gerard butler

Popular Scottish actor Gerard James Butler was born on November 13, 1969 in Glasgow. He has appeared in such notable films as: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life (2003) starring Angelina Jolie, The Phantom Of The Opera (2004), PS, I Love You (2007), RocknRolla and The Ugly Truth alongside budding movie star Katherine Heigl (2009).

Gerard Butler developed an interest in acting at a young age and joined the Scottish Youth Theatre, where he appeared in a production of Oliver! when he was just 12 years old. His first Hollywood acting gig was as an extra in the 1992 Whitney Houston romantic-thriller The Bodyguard.

He has a degree from the School of Law at Glasgow University where he served as the president of the school's law society and earned an honor's degree.

In 2007, Gerard Butler starred as Spartan King Leonidas in 300, an adaptation of Frank Miller's historical novel set during the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “gerard butler”

• in Film
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  by dmdo / on Mar 31, 2010

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• Gerard Butler mistaken for terrorist at London airport - Realbollywood.com

  
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  London, Jan 28: Gerard Butler has revealed that he once caused an airport security scare after officials flagged up special shoes he had worn for his Tomb Raider audition. - Realbollywood.com
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• Cameron Diaz is flirting with Gerard Butler to make P. Diddy jealous: gross?

  
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  These are some new photos of Gerard Butler, sauntering around West Hollywood looking like… I don’t even know. He’s 42 years old! Is that too old to leave your shirt that far unbuttoned? Gerard is getting to be like the Scottish Jeremy Piven at this point. I mean, I love the big lug, but Jesus, Gerry! Enough ...
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• Gerard Butler Mistaken For Terrorist!

  
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  GERARD Butler was once mistaken for a terrorist. The Coriolanus star was going through immigration in a London airport when he was stopped by suspicious security officials in 2001 and the actor — who had just completed a screen test for Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life — had a tough time explaining why he [...]
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  test Jennifer Aniston is not pregnant!!! And Gerard Butler is NOT the man who didn’t make her so! Have we sunk this low, that a Google search for “Aniston pregnant” that turns up an item saying “According to a report in the latest issue of OK Magazine , pregnancy test kits for Jennifer Aniston might ...
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• Coriolanus Review: Ralph Fiennes’ Brilliant Directorial Debut

  
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  Rating: 5 out of 5 stars (Our review from the Berlin Film Festival re-posted) Forgive my ignorance or lack of cultural sophistication but I actually hadn’t heard of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus prior to the announcement that a Ralph Fiennes directed adaptation would be screened in competition at Berlin this ...
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• Coriolanus Movie Review

  
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  Title: Coriolanus Directed By: Ralph Fiennes Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, Gerard Butler, James Nesbitt, Paul Jesson, Jessica Chastain, Lubna Azabal, Ashraf Barhom Back in high school, I always knew I should appreciate Shakespeare, but getting through his work was so tedious, it often took away ...
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• Coriolanus Screens in NY Ahead of Friday Opening!

  
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  Ralph Fiennes’ directorial debut, Coriolanus, an adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s lesser known historical tragedies, finally opens wide in the US and the UK this Friday, January 20. Have I been looking forward to it? You know I have. (I really cannot wait to see it again! It’s a masterful, powerful film and a ...
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• New Movies This Week: Haywire; Red Tails; Underworld: Awakening…

  
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  This week, the celebrities showing up in new movies this week include Gina Carano, Channing Tatum , Bryan Cranston , Cuba Gooding Jr., the leather clad Kate Beckinsale , Tom Hanks , Gerard Butler , Ralph Fiennes & Christian Bale !  Plus, with the Sundance Film Festival getting in full swing, there’s ...
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• Celebrity Lookalikes: One For The Money‘s Jason O’Mara And Gerard Butler

  
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  When the first trailer for the Stephanie Plum mystery-comedy One for the Money  came out, many of us were surprised to see that rogue cop (and Katherine Heigl ‘s love interest) Joe Morelli was played by Jason O’Mara  (right), more a niche actor than a proven romantic lead. I know that I assumed that the ...
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• Does Diddy Have Cameron On A Short Leash?! Or Does She Love A Man With Power?!

  
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  The Weinstein Companys after party was full of wild behavior and celeb buzz! For the post Golden Globes fiesta, some of Hollywoods biggest names stopped by, including Meryl Streep , Tilda Swinton, Viola Davis, Bradley Cooper , and Leo with his mother as his date! But the biggest surrounded a "together but ...
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• The Golden Globes 2012: The Best After Parties

  
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  HBO kicked things off at Circa 55, where guests like Jane Fonda, Guy Pearce, and Ewan McGregor, and winner Claire Dane munched on beef tenderloin and sipped martinis. NBC had A-listers Jon Hamm, Colin Firth, and Nicole Richie schmoozing under the stars at the Beverly Hilton rooftop - right across from where Harvey ...
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• Review: Machine Gun Preacher

  
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  Hi cinephiles, Joel here with today’s review, Machine Gun Preacher Director : Marc Forster Cast : Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan and Michael Shannon Running time : 128 Minutes Age restriction : 16 LVD Genre : Action, Biography     Machine Preacher for me was a disappointment from the ...
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• Coriolanus Review

  
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  Another Shakespearian text receives the contemporary treatment (albeit via one of his lesser-known plays) with Bard veteran Ralph Fiennes making his directorial debut alongside ably filling the central role of proud and defiant general, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus. The ruler of Rome (portrayed here as a faceless English ...
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• I Want... 15 Thoughts from The Golden Globes

  
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  The Golden Globes! You either love them in spite of themselves, or you hate them. Every year people watch them expecting them to change and then somehow feign shock when they give a statue to Madonna or when they prefer one movie to another (like every other awards organisation known to mankind). Every year in the ...
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• GOLDEN GLOBES 2012 COVERAGE: The Stars Take to the Red Carpet Including, Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and More

  
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• Gerard Butler Avoids Household Chores!

  
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  GERARD Butler used his surfing accident to his advantage by avoiding household chores. The Hollywood actor cheated death in December when he was thrown from his surfboard and hit by a series of 12-foot waves while filming Of Men and Mavericks — and he joked that he was unable to wash dishes when he returned [...]
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• Gerard Butler dodges household chores

  
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  Gerard Butler used his surfing accident to his advantage by avoiding household chores. The Hollywood actor cheated death in December when he was thrown from his surfboard and hit by a series of 12-foot waves while filming Of Men and Mavericks - and he joked that he was unable to wash dishes when he returned home to ...
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• A-Listers Let Loose After The Golden Globes

  
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  From Charlize Theron to Gerard Butler (and a woman who was probably not his date), everyone came out to party it up last night after the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Stars spotted at the Sunset Tower hotel were...
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• Stars Let Loose After The Golden Globes

  
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  From Kirsten Dunst to Gerard Butler (and a woman who was probably not his date), everyone came out to party it up last night after the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Stars spotted at the Chateau Marmont were Leonardo...
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