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{{Short description|Scottish actor and film producer (born 1969)}}
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{{Infobox person
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|11|13}}
| birth_place = [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]], [[Renfrewshire]], Scotland
| alma_mater = [[University of Glasgow]]<br>[[Royal Conservatoire of Scotland]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|film producer}}
| works = [[Gerard Butler filmography|Full list]]
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| yearsactive = 1992–present
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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 small roles in productions such as ''[[Mrs Brown]]'' (1997), the [[James Bond (film series)|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|Attila the Hun]] in the miniseries ''[[Attila (miniseries)|Attila]]'' (2001), then appeared in the films ''[[Reign of Fire (film)|Reign of Fire]]'' (2002) and ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life]]'' (2003) before starring in the science fiction film ''[[Timeline (2003 film)|Timeline]]'' (2003). He played [[Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)|Erik, The Phantom]] in [[Joel Schumacher]]'s 2004 musical ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''.
Butler gained wider recognition for his portrayal of [[Leonidas I|King Leonidas]] in [[Zack Snyder]]'s fantasy war film ''[[300 (film)|300]]'' (2007). In 2010, he began lending his voice to the ''[[How to Train Your Dragon]]'' franchise. Also in the 2010s, he portrayed a Secret Service agent in the action thriller ''[[Has Fallen]]'' film series,<ref>{{cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=9 November 2020 |title=Millennium's Jeffrey Greenstein Unveils a Fourth 'Has Fallen' as AFM Launches |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/gerard-butler-fallen-afm-1234818543/|access-date=9 November 2020 |newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> played military leader [[Attius Tullius|Tullus Aufidius]] in the 2011 film ''[[Coriolanus (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 (film)|Den of Thieves]]'' (2018), ''[[Greenland (film)|Greenland]]'' (2020), and ''[[Plane (film)|Plane]]'' (2023).
==Early life==
Gerard James Butler<ref name=filmref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/73/Gerard-Butler.html|title=Gerard Butler Biography (1969-)| publisher=FilmReference.com|access-date=7 August 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100828/http://www.filmreference.com/film/73/Gerard-Butler.html| url-status=live}}</ref> was born in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]], [[Scotland]],<ref name=esq>{{cite web|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/gerard-butler-interview-0809-2|title=300 Things We Didn't Know About Gerard Butler|publisher=Esquire.com|date=13 June 2009|access-date=9 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330201934/http://www.esquire.com/features/gerard-butler-interview-0809-2|archive-date=30 March 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> on 13 November 1969, the youngest of three children of Margaret and Edward Butler, a [[bookmaker]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Fox |first=Chloe |title=Gerard Butler interview for The Ugly Truth |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=20 July 2009 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/5836476/Gerard-Butler-interview-for-The-Ugly-Truth.html |access-date=16 November 2010 |___location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrathofgods.com/gerard-butler-interview/|title=Gerard Butler in Wrath Of Gods|date=15 March 2010 |access-date=24 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://my.cineplex.com/showbiz-news/2010/03/drawn-together-gerard-butler-craig-ferguson/ |title=Drawn Together: Gerard Butler & Craig Ferguson |publisher=Cineplex Movie Blog |date=15 March 2010 |access-date=24 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323014638/http://my.cineplex.com/showbiz-news/2010/03/drawn-together-gerard-butler-craig-ferguson/ |archive-date=23 March 2010 }}</ref> His family, which is [[Catholic]], is of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJJmoYp_2tw | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/MJJmoYp_2tw| archive-date=2021-10-28|title=Gerard Butler Apologises for Irish Accent |publisher=YouTube |date=26 January 2009 |access-date=7 May 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gerard Butler: 'Why I am still single'|url=http://www.no1magazine.co.uk/interviews/60_gerardbutler.html|access-date=25 February 2015|publisher=Now Magazine|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330034813/http://www.no1magazine.co.uk/interviews/60_gerardbutler.html|archive-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> His family moved to [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada, when he was six months old.<ref>Daily News. "[http://www.dailynews.com/celebrities/ci_12901408 Gerard Butler breaks the mold] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304143137/http://www.dailynews.com/celebrities/ci_12901408 |date=4 March 2010 }}"</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-08 |title=Gerard Butler - Biography |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/20091008956/gerard-butler/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=HELLO! |language=en}}</ref> A year later, when his parents' marriage broke down, his mother left Montreal and returned to Scotland with Butler.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/5836476/Gerard-Butler-interview-for-The-Ugly-Truth.htm |title=Gerard Butler interview for The Ugly Truth |first=Chloe |last=Fox |work=Daily Telegraph |date=20 July 2009 |archive-date=4 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304140942/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/5836476/Gerard-Butler-interview-for-The-Ugly-Truth.html}}</ref>
Butler was head boy at [[St Mirin's Academy|St Mirin's & St Margaret's High School]] in Paisley and won a place at [[University of Glasgow School of Law]].<ref name=dailyrecord>{{cite news|last=Stewart|first=Stephen|title=Gerard Butler's school pal on how Hollywood star phoned to grovel after branding her a flirt on TV |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/gerard-butlers-school-pal-on-how-1054405 |access-date=1 February 2013|newspaper=Daily Record|date=28 March 2010}}</ref><ref name=mensjournal>{{cite news|last=Hedegaard|first=Erik|title=Gerry the Sinner, Gerry the Saint|url=http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/gerry-the-sinner-gerry-the-saint-gerard-butler-20121031?page=3|access-date=1 February 2013|newspaper=Men's Journal|date=April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720025300/http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/gerry-the-sinner-gerry-the-saint-gerard-butler-20121031?page=3|archive-date=20 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also attended [[Scottish Youth Theatre]] while a teenager. He did not see his father again until he was 16, when Edward Butler called to meet him at a Glasgow restaurant. After the meeting, Butler cried for hours, and recalled later: "That emotion showed me how much pain can sit in this body of yours; pain and sorrow that you don't know you have until it is unleashed."<ref name="telegraph" />
As a student, he was the president of the university law society,<ref name="paisley">{{cite web|url=http://www.paisley.org.uk/famous-people/gerard-butler/ |title=Gerard Butler | Paisley Scotland |date=13 August 2011 |publisher=Paisley.org.uk |access-date=7 May 2012}}</ref> a position he later said he "kind of blagged my way into".<ref name=esq/> When Butler was 22, his father was diagnosed with cancer and died. He said of this period in his life: "I had gone from a 16-year-old who couldn't wait to grasp life to a 22-year-old who didn't care if he died in his sleep."<ref name="telegraph_a">{{cite news |author=Stars and Stories |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/5836476/Gerard-Butler-interview-for-The-Ugly-Truth.html |title=Gerard Butler interview for The Ugly Truth |publisher=Telegraph |date= 20 July 2009|access-date=7 May 2012 |___location=London}}</ref>
Before his final year of law school, Butler took a year off to live in [[California]]—mostly in [[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice Beach]], where he held different jobs, travelled often, and, he says, drank heavily; at one point he was arrested for alcohol-related disorderly conduct. Describing his behaviour during that year, he recalled: "I was out of control, and justifying it with this idea that 'I'm young, this is life. This is me just being boisterous.' " After his time off in America, he returned to Scotland to finish his final year at law school.<ref name=esq/>
He had ear surgery as a child that left him with a mangled ear. He still suffers from [[tinnitus]] and has hearing loss in his right ear.<ref name=deaf>{{cite web|url=http://www.deafhh.net/wp/2010/04/11/actor-gerard-butler-and-his-hearing-loss/|title=Actor Gerard Butler and His Hearing Loss|publisher=deafhh.com|date=11 March 2010|access-date=24 May 2018|archive-date=28 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628144837/http://www.deafhh.net/wp/2010/04/11/actor-gerard-butler-and-his-hearing-loss/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career==
===Legal career and early acting career===
Upon graduation, he took a position as a trainee lawyer at an [[Edinburgh]] law firm. However, he continued to stay out late drinking and frequently missed work. One week before he qualified as a lawyer, he was fired. At the age of 25, and an unqualified lawyer, he moved to London to pursue his dream of becoming famous. He admitted, "When I started out, I'm not sure I was actually in it for the right reasons. I wanted very much to be famous."<ref name="telegraph" />
Initially unable to win any acting roles, he worked in a variety of jobs including as a waiter, a telemarketer and a toy demonstrator at fairs. In London, he met an old friend from his teenage days in the Scottish Youth Theatre, who was now a London casting director. At that time, he was her boyfriend and her assistant. She took him to an audition for [[Steven Berkoff]]'s play of ''[[Coriolanus]]''.<ref name="paisley" /> The director said of Butler's audition, "When he read, he had such vigour and enthusiasm—so much that it made the other actors seem limp—that I decided to cast him in the ensemble."<ref name="telegraph_a" />
Then aged 27, Butler had his first professional acting job. Less than a year later, he won a part in a theatre adaptation of ''[[Trainspotting (novel)|Trainspotting]]'' at the [[Edinburgh Festival]]. At age 30, he decided to move to Los Angeles, where he won parts in ''[[Dracula 2000]]'', ''[[Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life|Tomb Raider 2]]'', ''[[Dear Frankie]]'' and ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)|Phantom of the Opera]]''.<ref name="telegraph_a" />
===Acting career===
[[File:Gerard Butler (Berlin Film Festival 2011).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Butler at the 2011 [[Berlin Film Festival]]]]
In London, Butler had various odd jobs until being cast by actor and director [[Steven Berkoff]] (who later appeared alongside him in ''[[Attila (TV miniseries)|Attila]]'' (2001)) in a stage production of ''[[Coriolanus]]''. He was cast as [[Ewan McGregor]]'s character Renton in the stage adaptation of ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]'', the same play that had inspired him to become an actor.<ref name="film"/> His film debut was as [[Billy Connolly]]'s character's younger brother in ''[[Mrs Brown]]'' (1997).<ref>{{cite web|title=Mrs Brown|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078lkb|publisher=bbc.co.uk|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
His film career continued with small roles, first in the [[James Bond (film series)|James Bond]] film ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' (1997)<ref name="film">{{cite web|title=Gerard Butler Biography|url=http://www.biography.com/people/gerard-butler-20808745|publisher=biography.com|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> and then [[Russell Mulcahy]]'s ''[[Tale of the Mummy]]'' (1998). In 2000, Butler was cast in two breakthrough roles, the first being Attila the Hun in the American TV miniseries ''[[Attila (TV miniseries)|Attila]]'' (2001). The film's producers wanted a known actor to play the part but eventually chose Butler.<ref>{{cite web|title=Attila: hot babes, baths and, erm, birth control|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jan/28/reel-history-attila-gerard-butler|work=The Guardian|access-date=25 February 2015|date=28 January 2010}}</ref> He was cast as Dracula in ''[[Dracula 2000]]'' (2000).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Graph Of Manliness: Gerard Butle|url=https://www.empireonline.com/features/graph-of-manliness-gerard-butler/|publisher=empireonline.com|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
He then appeared in ''[[Reign of Fire (film)|Reign of Fire]]'' (2002)<ref>{{cite web|title=Reign of Fire|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/i560848-8/gerard-butler-career-in-pictures-reign-of-fire.html|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> as Creedy and ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life]]'' (2003) as Terry Sheridan, alongside [[Angelina Jolie]]. In the role of Andre Marek in the big-screen adaptation of [[Michael Crichton]]'s novel ''[[Timeline (2003 film)|Timeline]]'' (2003),<ref>{{cite web|title=Timeline|date=25 May 2011|url=http://movierewind.com/reviews/timeline/|publisher=Movie rewind.com|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> Butler played an archaeologist who was sent back in time with a team of students to rescue a colleague.
In 2003, director [[Joel Schumacher]] was deciding on the principal casting for the film ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', a film adaptation of the [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] [[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|musical of the same name]], and thought of Butler, whom he had seen earlier in the film ''Dracula 2000'', to play the title character. Butler, who had had no musical experience other than singing in a rock band while he was studying to be a lawyer, was surprised at the interest, but immediately began taking singing lessons with a [[vocal coach]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/12/08/gerard_butler_the_phantom_of_the_opera_interview.shtml Gerard Butler phantom of the opera] Stella Papamichael, 2004</ref> He then did an acting audition with Schumacher, and a singing audition with Lloyd Webber, both of whom were impressed by his performance.<ref>[http://www.femail.com.au/phantom-of-the-opera-gerard-butler-pf.htm Gerard Butler – Phantom of the Opera interview], Paul Fischer, ''femail.com.au'', 2004</ref> The film, and Butler's performance, received mixed reviews, though Butler was nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Actor.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
Other projects that followed include ''[[Dear Frankie]]'' (2005), ''[[The Game of Their Lives (2005 film)|The Game of Their Lives]]'' (2005) and ''[[Beowulf & Grendel]]'' (2005).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Murray|first1=Rebecca|title=Gerard Butler Talks About The Phantom and "Beowulf and Grendel"|url=http://movies.about.com/od/dearfrankie/a/frankiegb030205_4.htm|access-date=25 February 2015|publisher=About.com|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120204/http://movies.about.com/od/dearfrankie/a/frankiegb030205_4.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2006, he starred as [[Sparta]]n King [[Leonidas]] in the Warner Bros. production ''[[300 (film)|300]]'', which is often described as his breakthrough role.<ref>[https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/08/law_abiding_citizen_trailer_ge.html Law Abiding Citizen Trailer: Gerard Butler Is Still in Search of an Identity], Mark Graham, ''New York Magazine Vulture blog'', 14 August 2009</ref> Butler, who said he "wanted to look really strong" in the film, trained with a high-intensity workout for four months prior to the film's shooting.<ref>[http://www.menshealth.com/guy-wisdom/fitness-tips-gerard-butler Spartan Workout Secrets from the Star of 300], ''Men's Health''</ref> In 2007, he appeared in ''[[Butterfly on a Wheel]]'' co-starring [[Pierce Brosnan]] and [[Maria Bello]], which aired on network TV under the title ''Shattered'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Lionsgate Picks Up "Butterfly on a Wheel"|url=http://movies.about.com/od/butlergerard/a/butterfly021607.htm|publisher=About.com|access-date=25 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405143544/http://movies.about.com/od/butlergerard/a/butterfly021607.htm|archive-date=5 April 2015}}</ref> and in the [[romantic comedy]] ''[[P.S. I Love You (film)|P.S. I Love You]]'' with [[Hilary Swank]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gerard Butler Interview – P.S. I LOVE YOU|date=18 December 2007|url=https://collider.com/gerard-butler-interview-ps-i-love-you/|publisher=collider.com|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> In 2008, he appeared in ''[[Nim's Island]]'' and ''[[RocknRolla]]''. In 2009, he starred in the [[Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor|Neveldine/Taylor]] film ''[[Gamer (2009 film)|Gamer]]'', ''[[The Ugly Truth (film)|The Ugly Truth]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Gerard Butler interview for The Ugly Truth|date=19 July 2009 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/5836476/Gerard-Butler-interview-for-The-Ugly-Truth.html|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> and ''[[Law Abiding Citizen]]'', which he also co-produced.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler Seek Justice With 'Law Abiding Citizen'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1623972/jamie-foxx-gerard-butler-seek-justice-with-law-abiding-citizen/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429213912/http://www.mtv.com/news/1623972/jamie-foxx-gerard-butler-seek-justice-with-law-abiding-citizen/|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 April 2015|access-date=25 February 2015|publisher=mtv|date=15 October 2009}}</ref> In 2010 he starred in the action/comedy ''[[The Bounty Hunter (2010 film)|The Bounty Hunter]]'' with [[Jennifer Aniston]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Gerard Butler says his 'Bounty Hunter' co-star Jennifer Aniston is like family|date=14 March 2010 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/gerard-butler-bounty-hunter-co-star-jennifer-aniston-family-article-1.168135|publisher=nydailynews.com|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> and did [[voice acting]] for the 2010 animated film ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'' as Stoick the Vast.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson Talk HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2, the Evolution of the Film, LONDON HAS FALLEN, and More|url=https://collider.com/gerard-butler-how-to-train-your-dragon-2-interview/|access-date=25 February 2015|publisher=collider.com|date=14 June 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Джерард Батлер.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Butler in 2013]]
On 15 and 16 October 2010, thanks to the popularity of his role as Spartan King Leonidas and the use of his lines during athletic events at [[Michigan State University]], he was a guest at their [[Midnight Madness (basketball)|Midnight Madness]] and homecoming American football game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gerard Butler at MSU Midnight Madness| date=15 October 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfC9h09NkUc| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/MfC9h09NkUc| archive-date=2021-10-28|publisher=Youtube|access-date=25 February 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
{{as of|2011|August|}}, Butler, while filming ''[[Playing for Keeps (2012 film)|Playing for Keeps]]'', was writing songs and in the process of recording an album.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/marilyn-manson/65606 |title=Marilyn Manson advises Gerard Butler on becoming a rock star |work= [[NME]] |access-date = 3 September 2012}}</ref> He disavowed gossip reports that [[Marilyn Manson]] and [[Johnny Depp]] had advised him on the project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/2013/03/24-gerard-butler-on-singing-fame-and-the-secret-service.html|title=Gerard Butler on Singing, Fame, and the Secret Service |date=24 March 2013 |access-date = 25 March 2013}}</ref> On 18 December that year, while filming ''[[Chasing Mavericks]]'', Butler was hospitalized after he was pulled under big waves. Subsequently, he was taken to [[Stanford University Medical Center]] and later released.<ref>{{cite web|first=Joshua |last= Melvin |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2011/12/19/actor-gerard-butler-ok-after-getting-held-underwater-by-waves-at-mavericks/|title=Actor Gerard Butler OK after getting held underwater by waves at Mavericks|work=[[The Mercury News]]| ___location=San Jose, California |publisher=Bay Area News Group |date=19 December 2011 |access-date=7 May 2012}}</ref>
Butler starred as Secret Service agent Mike Banning in the action thriller ''[[Olympus Has Fallen]]'' (2013), opposite co-stars [[Aaron Eckhart]] and [[Morgan Freeman]]. He said he broke two bones in his neck while shooting the film, but did not realize this until he had an [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] scan.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Gerard-Butler-broke-neck-bones-while-filming/tabid/418/articleID/291963/Default.aspx| title= Gerard Butler broke neck bones| date= 27 March 2013| access-date= 26 March 2013| archive-date= 19 October 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131019112746/http://www.3news.co.nz/Gerard-Butler-broke-neck-bones-while-filming/tabid/418/articleID/291963/Default.aspx| url-status= dead}}</ref> Butler reprised his voice role as Stoick in ''[[How to Train Your Dragon 2]]'' in 2014. Two years later, he reprised his role as Mike Banning in the ''Olympus Has Fallen'' sequel ''[[London Has Fallen]]'' and also portrayed [[Set (deity)|Set]] in ''[[Gods of Egypt (film)|Gods of Egypt]]''. Late in 2018, Butler starred as submarine captain Commander Joe Glass of the USS ''Arkansas'', a Virginia class nuclear submarine, in the film ''[[Hunter Killer (film)|Hunter Killer]]''. He starred as Mike Banning again in the 2019 film ''[[Angel Has Fallen]]'' and returned as the voice of Stoick in ''[[How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World]]'', which was released the same year. After release delays due to COVID-19, Butler starred in [[Greenland (film)|''Greenland'']] in 2020. In January 2024, Butler was announced to reprise his role as Stoick in the [[How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)|live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon'']], which is set for a 2025 release.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=2024-01-05 |title=Gerard Butler Reprising His Role In Universal's Live-Action Adaptation Of 'How To Train Your Dragon' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/gerard-butler-live-action-how-to-train-your-dragon-1235696338/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}}</ref>
He has been a member of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] in the Actor's Branch since 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2011/06/movie-academy-invites-178-to-membership-140927/ |title=Movie Academy Invites 178 To Membership |work=Deadline |date=17 June 2011 |access-date=22 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/academy-class-2011-203954 |title=Academy Class of 2011 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=23 June 2011 |access-date=22 June 2021 }}</ref>
==Personal life==
Since October 2011, Butler has divided his time between [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]] and [[Glasgow]].<ref name="Celtic">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/2009/12/06/i-miss-going-to-see-celtic-play-admits-hollywood-hunk-gerard-butler-86908-21877308/|title=I miss going to see Celtic play, admits Hollywood hunk Gerard Butler|work=Daily Record|access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref> In 2011, he was rushed to the [[Stanford University Medical Center]] after suffering a surfing incident in [[Mavericks, California]], during the filming of ''[[Chasing Mavericks]]''.<ref>{{cite web|date=20 December 2011|title=Gerard Butler Rescued While Filming Surf Movie At Mavericks|url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/12/20/gerard-butler-rescued-while-filming-surf-movie-at-mavericks/|access-date=10 November 2020}}</ref> He was stable and released from the hospital later that week.<ref>{{cite news|last=Orzeck|first=Kurt|date=20 December 2011|title=Gerard Butler Hospitalized After On-Set Surfing Accident|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS208038802520111220|access-date=10 November 2020}}</ref>
Butler stated in an interview that he no longer drinks alcohol.<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Zach|title=Gerard Butler Finally Opens Up About Rehab: "I Haven't Had a Drink in 15 Years"|work=[[Us Weekly]]|date=19 October 2012|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/gerard-butler-finally-opens-up-about-rehab-i-havent-had-a-drink-in-15-years-20121910/|access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref> In February 2012, it was announced that he had completed a course of treatment for substance abuse of painkillers at a rehabilitation facility.<ref name="people">[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20573335,00.html "Gerard Butler Completes Stint in Rehab"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517080446/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20573335,00.html |date=17 May 2016 }} People. Retrieved 25 February 2012</ref> He was concerned he had become too reliant on prescribed pain medication, which escalated after his surfing accident.<ref name="people" />
In 2011, Butler played in a charity match for [[Celtic F.C.]], a football club he has supported since childhood.<ref name="Celtic" /> A year later he represented Celtic in a [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood film]], starring as a "has-been" player in ''[[Playing for Keeps (2012 film)|Playing for Keeps]]''.<ref>[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/movies/movie-news/gerard-butler-turned-me-into-a-celtic-fan-1503162 "Gerard Butler turned me into a Celtic fan"]. Daily Record. Retrieved 26 June 2015</ref> He is also a supporter of [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] rugby and has even been involved with promotional videos for the side including for the [[2023 Rugby World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerard Butler: "It Has Been An Honour To Be Part Of This" |url=https://scottishrugby.org/fanzone/gerard-butler-it-has-been-an-honour-to-be-part-of-this/ |publisher=Scotland Rugby |access-date=9 February 2025}}</ref> In August 2013, he bought an equity stake in the [[Jamaica Tallawahs]] cricket team, part of the Limacol [[Caribbean Premier League]] (CPL).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/cricket-windies-cpl-idUKL4N0GO33T20130823|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201093106/https://uk.reuters.com/article/cricket-windies-cpl-idUKL4N0GO33T20130823|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2018|title=Cricket-Caribbean venues packed again thanks to CPL Twenty20|date=23 August 2013|work=Reuters UK|access-date=13 April 2016}}</ref> He has supported the charity [[Mary's Meals]] since 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Meadows|first1=Sophie|title=Gerard Butler Shows How Mary's Meals is Changing Lives in Liberia|date=24 March 2014 |url=http://goodnewsshared.com/2014/03/24/gerard-butler-marys-meals-changing-lives-liberia/|publisher=goodnewsshared.com|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> He visited the international development charity's programme in [[Liberia]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXMm81UTTBs| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/IXMm81UTTBs| archive-date=2021-10-28|title=Gerard Butler in Liberia with Mary's Meals|last=Mary's Meals|date=20 December 2013|access-date=4 January 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2018, he attended a fundraiser gala organised by [[Friends of the Israel Defense Forces]], which raised $60 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/scene/news/friends-of-the-israel-defense-forces-gala-pharrell-williams-1203018108/|title=Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Gala Raises Record $60 Million for Soldiers|first1=Margeaux|last1=Sippell|date=2 November 2018}}</ref> In November 2018, Butler's home was destroyed in the [[Woolsey Fire]] in California.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-46177211|title=Actor Gerard Butler's home destroyed by California wildfire|date=12 November 2018|publisher=BBC.com|access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref>
==Filmography==
{{main|Gerard Butler filmography}}
==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Award
!Category
!Results
!Ref
|-
|2004
|''[[Dear Frankie]]''
|[[Capri Hollywood International Film Festival]]
|Capri Breakout Actor Award
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 2005
| rowspan="2"| ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''
| Online Film & Television Association Award
| Best Music, Adapted Song for "[[The Music of the Night]]"
| {{Nominated}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/9th-annual-film-awards-2004/|title=9th Annual Film Awards (2004) - Online Film & Television Association|website=oftaawards.com|access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[9th Golden Satellite Awards|2005]]
| [[Satellite Awards|Satellite Award]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical]]
| {{Nominated}}
|
|-
| 2007
| rowspan="3"| ''[[300 (film)|300]]''
| [[JoBlo.com|Golden Schmoes Award]]
| [[JoBlo.com|Breakthrough Performance of the Year]]
| {{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[2007 MTV Movie Awards|2007]]
| rowspan="2"| [[MTV Movie & TV Awards|MTV Movie + TV Award]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie|Best Male Performance]]
| {{Nominated}}
|
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Fight|Best Fight]]
| {{Won}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://stock.adobe.com/ee/editorial/actor-gerard-butler-accepts-the-best-fight-award-he-won-for-his-role-in-the-film-300-at-the-2007-mtv-movie-awards-in-los-angeles/147213452 |title=Actor Gerard Butler accepts the best fight award he won for his role in the film '300' at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles |first=Fred |last=Prouser |work=[[Adobe Stock]] |publisher=[[Adobe Inc.]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |year=2007 |archive-date=21 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121064220/https://stock.adobe.com/ee/editorial/actor-gerard-butler-accepts-the-best-fight-award-he-won-for-his-role-in-the-film-300-at-the-2007-mtv-movie-awards-in-los-angeles/147213452 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| {{n/a}}
| [[Taurus World Stunt Awards|World Stunt Award]]
| [[Taurus World Stunt Awards|Action Movie Star of the Year]]
| {{Won}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Gerard+Butler/7th+AnnualTaurus+World+Stunt+Awards+Arrivals/h8hWMUvYA6N |title=7th AnnualTaurus World Stunt Awards - Arrivals |date=20 May 2007 |access-date=20 January 2019 |work=Zimbio.com |publisher=Livingly Media, Inc.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/31636/974988 |title=Taurus World Stunt Awards 2007: Hollywood ehrt seine Ausnahme-Athleten |date=24 April 2007 |access-date=20 January 2019 |work=Presse Portal |language=de |first=Claudia |last=Memminger}}</ref>
|-
| [[13th Empire Awards|2008]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[300 (film)|300]]''
| [[Empire Awards|Empire Award]]
| [[Empire Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{Nominated}}
|
|-
| [[34th Saturn Awards|2008]]
| [[Saturn Award]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| {{Nominated}}
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Law Abiding Citizen]]''
| [[People's Choice Awards|People's Choice Award]]
| [[People's Choice Awards|Favorite Action Star]]
| {{Nominated}}
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The Ugly Truth]]''
| [[Russian National Movie Awards|Russian National Movie Award]]
| [[Russian National Movie Awards|Best Foreign Actor]]
| {{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[2010 Teen Choice Awards|2010]]
| ''[[The Bounty Hunter (2010 film)|The Bounty Hunter]]''
| rowspan="2"| [[Teen Choice Awards|Teen Choice Award]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Comedy|Choice Movie Actor - Romantic Comedy]]
| rowspan="2" {{Nominated}}
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| ''[[The Ugly Truth]]''
|-
| 2011
| ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)|How to Train Your Dragon]]''
| [[Annie Award]]
| [[Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production|Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production]]
| {{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[31st Golden Raspberry Awards|2011]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[The Bounty Hunter (2010 film)|The Bounty Hunter]]''
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Award]]
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor|Worst Actor]]
| {{Nominated}}
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo|Worst Screen Couple]] (<small>shared with [[Jennifer Aniston]]</small>)
| {{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| ''[[Law Abiding Citizen]]''
| rowspan="2"| Yoga Award
| rowspan="2"| Worst Foreign Actor
| rowspan="2" {{Won}}
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| ''[[The Bounty Hunter (2010 film)|The Bounty Hunter]]''
|-
| 2014
| {{n/a}}
| [[Russian National Movie Awards|Russian National Movie Award]]
| [[Russian National Movie Awards|Best Foreign Actor of the Decade]]
| {{Nominated}}
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[How to Train Your Dragon 2]]''
| Behind The Voice Actors Award
| Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film
| {{Nominated}}
|
|-
| 2016
| {{n/a}}
| [[Manaki Brothers Film Festival|Golden Camera Award]]
| [[Manaki Brothers Film Festival|Best International Actor]]
| {{Won}}
| <ref>[https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/scottish-actor-gerard-butler-receives-the-golden-camera-news-photo/508869938 Getty Images]</ref><ref>[https://www.goldenekamera.de/51-verleihung-2016/article206981583/Bester-Schauspieler-International-Gerard-Butler.html Goldene Kamera]</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[37th Golden Raspberry Awards|2017]]
| ''[[Gods of Egypt (film)|Gods of Egypt]]''
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Award]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor|Worst Actor]]
| rowspan="2" {{Nominated}}
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| ''[[London Has Fallen]]''
|}
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