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Karl Urban
Wellington, New Zealand
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 Hollywoo…
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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.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
I, Object
Movie Frank
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2026
Mortal Kombat II
Movie Johnny Cage
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2026
The Bluff
Movie Captain Connor
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2024
ARK: The Animated Series
TV show Bob (voice)
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2023
Gen V
TV show Billy Butcher
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2022
The Sea Beast
Movie Jacob Holland (voice)
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2020
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
Movie Sergeant Rock (voice)
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2020
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
TV show Self
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2020
Reunited Apart
TV show Self
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2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie Stormtrooper (uncredited)
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2019
The Boys
TV show Billy Butcher
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2019
DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock
Movie Sgt. Rock (voice)
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2018
Bent
Movie Danny Gallagher
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2017
Hangman
Movie Detective Ruiney
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2017
Acts of Vengeance
Movie Strode
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2017
Thor: Ragnarok
Movie Skurge
More credits
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2016
For the Love of Spock
Movie Self
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2016
Building Star Trek
Movie Himself
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2016
50 Years of Star Trek
Movie Self
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2016
Pete's Dragon
Movie Gavin
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2016
Star Trek Beyond
Movie Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
The Loft
Movie Vincent Stevens
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2014
Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD
Movie Self
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self - Guest
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2013
Walking with Dinosaurs
Movie Uncle Zack
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2013
Almost Human
TV show John Kennex
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2013
Riddick
Movie Lord Vaako
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2013
Riddick: Blindsided
Movie Vaako
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2013
Star Trek Into Darkness
Movie Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
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2012
Dredd
Movie Judge Dredd
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2011
Priest
Movie Black Hat
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2010
RED
Movie William Cooper
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2010
And Soon the Darkness
Movie Michael
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2009
Star Trek
Movie Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
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2009
Reclaiming the Blade
Movie Self
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2008
Comanche Moon
TV show Woodrow F. Call
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2007
Pathfinder
Movie Ghost
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2006
Out of the Blue
Movie Nick Harvey
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2006
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Movie Self
