Karl Urban
Acting
1972-06-07 · 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.
movieRED
as William Cooper · 2010 · 6.7
movieAnd Soon the Darkness
as Michael · 2010 · 5.3
movieStar Trek
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy · 2009 · 7.4
movieReclaiming the Blade
as Self · 2009 · 5.9
moviePathfinder
as Ghost · 2007 · 5.7
movieOut of the Blue
as Nick Harvey · 2006 · 6.5
movieDoom
as John "Reaper" Grimm · 2005 · 5.2
movieThe Bourne Supremacy
as Kirill · 2004 · 7.3
movieThe Chronicles of Riddick
as Vaako · 2004 · 6.6
movieThe Making of 'The Return of the King'
as Self · 2004 · 8.8
movieThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Éomer · 2003 · 8.5
movieThe Making of 'The Two Towers'
as · 2003 · 8.8
movieThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Éomer · 2002 · 8.4
movieGhost Ship
as Munder · 2002 · 6.0
movieThe Price of Milk
as Rob · 2001 · 5.6
movieThe Irrefutable Truth About Demons
as Harry Ballard · 2000 · 5.2
movieHeaven
as Sweeper · 1999 · 5.4
movieVia Satellite
as Paul · 1998 · 5.2
movieAmazon High
as Kor · 1997 · 4.0
movieChunuk Bair
as Wellington soldier · 1992 · 6.8