Gerard Butler Bio | Wiki
Gerard Butler 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 in 1997. Gerard also appeared in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies and Tale of the Mummy.
In 2000, he starred as Count Dracula in the gothic horror film Dracula 2000 with Christopher Plummer and Jonny Lee Miller. Gerard played military leader Tullus Aufidius in the 2011 film Coriolanus, a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy of the same name. He also played Sam Childers in the 2011 action biopic Machine Gun Preacher.
Gerard Butler Age
Gerard was born on November 13, 1969, in Paisley, United Kingdom. He is 53 years old.
Gerard Butler Height
He is a man of tall stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 3 in (Approx. 1.88 m).
Gerard Butler Family
He was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, to his parents Margaret and Edward Butler. Gerard is the youngest of three children including Brian and Lynn. His father is a bookmaker. Gerard is from a Catholic family of Irish descent.
His family moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada when he was six months old. A year later, when his parents’ marriage broke down, his mother left Quebec and returned to Scotland with Gerard, aged 18 months. 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.
Gerard Butler Father
After his parents’ separation when he was 18 months old, Gerard did not see his father again until he was 16 years old when his father called to meet him at a Glasgow restaurant. After the meeting, Gerard 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.” When he 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.”
Gerard Butler Wife
Gerard has not been married. He is in a romantic relationship with his longtime girlfriend Morgan Brown. The couple started dating in 2014, and they have been on and off.
Gerard Butler Education
He was head boy at St Mirin’s & St Margaret’s High School in Paisley and won a place at the University of Glasgow School of Law. Gerard also attended the Scottish Youth Theatre while a teenager.
As a student, he was the president of the university law society, a position he later said he “kind of blagged my way into”. Before his final year of law school, Gerard took a year off to live in California—mostly in Venice Beach, where he held different jobs, and traveled often. After his time off in America, he returned to Scotland to finish his final year at law school.
Movies With Gerard Butler
2011 How to Train Your Dragon
2011 Law Abiding Citizen
2015 How to Train Your Dragon 2
2017 Gods of Egypt
2017 London Has Fallen
2010 The Bounty Hunter
2010 Law Abiding Citizen
2005 The Phantom of the Opera
Gerard Butler 300
In 2006, Gerard starred as Spartan King Leonidas in the Warner Bros. production 300, which is often described as his breakthrough role. He, 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
Gerard Butler As The Phantom
In 2003, director Joel Schumacher was deciding on the principal casting for the film The Phantom of the Opera, a film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical of the same name.
He thought of Gerard, whom he had seen earlier in the film Dracula 2000, to play the title character. Gerard, 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
Gerard Butler Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx, an American actor, comedian, and singer stars in Law Abiding Citizen as Nicholas “Nick” Rice alongside Gerard as Clyde Alexander Shelton. The film takes place in Philadelphia, telling the story of a man driven to seek justice while.
He targets not only his family’s killer but also those who have supported a corrupt criminal justice system, intending to assassinate anyone supporting the system. Law Abiding Citizen was filmed on location in Philadelphia and released theatrically by Overture Films in North America on October 16, 2009.
Gerard Butler Last Seen Alive
Last Seen Alive is a 2022 American action thriller film directed by Brian Goodman and written by Marc Frydman. It stars Gerard, who also produced the film, Jaimie Alexander and Russell Hornsby. Formerly known as Chase, the film follows a man who takes the law into his own hands after he begins searching for his missing wife. It was released in the US on June 3, 2022, and was panned by critics.
Gerard Butler Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Gerard estimated net worth is $80 million.
Is Gerard Butler Married
Gerard has not been married. He has been in a romantic relationship with his longtime girlfriend Morgan Brown since 2014.
Where Is Gerard Butler Now
Since October 2011, he has divided his time between Los Angeles and Glasgow.
He starred in the 2022 film Last Seen Alive.