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Karl-Heinz Urban (born 7 June 1972) is a New Zealand actor. His career began with appearances in New Zealand films and television 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 two films of The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2002–2003), Vaako in two films of the Riddick film series (2004–2013), Dr Leonard “Bones” McCoy in the Star Trek reboot film series (2009–2016), 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. From 2019 to 2026, he has starred as Billy Butcher in Amazon Prime Video's superhero streaming television series The Boys and voiced a character in the 2022 film The Sea Beast.
Career
- 1972Born
- Notable work: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Notable work: The Chronicles of Riddick
- Notable work: Star Trek
- Notable work: Dredd
- Notable work: The Boys
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Wellington
- •Citizenship: New Zealand
- •Known as: actor, stage actor, film actor, television actor
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