Karl Urban

Born in June 7th, 1972

From Wellington, New Zealand

Karl 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 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.

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Karl Urban Movies

The Sea Beast Poster
July 8, 2022
Bent Poster
March 9, 2018
Hangman Poster
December 22, 2017
Acts of Vengeance Poster
October 27, 2017
Thor: Ragnarok Poster
October 10, 2017
Pete's Dragon Poster
August 8, 2016

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