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Gerard James Butler
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 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 the Hun in the miniseries Attila (2001), then appeared in the films Reign of Fire (2002) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003) before starring in the science fiction film Timeline (2003). He played Erik, The Phantom in Joel Schumacher's 2004 musical The Phantom of the Opera. Butler gained wider recognition for his portrayal of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's fantasy war 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,[1] played military leader Tullus Aufidius in the 2011 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 (2018), Greenland (2020), and Plane (2023). Since October 2011, Butler has divided his time between Los Angeles and Glasgow.[41] In 2011, he was rushed to the Stanford University Medical Center after suffering a surfing incident in Mavericks, California, during the filming of Of Men and Mavericks.[42] He was stable and released from the hospital later that week.[43] Butler stated in an interview that he no longer drinks alcohol.[44] In February 2012, it was announced that he had completed a course of treatment for substance abuse of painkillers at a rehabilitation facility.[45] He was concerned he had become too reliant on prescribed pain medication, which escalated after his surfing accident.[45] In 2011, Butler played in a charity match for Celtic F.C., a football club he has supported since childhood.[41] A year later he represented Celtic in a Hollywood film, starring as a "has-been" player in Playing for Keeps.[46] He is also a supporter of Scotland rugby and has even been involved with promotional videos for the side including for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[47] In August 2013, he bought an equity stake in the Jamaica Tallawahs cricket team, part of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL).[48] He has supported the charity Mary's Meals since 2010.[49] He visited the international development charity's programme in Liberia in 2014.[50] In 2018, he attended a fundraiser gala organised by Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, which raised $60 million.[51] In November 2018, Butler's home was destroyed in the Woolsey Fire in California.[
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