NICKNAME: GERRY
BORN: NOV 13, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH: GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
HEIGHT: 6'2
STATUS: SINGLE AND CURRENTLY UNATTACTHED
HOME: LONDON (HAS A LOFT IN NY THOUGH)
JOB TITLES: ACTOR/ LAWYER
RAISED IN: PAISLEY ,SCOTLAND BUT LIVED IN CANADA FOR A SHORT TIME
BUTLER WAS RAISED BY HIS MOTHER WITH HIS BROTHER AND SISTER. HE SPEND HIS YOUTH AT A NEARBY THEATER AND SOON DEVELOPED THE ITCH TO ACT.EVENTUALLY HE JOINED THE SCOTTISH YOUTH THEATER WHERE ONE OF HIS FIRST STAGE ROLES WAS A STREET URCHIN IN "OLIVER". TO PLEASE EVERYONE AROUND HIM GERARD PUT OFF ACTING AND ENROLLED IN GLASGOW UNIVERSITY. HE HAS EXCEPTIONAL GRADES, WAS PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOLS LAW SOCIETY AND AN HONORS DEGREE.HE WAS UNHAPPY WITH HIS CHOICE OF CAREERS. AFTER GRADUATION BUTLER MOVED TO LA FOR SHORT TIME. HE APEARRED AS AN EXTRA IN THE KEVIN COSTNER MOVIE "THE BODYGURARD". HE THEN TRAVELED TO CANADA TO SPEND THE LAST REMAINING TIME WITH HIS DAD , HE WAS DIEING OF CANCER. AFTER HIS FATHERS DEATH BUTLER RETURNED TO SCOTLAND AND BEGAN A TRAINEESHIP AT A TOP LAWFIRM IN EDINBURGH. HE CONTINUED THE DAILY GRIND AT THE LAW FIRM FOR 2 YRS. BUTLER WAS FIRED JUST DAYS BEFORE HIS TRAINING WAS TO BE COMPLETED. THE FIREING COULDNT OF MADE HIM HAPPIER.HE PURSUED HIS ACTING CAREER WHILE WORKING ODD JOBS.HE WORKED IN SOME MOVIES IN SUPPORTING ROLES BUT WAS STILL LOOKIN FOR THE LIMELIGHT.
FILMOGRAPHY
Cast as Ewan MacGregors character Renton in the stage adaption of the movie "Trainspotting"
First stage roll was in the play " Coriolanus"
1997: small role in the James Bond movie " Tomorrow Never Dies"
1997: Movie debut as Billy Connolly's younger brother in " Mrs. Brown"
1998: appeared in Russell Mulchary's "Tale of the Mummy"
2000" Cast as the leading role of Wes Cravens " Dracula 2000"
2001: " Atilda" [tv movie]
2002: " Reign of Fire"
2003: " TimeLine"
2003: " Tomb Raider 2: The Cradel of life"
2004" Staring role in " Phantom of the Opera"
2005: "The Game of their Lives"
