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Karl Urban

1972 - Today

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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 the second and third installments of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Vaako in the second and third installments 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Urban is the 1,665th most popular actor (down from 1,353rd in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 20th in 2019) and the 4th most popular New Zealander Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Karl Urban ranks 1,665 out of 13,578. Before him are Kate Jackson, Micheline Presle, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Maria Bello, Ned Beatty, and Katey Sagal. After him are Pierre Clémenti, Charles Vanel, Jaclyn Smith, Laura Harring, Rami Malek, and Chris Pine.

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Among people born in 1972, Karl Urban ranks 51. Before him are Josh Duhamel, John Abraham, Narges Mohammadi, Karl Nehammer, Tom Hooper, and Leymah Gbowee. After him are Giovane Élber, Mauricio Pochettino, Pat Rafter, Jos Verstappen, Sundar Pichai, and Alyssa Milano.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Karl Urban ranks 24 out of 303. Before him are John Walker (1952), Bruce Spence (1945), Robert Muldoon (1921), Burt Munro (1899), Thomas Williams (1930), and Martin Campbell (1943). After him are Te Atairangikaahu (1931), John Money (1921), John Dew (1948), Nancy Wake (1912), Geoffrey Palmer (1942), and Bill Pickering (1910).

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Among ACTORS In New Zealand

Among actors born in New Zealand, Karl Urban ranks 4. Before him are Russell Crowe (1964), Lucy Lawless (1968), and Bruce Spence (1945). After him are Clive Revill (1930), Alan Dale (1947), Marton Csokas (1966), Cliff Curtis (1968), Temuera Morrison (1960), Manu Bennett (1969), Taika Waititi (1975), and Antony Starr (1975).

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