Gerard butler was born in 1969 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Their parents are Margaret Y Edward butler.
He was raised in the Catholic religion and lived for the first two years of his life in Montreal.
When his parents divorced, his mother returned with him and his brother to Scotland, to their hometown of Paisley.
Gerard He had no further contact with his father until he was 16 years old, and he died of colon cancer when his son was 22 years old.
Gerard graduated from the University of Glasgow, on the Law School before entering his stage career.
His first roles were in the play “Coriolanus”And in the theatrical version of “Trainspotting”.
His first film was in the role of Archie brown, on “Your Majesty, Mrs Brown”(1997), whose protagonist was Judi Dench.
That same year, he appeared in minor roles in the movie James bond “The tomorrow Never Die” with Pierce brosnan, Jonathan Price Y Teri hatcher.
He was seen in series like “The Young Person’s Guide to Becoming a Rock Star “(1998) and “Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married”(1999).
He had small roles in “The cherry orchard“(1999) and”Harrison’s Flowers “(2000) with Adrien brody Y Andie macdowell .
In 1999, he began filming his first leading role as Attila the Hun, for the television miniseries “Attila”. While filming it, I simultaneously participated in the production of Wes craven “Dracula 2000 “, next to Christopher Plummer.
During 2002, the miniseries was broadcast “The Jury”, work for which he was acclaimed by critics, and premiered “The empire of fire”, In which he appeared alongside Christian bale.
In 2003, he was part of “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Cradle of Life“, starring Angelina Jolie, and of “Timeline“, next to Billy connolly.
The following year, he co-starred alongside Emmy rossum Y Patrick Wilson, the remake “The Phantom of the Opera”(2004) based on the theatrical production of Andrew Lloyd Weber.
In 2005, he was the lead actor in “The game of their lives”, A film based on a true story about a United States soccer team that beat England, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
That same year, he was chosen to play Beowulf on “Beowulf & Grendel”(2005).
While filming it, Gerard starred in and co-produced the documentary “Wrath of Gods “.
For 2006, the renowned “300” with Lena Headey Y Dominic west. The film was based on the graphic novel of the same name and, in it, Gerard played the role of King Leonidas of Sparta.
Butler received several awards for his role, including Action star of the year, of Taurus World Stunt Awards.
Also, in 2006, he appeared in “Butterfly on a wheel” with Maria bello Y Pierce Brosnan.
On “PS I love You”(2007), was accompanied by Hilary swank Y Lisa kudrow.
In July of that year, he appeared at the concert Live Earth at London’s Wembey Stadium and later was named one of the sexiest celebrities in a poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly.
In 2008, he will be seen in “Nim’s Island” next to Jodie foster Y Abigail breslin, and in “Rockanrolla” Y “Game“, with Milo Ventimiglia Y Amber Valetta.
Also this year, it will come out in “The Intochables: Capone rising”.
For 2009, “How to train your dragon“,”The ugly truth” Y “Law abiding citizen” next to Catherine Zeta Jones.