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Butler was born in [[Glasgow]], Scotland, the youngest of three children of Margaret and Edward Butler, a [[bookie]].<ref>http://my.cineplex.com/showbiz-news/2010/03/drawn-together-gerard-butler-craig-ferguson/</ref> Butler was raised in a [[Roman Catholic]] working-class family<ref>[http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/gerard-butler/ Profiles - Gerard Butler - hellomagazine.com]</ref> and spent the first few years of his life in [[Montreal]], Canada,<ref>[http://www.mysticbliss.net/gerard-butler/]</ref> before returning to live in his mother's home town [[Paisley]].<ref>Daily News. "[http://www.dailynews.com/celebrities/ci_12901408 Gerard Butler breaks the mold]"</ref> |
Big G Butler was born in [[Glasgow]], Scotland, the youngest of three children of Margaret and Edward Butler, a [[bookie]].<ref>http://my.cineplex.com/showbiz-news/2010/03/drawn-together-gerard-butler-craig-ferguson/</ref> Butler was raised in a [[Roman Catholic]] working-class family<ref>[http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/gerard-butler/ Profiles - Gerard Butler - hellomagazine.com]</ref> and spent the first few years of his life in [[Montreal]], Canada,<ref>[http://www.mysticbliss.net/gerard-butler/]</ref> before returning to live in his mother's home town [[Paisley]].<ref>Daily News. "[http://www.dailynews.com/celebrities/ci_12901408 Gerard Butler breaks the mold]"</ref> |
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Gerard Butler | |
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| Born | Gerard James Butler |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles in the films 300, The Phantom of the Opera, RocknRolla, P.S. I Love You, The Ugly Truth, Gamer, Law Abiding Citizen, The Bounty Hunter, and How to Train Your Dragon.
Early life
Big G Butler was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the youngest of three children of Margaret and Edward Butler, a bookie.[1] Butler was raised in a Roman Catholic working-class family[2] and spent the first few years of his life in Montreal, Canada,[3] before returning to live in his mother's home town Paisley.[4]
Career
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Auditions for the films Trainspotting and The Lost Boys inspired him to become an actor. Butler went to London where he was approached by actor Steven Berkoff (who later appeared alongside him in Attila (2001/I) (TV)), who gave him a role in a stage production of Coriolanus. He was cast as Ewan McGregor's character Renton in the stage adaptation of Trainspotting. His film debut was as Billy Connolly's younger brother in Mrs. Brown (1997).
His film career continued with small roles, first in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) 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 USA film Attila (2001/I) (TV). The film's producers wanted a known actor to play the part but kept coming back to Butler's screen tests and decided he was their man. He was cast as Butler in Dracula 2000 (2000).
Since then he has appeared in Reign of Fire (2002) 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), Butler played an archaeologist who was sent back in time with a team of students to rescue a colleague. He went on to appear in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera (2004), playing the title character in the adaptation of the stage musical. Other projects that followed include Dear Frankie (2004), The Game of Their Lives (2005) and Beowulf & Grendel (2005).
In 2007, he starred as Spartan King Leonidas in the Warner Bros. production 300 (2007), based on the Frank Miller graphic novel, and Butterfly on a Wheel (2007) co-starring Pierce Brosnan and Maria Bello, which aired on network TV under the title Shattered. In 2007, he starred in P.S. I Love You with Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank . In 2008, he appeared in Nim's Island (2008) and RocknRolla (2008). More recently he has also starred in the Mark Neveldine / Brian Taylor film Gamer, The Ugly Truth and Law Abiding Citizen, which he also co-produced.
Filmography
References
External links
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- Profile and photos of Gerard Butler in Men's Vogue, November 2008
- 1969 births
- 20th-century actors
- 21st-century actors
- 20th-century Scottish people
- 21st-century Scottish people
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- Living people
- MTV Movie Award winners
- People from Glasgow
- People from Paisley
- People from Montreal
- Scottish actors
- Scottish film actors
- Scottish immigrants to Canada
- Scottish people of Irish descent
- Scottish stage actors
- Scottish television actors
- Scottish lawyers
- Scottish Roman Catholics
- Scottish film producers