Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler is a Scottish actor who has starred in the movies 300, The Phantom of the Opera, The Bounty Hunter, How To Tame Your Dragon and Law Abiding Citizen, which he also produced. In all, he has 26 acting movie credits.

Gerard Butler was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but was raised in Paisley, Scotland, which he considers to be his hometown. He attended Glasgow University and became president of the university's law society. Butler received a law degree and began working as a lawyer in Edinburgh, Scotland. However, he was let go from the law firm after missing too much time from work.

He tried his luck at acting instead. His first role was in the stage production of Coriolanus, and later in the stage adaptation of Trainspotting.

Gerard Butler's first leading role in a film was as Dracula in Wes Craven's Dracula 2000. Although the film was a flop at the box office, director Joel Schumacher was so impressed by Butler, he later casted him in the legendary film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, The Phantom of the Opera.

Butler also had major roles in the movies Timeline (2003) and Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003), but it wasn't until his break-through role as King Leonidas in the movie 300 (2006) that he became recognized worldwide.

Since then he has starred in the movies P.S. I Love You (2007) with co-star Hillary Swank, Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla (2008), and The Ugly Truth (2009) with co-star Katherine Heigl. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124930/bio http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/gerard-butler/

In 2008, Gerard Butler, along with his manager, Alan Siegel, launched the production company, Evil Twins. Butler's Evil Twins production company produced the movie Law Abiding Citizen (2009), which Butler also starred in with Jamie Foxx.http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/05/gerard-butler-fathers-evil-twins/

• When he first read the script for Phantom of the Opera, Gerard Butler cried. "I was wiping the tears off," he told reporters in 2003. "It really touched me in an incredible way."http://www.people.com/people/gerard_butler

• For 300, Gerard Butler was completely clean-shaven for his tiny loincloth. "I only did that because I was told to! Manscaping and all of that is not my thing. I'm more of the Clint Eastwood kind of guy."http://www.people.com/people/gerard_butler

• Gerard Butler's best move on women is the pickup line, "Have you seen 300?"http://www.people.com/people/gerard_butler

• When Gerard Butler was featured in People Magazine's 2004 Sexiest Man Alive issue, he said of the honor: "When I'm 80 and sagging all over, I can tell my grandkids, 'Look, when I was a lad, People Magazine thought I was sexy!'" http://www.people.com/people/gerard_butler

• 2010: How To Train Your Dragon as the voice of Stoick
• 2009: Law Abiding Citizen as Clyde Shelton
• 2009: Gamer as Kable
• 2009: The Ugly Truth as Mike Chadway
• 2008: RocknRolla as One Two
• 2008: Nim's Island as Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
• 2007: P.S. I Love You as Gerry
• 2007: Butterfly on a Wheel as Neil Randall
• 2006: 300 as King Leonidas
• 2005: Beowulf & Grendel as Beowulf
• 2005: The Game of Their Lives as Frank Borghi
• 2004: The Phantom of the Opera as The Phantom
• 2004: Dear Frankie as The Stranger
• 2003: Timeline as Andre Marek
• 2003: Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life as Terry Sheridan
• 2002: Reign of Fire as Creedy
• 2002: Shooters as Jackie Junior
• 2000: Dracula 2000 as Dracula
• 2000: Harrison's Flowers as Chris Kumac
• 1999: The Cherry Orchard as Yasha
• 1999: One More Kiss as Sam
• 1999: Please as Peter
• 1998: Tale of the Mummy as Burke
• 1998: Fast Food as Jacko
• 1997: Tomorrow Never Dies as Leading Seaman
• 1997: Mrs Brown as Archie Brown

• 2002: The Jury as Johnnie Donne
• 2001: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman as Tim Bolton (1 episode)
• 2001: Attila as Attila the Hun
• 1999 - 2000: Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married as Gus (8 episodes)
• 1998: The Young Persons Guide to Becoming a Rock Star as Marty Claymore (6 episodes)
• 1998: Little White Lies as Peter