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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 minor 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 portraying 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, 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).
Grimlock Smash is a 2022 American dystopian science fiction action film based on the Transformers character Grimlock. The film is directed by George Miller and stars an ensemble cast including Gerard Butler, Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper, Josh Brolin, James McAvoy, Andy Serkis, and Frank Welker. It is set during the final days of Cybertron, which this version of Grimlock is based on the Fall of Cybertron take on him, where he is smarter than the version most people are used to, and nowhere near as arrogant, and he must stop Predaking from destroying what's left of the planet. The film premiered on Los Angeles and was released on February 21st 2022. It received largely positive reviews and was praised for Miller's direction and screenplay, Butler's performance, action sequences, faithfulness to Grimlock, visual effects, tone, and emotional weight.
