Butler then spent two years at one of Glasgow's top law firms before deciding to give acting another go. This time, he focused first on theater, playing the leading role in "Trainspotting" before landing a supporting role in the 1997 historical drama Mrs. Brown.
A string of British films followed, but it wasn't until Butler bared his chest for the title role in the 2001 miniseries "Attila" that American audiences took note. This paved the way for more action films -- including Reign of Fire -- and in 2004, he starred in The Phantom of the Opera. Subsequent credits include 300, Nim's Island and RocknRolla.
Machine Gun PreacherGerard Butler stars in this true-life story of Sam Childers, a drug dealer who turns his life around to become a spiritual warrior. His mission? Rescuing child soldiers in the Sudan from lives ruined by their forced participation in bloody conflict. Read More
The Ugly TruthChauvinistic morning show commentator Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler) makes his perpetually single producer (Katherine Heigl) the subject of a series of romantic tests in order to prove the theories on relationships he espouses on his segment called "The Ugly Truth." But will his experiments help her... Read More
RocknRollaThandie Newton and Gerard Butler co-star in director Guy Ritchie's crime thriller about crooks from London's underworld who set out to nab millions of dollars left for the taking when a Russian mobster's real estate scam falls apart. Tom Wilkinson plays a powerful crime boss, with Jeremy Piven and... Read More
The Phantom of the Opera: Special EditionDirector Joel Schumacher brings Andrew Lloyd Webber's legendary musical to the big screen. Gerard Butler stars as the disfigured, reclusive genius who roams beneath the Paris Opera and takes budding star Christine (Emmy Rossum) under his wing. But as he falls for her, she finds love with handsome... Read More
GamerIt's 2034, and humans can control and kill each other in a large-scale online gaming world. But Kable (Gerard Butler), a wrongfully convicted soldier forced to join the violent competition, tries to free himself by taking out its evil architect, Ken (Michael C. Hall). While being controlled by a... Read More
Playing the Field (2012) | NR | |
DreamWorks Holiday Classics (2011) | NR | |
Coriolanus (2011) | R | |
Machine Gun Preacher (2011) | R | |
NR | ||
How to Train Your Dragon (2010) | PG | |
The Bounty Hunter (2010) | PG-13 | |
R | ||
R | ||
The Ugly Truth (2009) | R | |
R | ||
RocknRolla (2008) | R | |
Nim's Island (2008) | PG | |
PG-13 | ||
R | ||
R | ||
Shadow Company (2007) | NR | |
Guilty Hearts (2006) | R | |
R | ||
PG | ||
Dear Frankie (2004) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
PG-13 | ||
Timeline (2003) | PG-13 | |
Shooters (2002) | R | |
Reign of Fire (2002) | PG-13 | |
The Jury (2002) | TV-PG | |
NR | ||
R | ||
NR | ||
R | ||
One More Kiss (1999) | NR | |
R | ||
Fast Food (1998) | NR | |
PG | ||
NR | ||
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