Gerard Butler Seeking Help for Addiction

Actor Gerard Butler checked himself into rehab.

Gerard Butler is reportedly seeking treatment for substance abuse at the Betty Ford Center in California.

The Scottish actor checked into the well-known facility three weeks ago after he became too reliant on prescription drugs, TMZ.com reports. Sources told the website Butler also developed issues with cocaine, however his main issue appears to be pain management.

Butler’s problems stem from the physical demands of filming “300” in 2006, and intensified after he was badly injured in December during a surfing accident on the set of his new movie “Of Men and Mavericks.”

Butler, 39, is no stranger to putting his body on the line for the sake of a movie.

In 2009, the actor said filming intense action sequences in the sci-fi thriller “Gamer” took a physical toll on him.

"You'd be doing some takes where there would be 15 to 20 explosions (that) were all around you, and you'd have to know where you were going or you were going to get blown up," Butler told the Daily News at the time. "I've got to say, in this movie, there were many times I was hit by flying debris from explosions or from squibs that would bang against your face or your head.

"You'd get little injuries, but you move on, it's part of the adrenaline."

Jacked from NY Daily News