The Phantom of the Opera (2004) Oscars 2005 | The Phantom | 7.3 | |
| 47 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003) | Terry Sheridan | 6 | |
| 48 | Timeline (2003) | Andre Marek | 6.1 | |
| 49 | Reign of Fire (2002) | Creedy | 6.3 | |
| 50 | Shooters (2002) | Jackie Junior | 2 | |
| 51 | Please! (2001) | Peter (as Gerry Butler) | - | - |
| 52 | Attila (2001) | Atila the Hun | 5 | |
| 53 | Harrison's Flowers (2000) | Chris Kumac | 4 | |
| 54 | Dracula 2000 (2000) | Dracula | 5.3 | |
| 55 | One More Kiss (1999) | Sam | - | - |
| 56 | Fast Food (1998) | Jacko | - | - |
| 57 | Mrs Brown (1997) Oscars 1998 | Archie Brown | 6.5 | |
| 58 | Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) | HMS Devonshire Leading Seaman | 6.9 | |
| 59 | Den of Thieves 3 | Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien | - | - |
