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==Career==
His first acting roles were in the stage plays ''[[Coriolanus (play)|Coriolanus]]'' and in the stage version of''[[Trainspotting]]'' <ref>[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=240591&mod=bio New York Times Biography]</ref>, after which he landed his first film role in ''[[Mrs. Brown]]'' (1997). That same year he appeared in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', with his first major role being the title character in ''[[Dracula 2000]]'' (2000). The movie ''[[Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life|Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life]]'' (2003) in which Butler starred opposite Angelina Jolie was one that put him on the map, but his breakthrough came when he played the title role of Attila in the [[United States]] television serial ''[[Attila (TV miniseries)]]'' (2001). He also appeared in the [[United Kingdom]] television serial ''[[The Jury (miniseries)|The Jury]]''.
He began taking formal singing lessons before he was even cast for the title role in [[Joel Schumacher]]'s film rendition of [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'', training for hours a day from January of 2003 to June of 2004. He became very close to his co-star [[Emmy Rossum]], whom he sees as a little sister.
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