Paisley-born actor Gerard Butler has been rushed to hospital after a motorbike accident in Los Angeles. 

According to TMZ, the actor was cut off by a vehicle and crashed in the street.

Paramedics attended the scene and the actor was taken to hospital with minor injuries. 

He is currently promoting new movie Geostorm in which he plays a satellite designer who tries to save the world after a network of satellites created to control the Earth's climate start to attack the planet.