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.
57 acting credits
Acting · 57
The Boys
2019
Mortal Kombat II
2026
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Gen V
2023
Xena: Warrior Princess
1995
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
Star Trek
2009
RED
2010
Shortland Street
1992
Reunited Apart
2020
The Bluff
2026
Almost Human
2013
The Bourne Supremacy
2004
Priest
2011
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013
Star Trek Beyond
2016
Dredd
2012
The Sea Beast
2022
ARK: The Animated Series
2024
The Loft
2014
Riddick
2013
Doom
2005
Ghost Ship
2002
Pete's Dragon
2016
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
2020
Comanche Moon
2008
Pathfinder
2007
Bent
2018
White Fang
1993
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
2020
Acts of Vengeance
2017
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
Walking with Dinosaurs
2013
Hangman
2017
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004
And Soon the Darkness
2010
For the Love of Spock
2016
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD
2014
DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock
2019
The Irrefutable Truth About Demons
2000
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
I, Object
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Heaven
1999
Out of the Blue
2006
Amazon High
1997
Reclaiming the Blade
2009
The Price of Milk
2001
Building Star Trek
2016
Chunuk Bair
1992
Via Satellite
1998
Riddick: Blindsided
2013