Karl Urban
Age: N/A | From: Wellington, New Zealand
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Καρλ Ούρμπαν , 칼 어반 , Karl-Heinz Urban , 卡尔·厄本 , カール・アーバン , 卡爾·厄本
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Wellington, New Zealand
Homepage: https://johnsonlaird.com/our-actors/Karl-Urban
Movie Involvements: 38
TV Involvements: 14
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Boys
(2019) Billy Butcher
Xena: Warrior Princess
(1995) Caesar
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
(1995) Julius Caesar
Gen V
(2023) Billy Butcher
Shortland Street
(1992) Jamie Forrest
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(2003) Éomer
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(2002) Éomer
Thor: Ragnarok
(2017) SkurgeActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Johnny Cage | |
| 2024 | Bob (voice) | |
| 2023 | Billy Butcher | |
| 2022 | Butcher | |
| Jacob Holland (voice) | ||
| 2020 | Billy Butcher | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2019 | Stormtrooper (uncredited) | |
| Billy Butcher | ||
| Sgt. Rock (voice) | ||
| 2018 | Danny Gallagher | |
| 2017 | Detective Ruiney | |
| Strode | ||
| Skurge | ||
| 2016 | Himself | |
| Himself | ||
| Self | ||
| Gavin | ||
| Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| 2014 | Vincent Stevens | |
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Uncle Zack (voice) | |
| John Kennex | ||
| Lord Vaako | ||
| Vaako | ||
| Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy | ||
| 2012 | Judge Dredd | |
| 2011 | Black Hat | |
| 2010 | William Cooper | |
| Michael | ||
| 2009 | Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy | |
| Self | ||
| 2008 | Woodrow F. Call | |
| 2007 | Ghost | |
| 2006 | Nick Harvey | |
| 2005 | John "Reaper" Grimm | |
| 2004 | Kirill | |
| Vaako | ||
| 2003 | Éomer | |
| 2002 | Éomer | |
| Munder | ||
| 2000 | Rob | |
| Harry Ballard | ||
| 1999 | Sweeper | |
| 1998 | Paul | |
| 1997 | Kor | |
| 1995 | Mael | |
| Julius Caesar | ||
| Cupid | ||
| Caesar | ||
| Cupid | ||
| Julius Caesar | ||
| 1993 | David | |
| 1992 | Jamie Forrest | |
| Wellington soldier | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Earl Pike | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
