Biography
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.
Filmography42 titles
The Boys
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Mortal Kombat II
Ark: The Animated Series
Gen V
Thor: Ragnarok
Xena: Warrior Princess
For the Love of Spock
Almost Human
Star Trek
The Sea Beast
Star Trek Into Darkness
The Bourne Supremacy
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family
Comanche Moon
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Dredd
Star Trek Beyond
Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD
Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys
The Bluff
RED
The Chronicles of Riddick
Out of the Blue
Pete's Dragon
The Loft
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Riddick
Walking with Dinosaurs 3D
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Acts of Vengeance
Building Star Trek
Ghost Ship
Priest
Reclaiming the Blade
Hangman
Pathfinder
And Soon the Darkness
Bent
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Doom