
Karl Urban
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1972-06-07
Place of birth: 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 superhero streaming television series The Boys.
Known for

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002Éomer
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003Éomer
Pathfinder
2007Ghost
The Bourne Supremacy
2004Kirill
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004Vaako
Out of the Blue
2006Nick Harvey
The Price of Milk
2000Rob
Doom
2005John "Reaper" Grimm
And Soon the Darkness
2010Michael
Ghost Ship
2002Munder
Star Trek
2009Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
The Irrefutable Truth About Demons
2000Harry Ballard
Priest
2011Black Hat
RED
2010William Cooper
Dredd
2012Judge DreddI, Object

Star Trek Into Darkness
2013Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Mortal Kombat II
2026Johnny Cage
The Loft
2014Vincent Stevens