Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
Gerard Butler
as King Leonidas
Lena Headey
as Gorgo
Dominic West
as Theron
David Wenham
as Dilios
Vincent Regan
as Captain
Michael Fassbender
as Stelios
Tom Wisdom
as Astinos
Andrew Pleavin
as Daxos
Andrew Tiernan
as Ephialtes
Rodrigo Santoro
as Xerxes
Giovani Cimmino
as Pleistarchos
Stephen McHattie
as Loyalist
