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Actor

Karl Urban

Acting

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Acting credits

56

Established

Large and steady acting portfolio.

TMDB popularity

4.0

Moderate attention

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Movies: 44Series: 12Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 1372

IMDb ID: nm0881631

Known for: Acting

Born: June 7, 1972

Age: 53

Place of birth: Wellington, New Zealand

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1992 - 2026

Years active: 35

Average TMDB rating: 6.7

Wikidata: Q132430

Also known as

Καρλ Ούρμπαν • 칼 어반 • Karl-Heinz Urban • 卡尔·厄本 • カール・アーバン • 卡爾·厄本 • کارل اربن • کارل اوربان

Other jobs

Producer (1)

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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