Karl Urban

Acting · Born 1972-06-07 in Wellington, New Zealand

Biography

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 installments of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Vaako in the second and third installments of 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…

Filmography

• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Éomer
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Éomer
• The Bourne Supremacy as Kirill
• Star Trek as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
• Star Trek Into Darkness as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
• The Sea Beast as Jacob Holland (voice)
• The Bluff as Captain Connor
• Thor: Ragnarok as Skurge
• DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family as Sergeant Rock (voice)
• Pathfinder as Ghost

TV

• Gen V as Billy Butcher
• The Boys as Billy Butcher
• Shortland Street as Jamie Forrest
• Xena: Warrior Princess as Mael
• White Fang as David
• ARK: The Animated Series as Bob (voice)
• Comanche Moon as Woodrow F. Call
• Almost Human as John Kennex
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
• Xena: Warrior Princess as Julius Caesar