Cast
Karl Urban
Acting
Cast
Karl Urban
Known for
Acting
Born
1972-06-07
From
Wellington, New Zealand
Also known as Karl-Heinz Urban
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 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.
★8.0
MOVIE2026
Mortal Kombat II
as Johnny Cage
★8.5
MOVIE2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Éomer
★8.4
MOVIE2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
as Éomer
★7.6
MOVIE2017
Thor: Ragnarok
as Skurge
★6.3
MOVIE2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Stormtrooper (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE2026
The Bluff
as Captain Connor
★7.3
MOVIE2013
Star Trek Into Darkness
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
★6.7
MOVIE2010
RED
as William Cooper
★6.8
MOVIE2016
Star Trek Beyond
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
★6.3
MOVIE2013
Riddick
as Lord Vaako
★7.3
MOVIE2022
The Sea Beast
as Jacob Holland (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE2009
Star Trek
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
★7.3
MOVIE2004
The Bourne Supremacy
as Kirill
★6.9
MOVIE2012
Dredd
as Judge Dredd
★6.4
MOVIE2014
The Loft
as Vincent Stevens
★6.2
MOVIE2013
Walking with Dinosaurs
as Uncle Zack
★6.0
MOVIE2002
Ghost Ship
as Munder
★5.9
MOVIE2011
Priest
as Black Hat
★5.2
MOVIE2005
Doom
as John "Reaper" Grimm
★6.0
MOVIE2017
Acts of Vengeance
as Strode
★7.1
MOVIE2020
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
as Sergeant Rock (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE2004
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Vaako
★6.2
MOVIE2016
50 Years of Star Trek
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE2007
Pathfinder
as Ghost
★6.4
MOVIE2016
Pete's Dragon
as Gavin
★5.2
MOVIE2018
Bent
as Danny Gallagher
★5.9
MOVIE2009
Reclaiming the Blade
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2010
And Soon the Darkness
as Michael
★6.0
MOVIE2016
Building Star Trek
as Himself
★6.8
MOVIE1992
Chunuk Bair
as Wellington soldier
★5.8
MOVIE2017
Hangman
as Detective Ruiney
★7.4
MOVIE2016
For the Love of Spock
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE1998
Via Satellite
as Paul
★5.4
MOVIE1999
Heaven
as Sweeper
★6.8
MOVIE2014
Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2006
Out of the Blue
as Nick Harvey
★8.8
MOVIE2003
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
★6.6
MOVIE2013
Riddick: Blindsided
as Vaako
MOVIE2026
I, Object
★6.5
MOVIE2019
DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock
as Sgt. Rock (voice)
★8.8
MOVIE2004
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE1997
Amazon High
as Kor
★5.2
MOVIE2000
The Irrefutable Truth About Demons
as Harry Ballard
★5.6
MOVIE2001
The Price of Milk
as Rob