Gerard James Butler born 13 November 1969 is a Scottish actor and film producer After studying law he turned to acting in the mid1990s 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 with Christopher Plummer and Jonny Lee Miller He played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila 2001 then appeared in the films Reign of Fire with Christian Bale 2002 and Lara Croft Tomb Raider The Cradle of Life with Angelina Jolie 2003 before playing André Marek in the adaptation of Michael Crichtons science fiction adventure Timeline 2003 He then was cast as Erik The Phantom in Joel Schumachers 2004 film adaptation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera with Emmy Rossum it earned him a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor Butler gained worldwide recognition for his portrayal of King Leonidas in Zack Snyders fantasy war film 300 That role earned him nominations for an Empire Award for Best Actor and a Saturn Award for Best Actor and a win for MTV Movie Award for Best Fight He voiced Stoick the Vast in the critically and commercially successful How to Train Your Dragon franchise 20102019 Also in the 2010s he portrayed Secret Service agent Mike Banning in the action thriller series Olympus Has Fallen London Has Fallen Angel Has Fallen and the upcoming Night Has Fallen He played military leader Tullus Aufidius in the 2011 film Coriolanus a modern adaptation of Shakespeares tragedy of the same name and Sam Childers in the 2011 action biopic Machine Gun Preacher
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