Biography
Born in 1969, Scottish actor Gerard Butler was a lawyer before taking to the stage. After being fired from his first job in 
the legal world in 1995 he decided to take a career turn and try acting. After small stage and screen roles, he broke out in 2003, being cast in both Michael Crichton’s Timeline and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Butler received his break into the ranks of leading men in 2004 courtesy of Joel Schumacher and the lead in the film version of Phantom of the Opera.
He has gone on to star in action, comedy and even voice work for animated films. Perhaps (and perhaps unfortunately) known to most American audiences from his role in 300, he also starred in P.S., I Love You opposite Hilary Swank and provided voice talent for How to Train Your Dragon in early 2010.
Despite rampant speculation to the contrary, Butler remains a bachelor at 40. The ruggedly handsome Scotsman has inspired innumerable internet fan sites and has loyal followers all over the world.
– S. Millinocket
photo by Siebbi
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All New Mitch Rapp Movie
American Assassin First Big Screen Flynn Adaptation Finally! We’ve been waiting for what seems like forever for Mitch Rapp to come to life on the big screen. When George last wrote about the CBS film deal with author Vince Flynn, the studio had brought Antoine Fuqua aboard to direct a Jonathan Lemkin written script. Various names were thrown [...]
Mitch Rapp Final Poll – Butler, Bana, Jackman
All New Mitch Rapp Movie Update – June 2011! We asked Mitch Rapp fans who should play the Orion Team operative. After 40 million votes, America spoke, and oops, that’s American Idol. But hundreds of you voted about Mitch Rapp’s Hollywood alter-ego. The results were surprising. There were great write-in candidates that gained only a [...]
Vote on Who Should Play Mitch Rapp
This is your chance to be heard! We’ve gathered the comments from Eric Bana to Gerard Butler to George Clooney (Clooney?). Vote on who should play Mitch Rapp!
Who Looks Like Mitch Rapp? Let Vince Flynn Tell You.
Author reveals his vision of main Consent to Kill character All New Mitch Rap Movie Update – June 2011! With so much talk and speculation surrounding not only the movie Consent to Kill, but the choice of who will play main character Mitch Rapp, it’s only natural to want to know what the author thinks. [...]
Antoine Fuqua to Direct Gerard Butler
Not in Consent to Kill…yet. Well, there’s still no word on the cast for the Vince Flynn novel/movie Consent to Kill, but the named director for the film, Antoine Fuqua, will be working with Gerard Butler, a fan favorite for the lead role, in another movie. Fans of both Butler and Flynn have been hoping [...]
New on Netflix – October 5th and October 12th
What the world needs now, is movies on DVD… It’s that time again, time for New on Netflix! All that’s new to watch in DVD and, hopefully, rent from Netflix. Sometimes those two things don’t happen at the same time and you can purchase before you can Netflix. That’s why I’m here. I’ll let you [...]
Vince Flynn vs. Gerard Butler
Vince Flynn movie causes confluence of two fan bases When CBS Films optioned the rights to Vince Flynn’s novel Consent to Kill they set in motion what is probably just another day for Hollywood. But for fans of the author, there was a lot of excitement about his Mitch Rapp character finally coming to the big [...]
Mitch Rapp Movie Coming, Says Vince Flynn
Fans of CIA agent Mitch Rapp, featured in Vince Flynn novels, are getting closer to seeing a film. Flynn himself updates the situation.
New on Netflix – July 13th and July 20th
It’s hot outside, and there are mosquitoes. Lots and lots of mosquitoes. So what are we to do in the evening? Watch movies, of course! Let’s see what’s new on Netflix and the wider DVD world for the next two weeks. July 13th Saint John of Las Vegas (indie comedy, Steve Buscemi, Romany Malco) – [...]
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