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Gerard Butler

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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 small roles in productions such as Mrs Brown (1997), the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and Tale of the Mummy (1998). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerard Butler has received more than 24,973,594 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Gerard Butler is the 409th most popular actor (up from 426th in 2019), the 526th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 580th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Actor.

Gerard Butler is most famous for his roles in the films "300," "P.S. I Love You," "The Bounty Hunter," "The Ugly Truth," and "Law Abiding Citizen."

Memorability Metrics

  • 25M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gerard Butler ranks 409 out of 13,578. Before him are Richard Griffiths, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Doris Day, Christopher Lambert, Walter Matthau, and Alan Arkin. After him are Ron Perlman, Robert Mitchum, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Magda Schneider, and Albert Finney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Gerard Butler ranks 9. Before him are Gwen Stefani, Oliver Kahn, Jennifer Aniston, Cate Blanchett, Matthew Perry, and Gabriel Batistuta. After him are Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Matthew McConaughey, Javier Bardem, Edward Norton, and Linus Torvalds.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gerard Butler ranks 526 out of 8,785. Before him are Mike Oldfield (1953), John Hicks (1904), Richard Griffiths (1947), William Kidd (1645), Robert Edwards (1925), and Mary Anning (1799). After him are Albert Finney (1936), Ronnie Wood (1947), Stanley Baldwin (1867), William Lassell (1799), Eadweard Muybridge (1830), and Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Gerard Butler ranks 65. Before him are Kate Winslet (1975), Diana Rigg (1938), John Cleese (1939), Trevor Howard (1913), Patrick Stewart (1940), and Richard Griffiths (1947). After him are Albert Finney (1936), Tom Wilkinson (1948), Donald Pleasence (1919), David McCallum (1933), Jane Seymour (1951), and Christian Bale (1974).

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Television and Movie Roles

300
King Leonidas
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
Mar 7o 20077.2 / 10
Olympus Has Fallen
Mike Banning
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.
Mar 20o 20136.404 / 10
How to Train Your Dragon
Stoick the Vast (voice)
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
Mar 18o 20107.829 / 10