Gerard Butler is a famous Hollywood actor who was born in Scotland. He starred in films of various genres, including musicals and melodramas, but he is especially successful in the roles of brave and brutal men.
Childhood, adolescence and student years
The talented actor was born on November 13, 1969 in Scotland, the son of Edward and Margaret Butler. But six months after his birth, the family moved to Canada to create their own business. The Butlers were unable to make money in Montreal and divorced a year later. Margaret and her sons returned to Scotland, where Gerard spent all his childhood and adolescence.
The future actor was seriously fond of martial arts and achieved success in sports. And at the age of 12 he began to play in the youth theater. It was after this that Gerard began to dream of an acting career, but his mother did not support him, considering this hobby to be pampering. After leaving school, Butler went to law college so as not to upset his mother. In college, as well as in school, he was one of the best students. But immediately after graduation, Gerard went to Los Angeles. It turns out that all these years he could not give up his dream of becoming an actor. But after 1, 5 years, he returns to his homeland, without having achieved success.
In Scotland, Butler gets a job at a large firm as a lawyer, but this does not bring satisfaction. The actor drowns his inner emptiness and unfulfilled dreams in alcohol. Because of this addiction, he is fired from his job even before the end of the internship. Butler decided on a second attempt to build an acting career and went to London. In the capital of Great Britain, he takes on any job: salesman, waiter and theater assistant. And luck finally smiles at him - he gets the lead role in the Irish production of Trainspotting.
Acting career and filmography
In 1997, Gerard Butler first appeared on the screen in the film "Mrs Brown". It was a cameo role, but it was she who became the start of a dizzying career. Then he starred in the TV series "Lucy Sullivan Gets Married", in the films "Harrison's Flowers" and "Arrows".
The actor got his first leading roles in the films Attila the Conqueror and Dracula 2000. The turn of the century brings Butler new roles and the opportunity to work with Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft. In 2004, he starred in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, and the actor performs all the parts himself. The work was difficult, but the picture at the box office grossed more than $ 150 million and was nominated for an Oscar.
In 2005, Gerard starred in the films Beowulf and Grendel and The Game of Their Lives, and in 2007 in the historical blockbuster about the feat of warriors, 300 Spartans. He then manages to work with Guy Ritchie. The director offered him the lead role in the crime comedy "Rock and Roll".
The talented Scotsman does not stop at one genre, constantly embodying new images. In 2009, he played excellently both in the comedy "The Naked Truth" and in the thriller "Gamer". His roles in the drama Law Abiding Citizen and the comedy action movie The Bounty Hunter were successful.
In 2011, the actor has to take a break from filming due to injuries received while working on an action movie. Butler has been treating fractures of the cervical vertebrae for about a year, and then he has to seek help from a rehabilitation center to get rid of his addiction to anesthetics.
In 2014, the action-packed action movie "The Fall of London" and the blockbuster "Gods of Egypt" were released. In 2016, the actor gets the lead role in the disaster film Geostorm, he appears in the drama The Hunter of Wall Street.
Personal life
Gerard Butler has a stormy but secretive personal life. It was rumored that at various times he had affairs with Rosario Dawson and Shanna Moakler. In 2010, the actor had a relationship with Jennifer Aniston, Beatrice Coelho and Lori Koleva. In 2012, Butler was spotted with Brandi Glanweil and Martina Raich.
The famous actor in 2013 met Madalina Genea, whom he still meets today. Gerard introduced his beloved to the family, but has not yet made an offer.
