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Gerard Butler
Gerard Butler’s screen credits include Stoick (voice) in How to Train Your Dragon, Stoick (voice) in How to Train Your Dragon 2, and Clyde Alexander Shelton in Law Abiding Citizen.
Born November 13, 1969 Paisley, Scotland, UK10 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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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- 2027How to Train Your Dragon 2Action · AdventureStoickUpcoming
- 2020Greenland2h 0m · Action · Science FictionJohn Garrity
- 2019Angel Has Fallen2h 2m · Action · ThrillerMike Banning
- 2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World1h 44m · Adventure · AnimationStoick (voice)
- 2018Hunter Killer2h 1m · Action · ThrillerCaptain Joe Glass
- 2016Gods of Egypt2h 7m · Action · AdventureSet
- 2014How to Train Your Dragon 21h 42m · Action · AdventureStoick (voice)
- 2010How to Train Your Dragon1h 38m · Adventure · AnimationStoick (voice)
- 2009Law Abiding Citizen1h 49m · Crime · DramaClyde Alexander Shelton
- 20073001h 57m · Action · AdventureKing Leonidas
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- 2026Street SmartProducer
- 2026In the Hand of DanteLouie / Pope Bonifacio
- 2026Everyone Is Lying to You for MoneySelf
- 2026Greenland 2: MigrationProducer · John Garrity
- 2025How to Train Your DragonStoick
- 2025Soaring to Life: The Making of How to Train Your DragonSelf
- 2025Den of Thieves 2: PanteraProducer · Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
- 2024The Night Before Christmas in WonderlandProducer · St. Nick (voice)
- 2023The BricklayerProducer
- 2023KandaharProducer · Tom Harris
- 2023PlaneProducer · Brodie Torrance
- 2022Last Seen AliveProducer · Will Spann
- 2021CopshopProducer · Bob Viddick
- 2020Love Reaches EverywhereActor
- 2019How to Train Your Dragon: HomecomingStoick (voice)
- 2019Them That FollowProducer
- 2019The VanishingProducer · James
- 2018Den of ThievesProducer · 'Big Nick' O'Brien
- 2017GeostormJake Lawson
- 2016A Family ManProducer · Dane Jensen
- 2016London Has FallenProducer · Mike Banning
- 2015Septembers of ShirazProducer
- 2013Discovering MavericksSelf
- 2013Olympus Has FallenProducer · Mike Banning
- 2013Movie 43Leprechaun 1 & 2 (segment "Happy Birthday")
- 2012Playing for KeepsProducer · George
- 2012Chasing MavericksProducer · Frosty Hesson
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
- 2011Dragons: Gift of the Night FuryStoick the Vast (voice)
- 2011Machine Gun PreacherProducer · Sam Childers
- 2011Saturday Night Live: The Best of '09/'10Actor
- 2011CoriolanusTullus Aufidius
- 2010Legend of the BoneKnapper DragonStoick (voice)
- 2010The Bounty HunterMilo Boyd
- 2009GamerKable
- 2009The Ugly TruthMike Chadway
- 2009Tales of the Black FreighterThe Mariner (voice)
- 2008RocknRollaOne-Two
- 2008Nim's IslandJack Rusoe / Alex Rover
- 2007P.S. I Love YouGerry
- 2007Guilty HeartsPeter
- 2007Butterfly on a WheelNeil Randall
- 2007Wrath of GodsSelf
- 2005Beowulf & GrendelBeowulf
- 2005Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's CaligulaPrefect Cassius Chaerea
- 2005The Game of Their LivesFrank Borghi
- 2004The Phantom of the OperaThe Phantom
- 2004Dear FrankieThe Stranger
- 2003TimelineAndre Marek
- 2003Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of LifeTerry Sheridan
- 2002Reign of FireCreedy
- 2002ShootersJackie Junior
- 2001Jewel of the SaharaCaptain Charles Belamy
- 2001Please!Peter (as Gerry Butler)
- 2001AttilaAtila the Hun
- 2000Dracula 2000Dracula
- 2000Harrison's FlowersChris Kumac
- 1999One More KissSam
- 1999The Cherry OrchardYasha
- 1998Fast FoodJacko
- 1998Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the MummyBurke
- 1998Little White LiesPeter
- 1997Tomorrow Never DiesHMS Devonshire Leading Seaman
- 1997Mrs BrownArchie Brown
- A Darker Shade of MagicProducer
- All-Star WeekendRussian Gymnast Fan
- Den of Thieves 3Producer · Nicholas 'Big Nick' O'Brien
- Don't Go GentleProducer
- Empire CityProducer · Rhett Westermark
- Hair of the DogMr. P
- Just Watch MeProducer · Riley Wolfe
- Naya: Legend of the Golden DolphinKing Kula (voice)
- Night Has FallenProducer · Mike Banning
- Remote ControlProducer · Michael Rafter
- The NestActor · Producer
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King Leonidas
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Gods of Egypt
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Law Abiding Citizen
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Angel Has Fallen
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