Karl Urban
Actor
- Born
- June 7, 1972 (age 54) · Wellington, New Zealand
Karl-Heinz Urban (born 7 June 1972) is a New Zealand actor. His career began with appearances in New Zealand films and TV series such as Xena: Warrior Princess. His first Hollywood role was in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship. Since then, he has starred in many high-profile movies, including as Éomer in the second and third instalments of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Vaako in the second and third instalments of the Riddick film series, Leonard McCoy in the Star Trek reboot film series, Kirill in The Bourne Supremacy (2004), John "Reaper" Grimm in Doom (2005), Judge Dredd in Dredd (2012), Gavin Magary in Pete's Dragon (2016), and Skurge in Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok (2017). In 2013, he starred in the sci-fi series Almost Human. Since 2019, he has starred as Billy Butcher in Amazon's superhero series streaming on television, The Boys.
Known for
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
December 17, 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
December 18, 2002
Thor: Ragnarok
October 24, 2017
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
December 18, 2019
Star Trek
May 6, 2009
Star Trek Into Darkness
May 5, 2013
The Bourne Supremacy
July 23, 2004
RED
October 13, 2010
Star Trek Beyond
July 7, 2016
Dredd
September 7, 2012
The Chronicles of Riddick
June 11, 2004
Riddick
September 2, 2013
Acting44
- 2026I, Object as Frank
- 2026Mortal Kombat II as Johnny Cage
- 2026The Bluff as Captain Connor
- 2022The Sea Beast as Jacob Holland (voice)
- 2020DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family as Sergeant Rock (voice)
- 2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Stormtrooper (uncredited)
- 2019DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock as Sgt. Rock (voice)
- 2018Bent as Danny Gallagher
- 2017Hangman as Detective Ruiney
- 2017