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Gerard Butler
Also known as:Gerard James Butler
Occupation:Producer • Actor • Executive Producer • Voice Cast
Born:November 13, 1969
Birthplace:Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Gerard James Butler, better known as Gerard Butler, is a Scottish actor, producer and singer. He made his professional acting debut in the 1997 British drama film Mrs. Brown, and has since appeared in over 40 films in a career spanning over two decades.

Butler`s breakthrough role came in 2000, when he played the titular role in the vampire horror film Dracula 2000. In the subsequent years, the actor reaffirmed his status as a bankable leading man through his performances in popular films like The Phantom of the Opera (2004), 300 (2007) and P.S. I Love You (2007). While his performance in The Phantom of the Opera earned Butler a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor, the portrayal of King Leonidas in the blockbuster epic war film 300 earned him an Empire Award nomination for Best Actor.

Since his debut as a producer in the critically acclaimed crime drama thriller Law Abiding Citizen (2009), Butler has produced a several films, notably, Olympus Has Fallen (2013), London Has Fallen (2016) and A Family Man (2016).

Other notable acting credits include Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003), Butterfly on a Wheel (2007), RocknRolla (2008), Machine Gun Preacher (2011), Playing for Keeps (2012), the 2017 disaster film Geostorm. In 2018, he starred in the action-crime drama, Den of Thieves, which he has produced as well. His other releases include The Vanishing (2019), How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019), Angel Has Fallen (2019) and Greenland (2020).
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Margaret Butler
Mother
Edward Butler
Father
Lynn Butler
Sister
Brian Butler
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Greenland 2: Migration
How to Train Your Dragon
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Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
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300/300: Rise Of An Empire
Greenland
Angel Has Fallen
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Did You Know? (10)

  • During his schooling days, actor Gerard Butler was the head boy at St Mirin's & St Margaret's High School in Paisley.
  • Gerard Butler's parents separated from each other when he was only 18 months old. Butler met his father only 16 years later and went on to form a close relationship with him.
  • When he was studying at the Glasgow University, Gerard Butler was part of a rock band - Speed. He was the lead singer of the band.
  • After completing his Law degree, Gerard Butler worked as a 'trainee lawyer' at a law firm in Edinburgh.
  • Before becoming an actor, Gerard Butler took up several odd jobs - waiter, telemarketer, a demonstrator of how toys work at fairs - to make his ends meet.
  • Gerard Butler got his maiden professional acting job at the age of 27 when his then-girlfriend, a casting director in London, took him for an audition for Steven Berkoff's play of Coriolanus. Butler was also his girlfriend's assistant then.
  • During one of the days, while filming Geostorm, Gerard Butler worked for 12 hours straight and decided to try a bee-sting remedy that helps in easing muscle ache. Butler had heard about a guy who injects bee venom which has anti-inflammatory compounds and called him on the sets. However, after injecting venom of 23 bee stings the actor suffered an anaphylactic shock.
  • Gerard Butler developed hypothermia on the very first day of shooting his maiden film Mrs. Brown. His character required him to run naked into a freezing sea. While shooting for the same film, later, Butler saved a boy from drowning in the river Tay. The Royal Humane Society awarded Butler a Certificate of Bravery for his heroic act.
  • Gerard Butler had auditioned for the role of 'Aslan the Lion' in the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). During the audition Butler asked, "This isn't going to be like the BBC puppet Aslan, right? Because, if so, I'm leaving right now".
  • Gerard Butler's name is not pronounced typically but 'Ger' is pronounced like 'chair' and 'ard' is pronounced as 'errd'.

    • Personal Quotes (8)

  • "I love doing the stunts. It's as simple as that. "
  • "I see a lot of actors for whom life becomes one big schedule. I guess I try to be more sensitive to my private life - to take a breath of fresh air and be in the countryside or on a golf course. "
  • "It was always a dream as I was growing up. I would watch movies, mostly American movies, and be so engrossed in those stories, all I wanted to do was be there. I wanted to be part of that romance or that fantasy or be that warrior or that struggling soul who finally makes it good. "
  • "The chance to be both artistically appreciated and commercially appreciated... That's what you hope for. "
  • "I love to spend a lot of time on my own. I can seriously go into my own head and often love to let myself travel where I don't know where I'm going. "
  • "I knew I'd just done one of the most amazing things that I will ever get a chance to do. Just to be part of a musical that's not your background and to pull it off and to think that we've done something that's really special. "
  • "I have literally run into 20 people all around the world with my face tattooed on them. "
  • "To me, it's always good to retain a sense of wonder and never good too big for life, like you've seen it all before. "
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