Karl Urban

Known for ActingBorn 1972-06-07 (age 54)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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

The Making of 'The Two Towers'

The Boys

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

ARK: The Animated Series

Gen V

Mortal Kombat II

Thor: Ragnarok

For the Love of Spock

The Sea Beast

Xena: Warrior Princess

Star Trek

Almost Human

Star Trek Into Darkness

The Bourne Supremacy

DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family

Comanche Moon

Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys

Dredd

Star Trek Beyond

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

The Bluff

Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD

RED

Riddick: Blindsided

DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock

Chunuk Bair

The Chronicles of Riddick

Out of the Blue

50 Years of Star Trek

The Loft

Pete's Dragon

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Riddick

Walking with Dinosaurs

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Building Star Trek

Acts of Vengeance

Ghost Ship

Hangman

Reclaiming the Blade

Priest

Pathfinder

Reunited Apart

The Price of Milk

Heaven

Bent