Celebrity Biographies
Gerard Butler
With an unmistakable powerful voice, and his undoubted acting ability, Gerard Butler has seen his career take off after the success of 300 . He now makes the thing profitable, and although he remains on top, the truth is that he has not received good responses from the public again. He is suited to the roles of brutal badass, but he is also able to show the sensitive side of him.
Gerard James Butler, familiarly known as Gerry, was born on November 13, 1969 in Paisley (Scotland). When he was very young, his family moved to Montreal (Canada), where his father was transferred. He divorced his mother, who took Gerard back to Scotland. The boy studied Law at the University of Glasgow, and even became a lawyer, but he had been doing his first steps in amateur theater groups for some time. By then, the public’s response was very favorable, since the boy was quite convincing on stage, so encouraged by his friends, he decided to take a risk and moved to London, to succeed in the theater or die trying. .
In the British capital, the actor Stephen Berkoff realized his worth, and got him a role in a production of ‘Coriolanus’, the famous Shakespearean tragedy that he will also soon play in the cinema, directed by Ralph Fiennes . The greatest success of his on his stage was the stage adaptation of ‘Trainspotting’, the novel by Irvine Welsh , which had already been made into a film by Danny Boyle .
In the cinema, Gerard Butler debuted with a small role in Her Majesty Mrs. Brown , along with Judi Dench , who was also his co-star in Tomorrow Never Dies , one of Pierce Brosnan ‘s films as James Bond. When he left the character, Butler was one of the candidates considered to replace him, although in the end – as he is well known – the chosen one was Daniel Craig .
Although he achieved some popularity as the lead in the series Attila , his big screen career was slow to take off. His first film starring him, Dracula 2000 , was a byproduct that went unnoticed while Tomb Raider. The Cradle of Life , in which he co-starred with Angelina Jolie , did not perform as expected at the box office, and in fact spelled the end of the franchise.
Paradoxically, Gerard Butler’s first great success caught him with his face covered. The actor was chosen to play the protagonist of The Phantom of the Opera (2004) , adaptation of the very famous musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber . For his role, the names of John Travolta and Antonio Banderas had sounded , and critics and the public were quite satisfied with his work. But since his character was wearing a mask, no one kept his face.
Success came unexpectedly after the unprecedented success of 300 , which caused a sensation. In this adaptation of Frank Miller ‘s comic that freely recreates the Battle of Thermopylae, Butler played Leonidas, King of Sparta, who with three hundred warriors fought the King of Sparta, who had a million soldiers on his side. It swept the box office and made its leading lady a celebrity.
Since then, the truth is that Butler resists like a Spartan to get off stardom, but he can’t revalidate his success. The thriller Blackmail , the romantic drama Postscript: I Love You and the futuristic action film Gamer have all been big flops. He got off the ground a bit with Guy Ritchie ‘ s RocknRolla and the dispensable romantic comedy The Ugly Reality , but the truth is that Butler is playing it with the thriller A Good Citizen , along with Jamie Foxx .
Although Gerard Butler has been linked to women like Jennifer Aniston and Lindsay Lohan , he is currently single. Despite his charisma, he hasn’t found the love of his life.