Karl Urban
Birthplace: Wellington
Born: 1972-06-07; 1972-08-07
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; stage actor; television actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Karl-Heinz Urban (born 7 June 1972) is a New Zealand actor. His career began with appearances in New Zealand films and television 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 two films of The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2002–2003), Vaako in two films of the Riddick film series (2004–2013), Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat II, Dr Leonard "Bones" McCoy in the Star Trek reboot film series (2009–2016), 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. From 2019 to 2026, he starred as Billy Butcher in Amazon Prime Video's superhero series The Boys and voiced a character in the 2022 film The Sea Beast.
Sources & attribution
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- I, Object (2026) — Frank
- Mortal Kombat II (2026) — Johnny Cage
- The Bluff (2026) — Captain Connor
- The Sea Beast (2022) — Jacob Holland
- Bent (2018) — Danny Gallagher
- Acts of Vengeance (2017) — Officer Hank Strode
- Hangman (2017) — Detective Will Ruiney
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017) — Skurge
- For the Love of Spock (2016)
- Pete's Dragon (2016) — Gavin
- Star Trek Beyond (2016) — Dr. Leonard McCoy
- Lennon or McCartney (2014)
- The Loft (2014) — Vincent Stevens
- Riddick (2013) — Vaako
- Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) — Bones
- Walking With Dinosaurs (2013) — Uncle Zack
- Dredd (2012) — Judge Joseph Dredd
- Priest (2011) — Black Hat
- And Soon The Darkness (2010) — Michael
- RED (2010) — William Cooper
- Black Water Transit (2009) — Earl Pike
- Reclaiming the Blade (2009) — Karl Urban
- Star Trek (2009) — Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
- Pathfinder (2007) — Ghost
- Out of the Blue (2006) — Nick Harvey
- Doom (2005) — John Grimm
- The Bourne Supremacy (2004) — Kirill
- The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) — Vaako
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — Éomer
- Ghost Ship (2002) — Munder
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) — Éomer
- The Irrefutable Truth about Demons (2000)
- The Price of Milk (2000)
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Chris Pine · 5 films
- Zachary Quinto · 5 films
- Zoe Saldaña · 5 films
- J.J. Abrams · 4 films
- Simon Pegg · 4 films
- Anton Yelchin · 3 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.