Karl Urban

Actor

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

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002

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Thor: Ragnarok

2017

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The Boys

2019

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

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Star Trek

2009

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Star Trek Into Darkness

2013

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The Bourne Supremacy

2004

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RED

2010

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Star Trek Beyond

2016

Acting

2026 Mortal Kombat II as Johnny Cage In Library

2026 The Bluff as Captain Connor In Library

2024 ARK: The Animated Series as Bob (voice) (14 episodes)

2023 Gen V as Billy Butcher (1 episode)

2022 The Sea Beast as Jacob Holland (voice)

2022 Mr. Butcher as Butcher

2020 DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family as Sergeant Rock (voice)

2020 Reunited Apart as Self (1 episode)

2020 Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys as Self (2 episodes)

2019 DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock as Sgt. Rock (voice)

2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Stormtrooper (uncredited)

2019 The Boys as Billy Butcher (40 episodes)

2018 Bent as Danny Gallagher

2017 Thor: Ragnarok as Skurge

2017 Hangman as Detective Ruiney

2017 Acts of Vengeance as Strode

2016 Star Trek Beyond as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy

2016 Pete's Dragon as Gavin

2016 50 Years of Star Trek as Self

2016 Building Star Trek as Himself

2016 For the Love of Spock as Self

2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest (1 episode)

2014 The Loft as Vincent Stevens

2014 Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD as Self

2013 Star Trek Into Darkness as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy

2013 Riddick as Lord Vaako

2013 Walking with Dinosaurs as Uncle Zack

2013 Riddick: Blindsided as Vaako

2013 Almost Human as John Kennex (13 episodes)

2012 Dredd as Judge Dredd

2011 Priest as Black Hat

2010 And Soon the Darkness as Michael

2010 RED as William Cooper

2009 Star Trek as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy

2009 Reclaiming the Blade as Self

2008 Comanche Moon as Woodrow F. Call (3 episodes)

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

2004 The Making of 'The Return of the King' as Self

2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Éomer

2003 The Making of 'The Two Towers'

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 (1 episode)

1995 Xena: Warrior Princess as Julius Caesar (8 episodes)

1995 Xena: Warrior Princess as Cupid (2 episodes)

1995 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Cupid (1 episode)

1995 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Julius Caesar (1 episode)

1995 Xena: Warrior Princess as Kor (1 episode)

1993 White Fang as David (26 episodes)

1992 Chunuk Bair as Wellington soldier

1992 Shortland Street as Jamie Forrest (521 episodes)

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Production

2019 The Boys Producer