‘It’s about time’: Gerard Butler says he wants to become a father and start a family in the next five years

He’s played a king on the silver screen and released his new action-thriller Geostorm on Friday.

But Gerard Butler has babies on the brain as he told PEOPLE magazine he’s ready to settle down and have children.

The 47-year-old actor said that becoming a father is one of the roles he’d love to play in real life.