Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. After studying law, Butler turned to acting in the mid1990s with small roles in productions such as Mrs Brown , the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies , and Tale of the Mummy . In 2000, he starred as Dracula in the horror film Dracula 2000 with Christopher Plummer and Jonny Lee Miller. The following year, he played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila .
Butler was born in Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland, the youngest of three children of Margaret and Edward Butler, a bookmaker. Butler is from a Catholic family of Irish descent. Butlers family moved to Montreal, Quebec, when he was six months old. His mother returned to Scotland with him, from Quebec, when her marriage broke down, when Gerard wasmonths old.
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