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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.
As actor
I, Object
Mortal Kombat II
The Bluff
The Sea Beast
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Bent
Thor: Ragnarok
Hangman
Acts of Vengeance
Star Trek Beyond
Pete's Dragon
50 Years of Star Trek
Building Star Trek
For the Love of Spock
The Loft
Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD
Star Trek Into Darkness
Riddick
Walking with Dinosaurs
Riddick: Blindsided
Dredd
Priest
And Soon the Darkness
RED
Star Trek
Reclaiming the Blade
Pathfinder
Out of the Blue