| Net Worth: | $90 Million |
|---|---|
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 1.88m |
| Profession: | Actor |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
What is Gerard Butler’s Net Worth?
Gerard Butler is a Scottish actor who has a net worth of $90 Million. He is also a film producer, he is most popularly recognized for his role in “Olympus Has Fallen“. Gerard started acting after he gained a degree in Law in 1990(s).
He started with small roles in films like Mrs. Brown, the 1997 James Bond film; Tomorrow Never Dies, and Tale of the Mummy (1998). He starred in Dracula 2000 alongside Christopher Plummer and Jonny Miller.
Gerard starred in Atiller (2001), Reign of Fire (2002), and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider-Cradle Life alongside Angeline Jolie in 2003. He was also in The Phantom of the Opera in 2004, he was nominated for Best Actor for his role.
He became very popular when he played King Leonidas in the epic film 300. For his role in 300, he won Saturn Award for Best Actor and MTV Movie Award for Best Fight. He voiced Stoick the Vast in the animation How To Train Your Dragon, a series that ran from 2010-2019.
Another film that made him popular is the thriller series Olympus has Fallen, London Has Fallen, and Angel Has Fallen.
Early Life
Gerard Butler was born in Scotland on 13th November 1969. He is the youngest of the three children of Edward and Margaret Butler. Gerard is of Irish and Scottish descent. When he was six months old, his family moved to Quebec, Canada. Gerard’s parents divorced a year later and his mother took him back to Scotland.
Butler attended St. Mirin’s and St. Margaret’s High School, he also attended Scottish Youth Theatre in his teenage years. Gerard studied Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law.
Gerard was the president of the law society at the University of Glasgow. He never met his father again until he was invited by his father to a restaurant in Glasgow at the age of 16, this meeting turned out to be an emotional one and caused Butler to cry for hours. Gerard’s father died of cancer when he was 22 years old.
He took a year off to live in California just before his final year at the Law School. While in. California, he worked different jobs and was once arrested for disorderliness due to alcoholic influence. He returned to Scotland to finish law school. Butler suffers from hearing loss in the right ear due to a childhood illness.
Career
Legal Career
Gerard Butler got a job as a trainee lawyer at a law firm in Edinburgh after graduation. He was fired a week before becoming a lawyer due to his drinking habits which caused him to miss work. After he was fired from work, he moved to London in pursuit of fame.
Acting Career
Butler got a role in Phantom of the Opera and was nominated for a Satelite Award for Best Actor. He was featured in other projects like Dear Frankie in 2005, The Game of Their Lives(2005), and Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
Gerard Butler starred in Gamer, The Ugly Truth, and Law Abiding Citizen which he was also a co-producer. He also did a voiceover in 2010 for How to Train Your Dragon.
In 2013, he was cast in Olympus has Fallen, and he was said to have broken two bones in the neck during the shooting of the film. He voiced How to Train Your Dragon 2 in 2014. Gerard starred in the sequel of Olympus Has Fallen; London Has Fallen and also featured in Gods of Egypt in 2016. He played Mike Banning again in Angel Has Fallen in 2019.
Personal Life
Gerard Butler is an avid supporter of Celtic FC, he has been supporting the club since youth. He played in a charity match for the club in 2011. Gerard has since stopped using alcohol and has stated the same in interviews. He went into rehabilitation for alcohol abuse and the use of painkillers, and he has been clean since then.
Since 2010, he has been a supporter of Mary Meals charity, he also attended a fundraiser gala by Friends of the Israel Defense Forces(FIDF), in 2014, and 60 million was raised. Butler was a victim of a fire outbreak in 2018, his home in California was destroyed.
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