Spartans could be as cowardly and corrupt, as likely to surrender or flee, as any other ancient Greeks. The super-warrior myth—most recently bolstered in the special effects extravaganza 300, a ...

He played Stelios, one of the 300 Spartan warriors who fight alongside King Leonidas (Butler) as they defend their home from King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and the invading Persian armies.