Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler is a Scottish film actor, who gained popularity in the films The Phantom of the Opera, 300 Spartans, The Naked Truth, Law Abiding Citizen, Rock 'n Roller, The Fall of Olympus and The Fall of London.

Actor Gerard Butler was born on November 13, 1969 in Scotland. He is the third, youngest child in the family. Gerard was not even six months old when his parents moved to Canada. My father dreamed of starting his own business there. True, all attempts ended in failure, the man blamed his wife and children for his troubles. In the end, Gerard's mother filed for divorce. In 1972, she and her children returned to Scotland and soon married a second time.

Gerard Butler was fond of martial arts, showed good sports results. There was a cinema not far from their apartment, the boy liked to be there with his mother. So, imperceptibly for himself, he became interested in cinema and persuaded his mother to take him to auditions.

Gerard was accepted into a youth theater, at the age of 12 he played a small role in a play at the Royal Theater. The mother was not delighted with her son's hobby, she considered stage skills to be pampering. The guy studied well at school, and after graduation he did not upset his mother and entered law college. After receiving his law degree, Butler went to Los Angeles - he did not give up his acting dream. True, the capital of world cinema greeted him coolly, he only got the role of an extra in the film "The Bodyguard".

During the same period, Gerard learned that his father had cancer. They did not see each other for 14 years, but the guy dropped his business and went to his father in Canada. There he was until the death of his father, and then returned to Scotland.

At home, Gerard Butler took an internship at a major law firm, he showed promise as a lawyer, but the work was not enjoyable. He became depressed, gradually he became addicted to alcohol, repeatedly tried to commit suicide, fought in drunken tantrums. Butler was one step away from the abyss - he drank with everyone indiscriminately. He was fired from his job. After his dismissal, Gerard went to London, hoping to get a job in the theater or act in films here - it did not work out. He moonlighted as a waiter, showed children's toys. After several months of ordeal, he was finally taken to the theater as an assistant casting manager. Once he plucked up the courage and asked the director to audition him, he agreed. After auditioning, Gerard Butler got his first role.

A little time passed, and he appeared in the play "At the Game", which he always admired. From that moment, Butler's career began to flourish.

Butler's acting career began with the film "Mrs Brown" in 1997. The role was small - his hero was swimming in ice water and was admitted to the hospital with hypothermia. In the same year, he received two more minor roles. Then came the comedy series "Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married" with Gerard Butler. The new century began with supporting roles in Arrows and Harrison's Flowers.

The actor got his first main role in the films "Dracula 2000" and "Attila the Conqueror". It took him a long time to get rid of the Scottish accent. These roles brought Butler popularity, and soon he signed an agreement with a new agency. In 2000-2003 he starred in the TV series The Jury, the films The Power of Fire and Trapped in Time, and then starred in Lara Croft with Angelina Jolie.

The musical The Phantom of the Opera, in which he starred in 2004, became a landmark in his career. The box office grossed over $ 150 million, the film was nominated for an Oscar three times and received a dozen prestigious awards. The actor performed all the solo parts himself. True, the shooting was difficult, but Gerard Butler did it.

Among other cult roles - the king of the Spartans Leonidas in "300 Spartans". For this role, Butler worked in the gym for 6 months, gained muscle mass and mastered the art of fighting with swords, since the actor's height for an epic hero is already suitable (188 cm). The MTV Movie Awards named the actor "Best Fighter".

The audience met with success the movie "Rock and Roll", which Empire magazine named the best British film of the year. In 2010, the movie The Naked Truth was released, in which Butler showed himself as a comedian, and Gerard's partner on the set was Katherine Heigl. In the same year, another comedy was released - The Bounty Hunter. Another notable project of this period is the painting "Preacher with a Machine Gun".

In 2013, the actor played the main role in the action-packed action movie The Fall of Olympus. Butler's character is Mike Banning, a suspended U.S. Secret Service agent. Mike was working as a security guard for the president when the president's motorcade had an accident. Mike was only able to save one passenger, and Banning saved the president's life. The guard was accused of the death of the first lady and transferred to paperwork, suspended from operations. 18 months after the incident, a delegation from South Korea arrives at the White House, into which North Korean terrorists have secretly infiltrated. Outside the captured White House, only Mike is familiar with the president's security system and can save the head of state.

Gerard Butler is popular, wealthy and in demand, but still single. Information about the actor's novels periodically appears in the press. For two years he dated his assistant Tonya and officially confirmed that she was his girlfriend. The relationship did not work out.

Then Gerard Butler had a relationship with model Madalina Genea, but they ended in a breakup. He was credited with relationships with Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Biel and others. In 2014, the actor had a new love - Morgan Brown.

Gerard does not suffer from star fever, is kind to fans, willingly takes pictures with them and signs autographs. For his friendliness and patience, he is called the most benevolent actor in Hollywood. Also, the actor regularly replenishes his Instagram photos, in which Gerard already has a million subscribers.

In 2016, the sequel to the action-packed film The Fall of Olympus, The Fall of London, was released. Gerard Butler continues to play the lead role of Mike Banning, who, after the events of the previous film, becomes the main agent of the US President's Secret Service. The sequel is set in the UK. Heads of different countries arrive in London for the funeral of the British Prime Minister. So many leaders of states in one place have become a coveted target for terrorists. Agent Mike again has to save the world from the fall and crisis.

In the same year, the actor appeared in the fantasy adventure film based on the ancient Egyptian mythology "Gods of Egypt", in the role of the main antagonist of Set. As in Egyptian myth, the desert god Seth kills his own brother Osiris to usurp power. At the same time, the film was filmed in the genre of science fiction, not epic or fairy-tale fantasy: the picture is filled with new technologies, and the gods wear biomechanical armor.

Critics did not appreciate this approach. The film was accused of an excessive abundance of computer graphics, oversimplification of the mythology of Egypt in order to weave it into formulaic plots, as well as poor casting in terms of skin color. Director Alex Proyas sharply responded to criticism and accused film critics of feigned political correctness and lack of their own opinion. According to the director, "Gods of Egypt" is scolded not because of the quality of the film, but for the sake of keeping up with trends and general moods.

In the same year, Gerard Butler starred in the American-Canadian drama The Hunter of Wall Street, a classic film about choosing between a career and a family. The hero of the actor - an employee of the recruiting agency Blackridge - received a promise of a raise if he bypasses a rival colleague. But at the same time, the recruiter learns that his son has cancer and needs constant help and care.

At the end of October 2017, another film with Gerard Butler in the title role will be released - the fantastic disaster film Geostorm.

1999 - Another Kiss 2004 - The Phantom of the Opera 2005 - Dear Frankie 2007 - PS I Love You 2007 - 300 Spartans 2008 - Rock and Roller 2008 - Nimes Island 2009 - "The Naked Truth" 2009 - "Law Abiding Citizen" 2010 - "Bounty Hunter" 2012 - "Man Caught Up" 2013 - "The Fall of Olympus" 2016 - "Gods of Egypt" 2016 - "The Fall of London" 2016 - "The Hunter of Wall Street"

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Gerard Butler Net Worth 2021

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Gerard Butler Net Worth 2020

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Gerard Butler Net Worth 2019

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Gerard Butler Net Worth 2018

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Gerard Butler Net Worth 2017

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Gerard Butler Net Worth 2016

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Gerard Butler Net Worth 2015

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