
Age: 56
male
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).

Gerard Butler

Det. Darren Wheeler
for Det. Darren Wheeler in Need for Speed: Overdrive (Movie)
Suggested by j_bkr

Julian is in his senior year at a prestigious prep school in Rockport City. He has always led a safe and cautious life, but after turning 18 he yearns for excitement and to stand out. However, he is held back by his protective father, who is an R.C.P.D. detective. But one day that is about to change as his best friend Jason introduces him to the world of street races, which are very popular in Rockport City. For the first time in his life, Julian feels that this is something worth taking a risk for and, after learning some driving skills, he participates in one of the street races held in Rockport, where he arrives second, only behind Ellie Watson, one of the best, if not the best driver in Rockport. After this race he gets noticed by her and she introduces him to the Mercy Park Crew, one of the most powerful racing gangs in Rockport, which is also the one that Darren, Julian's dad, is investigating.