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Karl Urban

06/07/1972 (51 years old) | Wellington, New Zealand | Actor | Male | 188 cm (6'2")

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.

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Karl Urban Top Movies and TV Shows in 2024

Chart List

1.	The Boys	21,619
2.	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2,551
3.	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2,522
4.	Priest	744
5.	Star Trek Into Darkness	478
6.	The Bourne Supremacy	240
7.	Star Trek Beyond	199
8.	RED	149
9.	The Chronicles of Riddick	79
10.	Pete's Dragon	31
11.	Thor: Ragnarok	23
12.	Walking With Dinosaurs	22
13.	Acts of Vengeance	13
14.	Bent	10
15.	The Loft	0
16.	Star Trek	0
17.	Doom	0
18.	Ghost Ship	0
19.	Dredd	0

The Boys

A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

8.7/10

93%

210,046

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Movie | United States | 12/01/2003 | Fantasy | Wizards

Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.

9.0/10

93%

42,526

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Movie | United States | 12/18/2002 | Fantasy | Wizards

Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

8.8/10

95%

48,551

Priest

Movie | United States | 05/05/2011 | Science Fiction | Postapocalypse

In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is kidnapped by vampires, the Priest breaks his vows to hunt them down. He is accompanied by the niece's boyfriend, who is a wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess.

5.7/10

15%

2,106

Star Trek Into Darkness

Movie | United States | 05/16/2013 | Science Fiction | Space opera

On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.

7.7/10

84%

1,518

The Bourne Supremacy

Movie | United States | 07/23/2004 | Action | Spies

When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

7.7/10

82%

3,766

Star Trek Beyond

Movie | United States | 07/07/2016 | Science Fiction | Space opera

The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.

7.0/10

86%

2,317

RED

Movie | United States | 10/14/2010 | Action | Spies

When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.

7.0/10

72%

3,281

The Chronicles of Riddick

Movie | United States | 06/11/2004 | Science Fiction | Space opera

Five years after the events in sci-fi film Pitch Black, escaped convict Riddick finds himself caught in the middle of a galactic war waged by Lord Marshal, the leader of a sect called the Necromongers. Riddick is charged with stopping the Necromonger army, all while rescuing an old friend from a prison planet and evading capture by bounty hunters.

6.6/10

29%

888

Pete's Dragon

Movie | United States | 08/11/2016 | Fantasy | Dragons

A young orphan seeks refuge from his abusive adoptive parents with the help of a pet dragon and a couple who live in a lighthouse.

6.7/10

88%

169

Thor: Ragnarok

Movie | United States | 10/25/2017 | Superhero | Marvel

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.

7.9/10

93%

8,877

Walking With Dinosaurs

Movie | United Kingdom | 12/20/2013 | Animation | Dinosaurs

Walking with Dinosaurs 3D is an upcoming film depicting life-like 3D dinosaur characters set in photo-real landscapes that will transport audiences to the prehistoric world as it existed 70 million years ago. The film is based on the 1999 documentary television miniseries Walking with Dinosaurs, produced by the BBC. Walking with Dinosaurs 3D is being produced by Evergreen Studios, the company that produced Happy Feet, and it is scheduled for release on October 11, 2013.

5.2/10

658

Acts of Vengeance

Movie | Bulgaria | 10/27/2017 | Action | Action Heroes

A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.

5.7/10

55%

477

Bent

Movie | Spain | 03/09/2018 | Crime

On his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government conspiracy involving rogue agents from a top spy agency.

5.1/10

47%

1,863

The Loft

Movie | United States | 10/14/2014 | Thriller | Mystery

For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be one of their group, the men are gripped by paranoia as each one suspects another. Friendships are tested, loyalties are questioned, and marriages crumble while fear and suspicion run rampant.

6.3/10

173

Star Trek

Movie | United States | 05/06/2009 | Science Fiction | Space opera

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.

7.9/10

94%

2,034

Doom

Movie | United States | 10/21/2005 | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion

A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.

5.2/10

18%

197

Ghost Ship

Movie | United States | 10/22/2002 | Horror | Ghosts

After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.

5.6/10

15%

971

Dredd

Movie | United Kingdom | 09/21/2012 | Science Fiction | Cyberpunk

In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.

7.1/10

80%

1,801

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