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 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Mortal Kombat 2 as Johnny Cage
- 2024 · ARK: The Animated Series as Bob (voice)
- 2023 · Gen V as Billy Butcher
- 2022 · Mr. Butcher as Butcher
- 2022 · The Sea Beast as Jacob Holland (voice)
- 2020 · Butcher: A Short Film as Billy Butcher
- 2020 · Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys as Self
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2019 · Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Stormtrooper (uncredited)
- 2019 · The Boys as Billy Butcher
- 2019 · DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock as Sgt. Rock (voice)
- 2018 · Bent as Danny Gallagher
- 2017 · Hangman as Detective Ruiney
- 2017 · Acts of Vengeance as Strode
- 2017 · Thor: Ragnarok as Skurge
- 2016 · For the Love of Spock as Self
- 2016 · Building Star Trek as Himself
- 2016 · 50 Years of Star Trek as Self
- 2016 · Pete's Dragon as Gavin
- 2016 · Star Trek Beyond as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2014 · The Loft as Vincent Stevens
- 2014 · Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD as Self
- 2013 · Walking with Dinosaurs as Uncle Zack (voice)
- 2013 · Almost Human as John Kennex
- 2013 · Riddick as Lord Vaako
- 2013 · Riddick: Blindsided as Vaako
- 2013 · Star Trek Into Darkness as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
- 2012 · Dredd as Judge Dredd
- 2011 · Priest as Black Hat
- 2010 · RED as William Cooper
- 2010 · And Soon the Darkness as Michael
- 2009 · Star Trek as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
- 2009 · Reclaiming the Blade as Self
- 2008 · Comanche Moon as Woodrow F. Call
- 2007 · Pathfinder as Ghost
- 2006 · Out of the Blue as Nick Harvey
- 2005 · Doom as John "Reaper" Grimm
- 2004 · The Bourne Supremacy as Kirill
- 2004 · The Chronicles of Riddick as Vaako
- 2003 · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Éomer
- 2002 · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Éomer
- 2002 · Ghost Ship as Munder
- 2000 · The Price of Milk as Rob
- 2000 · The Irrefutable Truth About Demons as Harry Ballard
- 1999 · Heaven as Sweeper
- 1998 · Via Satellite as Paul
- 1997 · Amazon High as Kor
- 1995 · Xena: Warrior Princess as Mael
- 1995 · Xena: Warrior Princess as Julius Caesar
- 1995 · Xena: Warrior Princess as Cupid
- 1995 · Xena: Warrior Princess as Caesar
- 1995 · Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Cupid
- 1995 · Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Julius Caesar
- 1993 · White Fang as David
- 1992 · Shortland Street as Jamie Forrest
- Future · Black Water Transit as Earl Pike
- Future · The Bluff as
- 1992 · Chunuk Bair as Wellington soldier
- Future · I, Object as