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Soccer Aid for UNICEF
on Friday, March 15, 2013 |
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Gerard Butler shows off his sports skills as he participates in the celebrity Soccer Aid football match for UNICEF on Sunday (May 27) held at Old Trafford in Manchester, England. The event, which featured Hollywood stars and soccer legends, was a huge success as it helped raise $6.46 million for the charity.
Despite the good match, there were some intense moments during the game as both Will Ferrell and celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay were injured during the match and taken off the field.
Celtic Legends XI
on Monday, December 19, 2011 |
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Gerard Butler celebrates during a charity soccer match on Tuesday (August 9) in Glasgow, Scotland.
The 41-year-old Scottish stud played on the Celtic Legends XI team against a Manchester United Legends XI group at Celtic Park.
The game benefited Oxfam’s East Africa Famine Appeal - and over 50,000 people came out for the match!
“This is a great cause and one we should all support. The charitable spirit and generosity of our supporters is well-known and we’re sure our fans will once again lend their backing to support the many thousands of people in Africa who need our help,” Celtic manager Neil Lennon said in a release.
The 41-year-old Scottish stud played on the Celtic Legends XI team against a Manchester United Legends XI group at Celtic Park.
The game benefited Oxfam’s East Africa Famine Appeal - and over 50,000 people came out for the match!
“This is a great cause and one we should all support. The charitable spirit and generosity of our supporters is well-known and we’re sure our fans will once again lend their backing to support the many thousands of people in Africa who need our help,” Celtic manager Neil Lennon said in a release.
Charity Founder Award
on Monday, November 29, 2010 |
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Gerard Butler his the red carpet at the 2010 CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute held at The Shrine Auditorium on Saturday (November 20) in Los Angeles. He presented an award to the founder of a Scottish charity for his work feeding hungry children.
Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow flew to LA to pick up the prize of £16,000 for the charity Mary's Meals which he founded in 1992. The former salmon-farmer from Argyll shared the stage with Gerard Butler at a ceremony in Hollywood on Saturday.
Mr MacFarlane-Barrow was the only British nominee selected for the CNN Hollywood Heroes show, an award scheme which recognises "ordinary people having an extraordinary impact".
Butler said: "I'm proud because he's a fellow Scot. Every day Magnus lets children know that they matter, that someone thousands of miles away cares about them."
Butler described the founding of Mary's Meals, which happened when Magnus and his brother Fergus made a plan to deliver aid to Bosnia while having a drink at their local pub.
He said: "Whenever a story starts like this: 'two brothers walk into a bar', it doesn't end well but this story is different.
"Magnus Macfarlane-Barrow walked into a bar with his brother. They were having a drink and talked about the heart-wrenching images of the Bosnian war they'd just seen on the TV. So they made an extraordinary decision that most of us don't make. They decided to help."
Mary's Meals provides a school meal a day for almost 460,000 children in 16 countries. The prize money will be spent on school-feeding projects in Malawi, where the charity supports more than 12% of primary school children.
Mr Macfarlane-Barrow said: "It's wonderful to be able to receive this award on behalf of the thousands of people who are working to realise the vision we have that every child in the world will be able to receive at least one meal every day in a place of education."
Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow flew to LA to pick up the prize of £16,000 for the charity Mary's Meals which he founded in 1992. The former salmon-farmer from Argyll shared the stage with Gerard Butler at a ceremony in Hollywood on Saturday.
Mr MacFarlane-Barrow was the only British nominee selected for the CNN Hollywood Heroes show, an award scheme which recognises "ordinary people having an extraordinary impact".
Butler said: "I'm proud because he's a fellow Scot. Every day Magnus lets children know that they matter, that someone thousands of miles away cares about them."
Butler described the founding of Mary's Meals, which happened when Magnus and his brother Fergus made a plan to deliver aid to Bosnia while having a drink at their local pub.
He said: "Whenever a story starts like this: 'two brothers walk into a bar', it doesn't end well but this story is different.
