Known for

Acting

Born

Jun 7, 1972 (54 years old)

Place of birth

Wellington, New Zealand

Karl Urban

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.

Titles

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Series • 2014

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Series • 2015

The Boys

Series • 2019

Xena: Warrior Princess

Series • 1995

Shortland Street

Series • 1992

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Movie • 2003

Gen V

Series • 2023

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Movie • 2002

Mortal Kombat II

Movie • 2026

Thor: Ragnarok

Movie • 2017

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Series • 1995

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Movie • 2019

Star Trek

Movie • 2009

Star Trek Beyond

Movie • 2016

Star Trek Into Darkness

Movie • 2013

The Bourne Supremacy

Movie • 2004

Dredd

Movie • 2012

RED

Movie • 2010

Almost Human

Series • 2013

The Sea Beast

Movie • 2022

The Bluff

Movie • 2026

Ghost Ship

Movie • 2002

Riddick

Movie • 2013

Priest

Movie • 2011

The Loft

Movie • 2014

ARK: The Animated Series

Series • 2024

Doom

Movie • 2005

Pete's Dragon

Movie • 2016

Reunited Apart

Series • 2020

I, Object

Movie • 2026