Karl Urban

Karl Urban Movies and TV Shows

He is known for playing Éomer in the second and third installments of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in the 2009 film Star Trek and Julius Caesar on Xena: Warrior Princess. He played Vaako in The Chronicles of Riddick, the Russian assassin Kirill in The Bourne Supremacy, and Ghost in Pathfinder and won acclaim for his performances in New Zealand films The Price of Milk and Out of the Blue. His father, a German immigrant, owned a leather goods retail store, and his mother once worked for Film Facilities in Wellington, through which the young Urban was exposed to New Zealand cinema and developed an interest in the film industry. Urban attended St Mark's Church School, where he showed an early love for public performance. His first acting role came at age eight, when he had a single line in one episode of the New Zealand television series 'Pioneer Woman', but he did not act professionally again until after high school. He attended Wellington College in 1990, then Victoria University of Wellington in the Bachelor of Arts programme for one year, but left to pursue his acting career. Over the next few years, he landed several theatre roles in the Wellington area, and eventually he moved to Auckland, where he was offered many guest roles in local shows (one of which was playing a heroin addict in the police drama Shark in the Park). The role which launched him to local fame was that of gay paramedic Jamie Forrest in the hit New Zealand TV series Shortland Street. He appeared on the show for the 1993–1994 season. Urban then moved to Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia in 1995, returning to New Zealand the following year.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 6/7/1972 (52 years old)
  • Place of birth: Wellington, New Zealand
  • nationality: New Zealander
  • height: 1.85 m
  • Net worth: $20,000,000
  • twitter: KarlUrban
  • instagram: karlurban
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
2024

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
85%
Untitled Star Trek Sequel
TMDB 0%
role:
Doctor 'Bones' McCoy & 1 more
Not available
2023

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

0%
Not available
The Sea Beast
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 76%
role:
Jacob Holland (voice)
2022

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
76%
Butcher
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 66%
role:
Billy Butcher
Not available
2020

Action

Comedy

Crime

6.6
66%
Not available
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 63%
role:
Stormtrooper (uncredited)
2019

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
63%
The Boys
IMDB 8.7
TMDB 85%
role:
Producer
2019

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.7
85%
DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 70%
role:
Sgt. Rock (voice)
Not available
2019

Action

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

War & Politics

6.5
70%
Not available
Bent
IMDB 5.2
TMDB 53%
role:
Danny Gallagher
2018

Crime

Thriller

5.2
53%
Hangman
IMDB 5.2
TMDB 57%
role:
Detective Ruiney
2017

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

5.2
57%
2017

Action

Drama

Thriller

5.7
59%
2017

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.9
76%
2016

Documentary

7.6
75%
2016

Adventure

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
64%
Star Trek Beyond
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 68%
role:
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
2016

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
68%
The Loft
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 64%
role:
Vincent Stevens
2014

Thriller

6.3
64%
2014

Documentary

7.2
67%
Walking with Dinosaurs
IMDB 5.2
TMDB 61%
role:
Uncle Zack (voice)
2013

Adventure

Animation

Family

5.2
61%
Almost Human
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 74%
role:
John Kennex
2013

Action

Adventure

Crime

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.9
74%
Riddick
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 63%
role:
Lord Vaako
2013

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
63%
2013

Action

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.0
67%
Star Trek Into Darkness
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 73%
role:
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
2013

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
73%
Dredd
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 68%
role:
Judge Dredd
2012

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1
68%
Priest
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 57%
role:
Black Hat
2011

Action

Horror

Thriller

5.7
57%
RED
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 67%
role:
William Cooper
2010

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Crime

Thriller

7.0
67%
2010

Crime

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

5.1
52%
Star Trek
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 74%
role:
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
2009

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.9
74%
2009

Documentary

7.7
60%
Pathfinder
IMDB 5.4
TMDB 57%
role:
Ghost
2007

Action

Adventure

5.4
57%
Out of the Blue
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 63%
role:
Nick Harvey
2006

Crime

Drama

7.1
63%
Doom
IMDB 5.2
TMDB 51%
role:
John Grimm & 1 more
2005

Action

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.2
51%
2004

Action

Drama

Thriller

7.7
73%
2004

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.6
65%
2003

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

9.0
85%
2002

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.8
84%
Ghost Ship
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 59%
role:
Munder
2002

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

5.6
59%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Karl Urban are, for example, ARK: The Animated Series, The Sea Beast and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
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