"Magnus Macfarlane-Barrow walked into a bar with his brother. They were having a drink and talked about the heart-wrenching images of the Bosnian war they'd just seen on the TV. So they made an extraordinary decision that most of us don't make. They decided to help."
Mary's Meals provides a school meal a day for almost 460,000 children in 16 countries. The prize money will be spent on school-feeding projects in Malawi, where the charity supports more than 12% of primary school children.
Mr Macfarlane-Barrow said: "It's wonderful to be able to receive this award on behalf of the thousands of people who are working to realise the vision we have that every child in the world will be able to receive at least one meal every day in a place of education."
World Poverty
on Friday, October 29, 2010 |
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Gerard Butler and Hugh Jackman come out to support the launch of the Global Poverty Project’s 1.4 Billion Reasons DVD on Wednesday (October 20) at NYC’s Museum of Modern Art. 1.4 Billion Reasons addresses the urgent need to end extreme poverty around the world. Hugh and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, hosted the fundraiser event.
Gerard flew in from Michigan, where he visited Michigan State University over the weekend to help kick off the Spartans’ basketball season. Gerard Butler turned up with the makeup artist Jeannia Robinette, a longtime friend of Butler's who has been linked to him in the past. While the pair stayed by each other's side all night, Robinette didn't stop Butler from flirting with other girls.
Gerard flew in from Michigan, where he visited Michigan State University over the weekend to help kick off the Spartans’ basketball season. Gerard Butler turned up with the makeup artist Jeannia Robinette, a longtime friend of Butler's who has been linked to him in the past. While the pair stayed by each other's side all night, Robinette didn't stop Butler from flirting with other girls.
Patron of First Response
on Friday, June 11, 2010 |
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Gerard Butler has agreed to be the patron of the Scottish charity First Response in Comrie, where his parents currently live.
Gerard has seen the benefits the service has provided locally since its inception and was keen to give his support.
On Friday, in between learning the lines of a new script, Gerard tried on a First Response jacket for size and checked out the vehicle before being taken for a trip round the village in it. He was also "chuffed" to be shown the first copy of the new First Response headed notepaper, which now displays his name.
"Gerard has been a generous contributor in the past," said Alan Moffat. "We are delighted to welcome him on board and have him associated with us, especially now that we are a totally Scottish charity."
As on June 1, First Response became devolved from the UK wide organisation and is now a Scottish charity in its own right.
Gerard has seen the benefits the service has provided locally since its inception and was keen to give his support.
On Friday, in between learning the lines of a new script, Gerard tried on a First Response jacket for size and checked out the vehicle before being taken for a trip round the village in it. He was also "chuffed" to be shown the first copy of the new First Response headed notepaper, which now displays his name.
"Gerard has been a generous contributor in the past," said Alan Moffat. "We are delighted to welcome him on board and have him associated with us, especially now that we are a totally Scottish charity."
As on June 1, First Response became devolved from the UK wide organisation and is now a Scottish charity in its own right.
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Born in Paisley, Scotland, to Margaret and Edward Butler, Gerard Butler was raised along with his older brother and sister in his hometown of Paisley, Scotland. He also spent some of his youth in Canada. His parents divorced when he was a child, and he and his siblings were raised primarily by their mother, who later remarried.
film debut was as Billy Connolly's younger brother in "Mrs. Brown (1997)". His film career continued with small roles, first in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and then Russell Mulcahy's Tale of the Mummy (1998). In 2000, Butler was cast in two breakthrough roles, the first being Attila the Hun in the USA film Attila (2001/I) and Wes Craven's new take on the Dracula legacy - Dracula 2000 (2000).
The role that garnered him most attention from both moviegoers and movie makers alike was that of Andre Marek in the big-screen adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel Timeline (2003). He appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera (2004), playing the title character in the successful adaptation of the stage musical. It was a role that brought him much international attention. Other projects include Dear Frankie (2004), The Game of Their Lives (2005) and Beowulf & Grendel (2005).
In 2007 he starred as Spartan King Leonidas in the Warner Bros. production 300 (2006), based on the Frank Miller graphic novel, which brought him into the A-list sphere.
