Butler: Best Brit in Hollywood

Reuters

OCH AYE: Gerard Butler has been named the best British actor in Hollywood.

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Gerard Butler has been voted the best British actor in Hollywood.

The Scottish hunk - who is best known for playing King Leonidas in 300 - beat a host of stars, including Christian Bale and double-Oscar winner Daniel Day Lewis to win the title in a poll of more than 1000 UK film fans by the DVD rental service LoveFilm.

Revolutionary Road actress Kate Winslet - who managed to land fourth place - was one of only two women to feature in the top ten.

Twilight actor Robert Pattinson came seventh despite the huge popularity of the vampire franchise.

Helen Cowley, the editor at LoveFilm, believes the poll shows 40-year-old Butler had got "some real bite in Hollywood".

She said: "And even though Robert Pattinson is getting some deserved attention, it's the older generation of actors that still have sway in Hollywood."

Butler has previously spoken about how he walked away from his career as a solicitor when he was just weeks away from qualifying to pursue his acting dream.

He said: "You have to understand that I was completely out of control. If I hadn't been so lost and insane, I'd still be a lawyer."