Gerard Butler has appeared on film .
The following year onward , he played Attila the Hun in the miniseries Attila -LRB- 2001 -RRB- and then appeared in the films Reign of Fire with Christian Bale -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , and Lara Croft Tomb Raider : The Cradle of Life with Angelina Jolie -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , before playing André Marek in the adaptation of Michael Crichton 's science fiction adventure Timeline -LRB- 2003 -RRB- .
Gerard Butler