Fictionalized action films based on the retellings of the Persian Wars, a series of conflicts between the Empire of Persia and Greek city-states.

In what is probably considered his breakout role, Gerard Butler stars as King Leonidas, who leads 300 Spartans against the massive Persian army commanded by Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro). With its ...

in which King Leonidas of Sparta led 300 warriors against the massive Persian army led by King Xerxes. The cast includes Gerard Butler, Rodrigo Santoro, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Giovanni Cimmino ...

Hans Matheson plays Aeschylus, and Rodrigo Santoro, who plays Xerxes again, is another well-known actor in the cast. With hyper-stylized violence and dramatic slow-motion sequences, the artistic ...

The story centres on King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) of Sparta, who leads 300 warriors to defend Greece from invasion by Persian King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro). Despite being outnumbered, the ...

Here’s his real story. The real Persian King Xerxes had a beard and was much shorter. He never went to the front line at the Battle of Thermopylae as his character does in the movie 300. Actor Rodrigo ...

300 centers around King Leonidas (Gerard Butler), who leads an outnumbered force of 300 Spartans into battle against the 300,000-soldier army of Persia’s Xerxes I (Rodrigo Santoro). The film ...

The project will reportedly be a prequel, which will presumably center on the Spartans led by Leonidas before they went to war with Xerxes ... Gerard Butler, Rodrigo Santoro, Lena Headey, David ...

It stars Gerard Butler as King Leonidas, who leads 300 Spartans into battle against the invading Persian “God-King” Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his army of more than 300,000. A sequel ...