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- Has dark brown/black hair.

- Born in Glasgow but raised primarily in Paisley, Scotland.

- Scottish, but of Irish decent.

- First stage role was in Coriolanus.

- First movie role was in Mrs. Brown.

- Poked in the eye with a wooden stake during rehearsals for the play Coriolanus.

- On the first day of shooting his film debut in Mrs. Brown he had to bound naked into a freezing sea and as a result developed hypothermia.

- While filming Mrs. Brown, saved a young boy from drowning in the river Tay and received a "Certificate Of Bravery" from The Royal Humane Society.

- Graduated from Glasgow University with a law degree

- Did not see his father from the age of 2 until he turned 16.

- His eyes are grey/green in color but often appear blue on screen.
- Was rumored to be the next James Bond (after Pierce Brosnan).

- Was confirmed for a role in Mindhunters, but chose to drop out of it because of his prior commitment to Timeline. The filming schedules of the two films overlapped. Jonny Lee Miller with whom Butler co-starred in Dracula 2000 stepped in to take his Mindhunter role.

- Was a presenter at the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards with fellow Scotsman Billy Boyd.

- Was at one time the lead singer for a Scottish rock band named Speed, although music eventually became his second love after acting.

- Has done 5 films in which his character's name is in the title: Dracula 2000, Attila, The Phantom of the Opera, Beowulf & Grendel, and Burns.

- Cried whilst talking about the Phantom's loneliness to The Phantom of the Opera director Joel Schumacher.

- Had the "rock and roll" voice that Andrew Lloyd Webber always wanted to play the Phantom.

- Jokes about preferring the mask side of his face to the regular side of his face.

- Sung in a rock band while studying to be a lawyer.

- He has quickly gained a reputation as one of the nicest actors around, as he always takes time to socialize with fans and hangs out with crew members as much as co-stars on film sets.

- When he auditioned for the role of Aslan the Lion in the Walden Media/Disney production of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, he asked, "this is going to be like the BBC puppet Aslan, right? Because if so I'm leaving right now."

- He has a law degree from Glasgow University, but gave up on this career choice after being fired from a law firm just one week before he was qualified to practice law.

- Shares his birthday with Steve Zahn, Jimmy Kimmel, and Joe Mantegna.