Karl Urban

Karl-Heinz Urban (born June 7, 1972) is an actor from New Zealand.

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.

In Priest, he plays Black Hat.

Filmography

 * 1992
 * Chunuk Bair


 * 1998
 * Heaven
 * Via Satellite


 * 2000
 * The Irrefutable Truth about Demons
 * The Price Of Milk


 * 2002
 * Ghost Ship
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers


 * 2003
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King


 * 2004
 * The Chronicles of Riddick
 * The Bourne Supremacy


 * 2005
 * Doom


 * 2006
 * Out of the Blue


 * 2007
 * Pathfinder


 * 2009
 * Star Trek
 * Black Water Transit


 * 2010
 * And Soon The Darkness
 * Red


 * 2011
 * Priest
 * Untitled Star Trek Sequel


 * 2012
 * Dredd

Television

 * 1990
 * Shark in the Park


 * 1992
 * Homeward Bound


 * 1993
 * White Fang


 * 1993-1994
 * Shortland Street


 * 1995
 * Riding High


 * 1996, 1998
 * Hercules: The Legendary Journeys


 * 1996-2001
 * Xena: The Princess Warrior


 * 1997
 * Amazon High


 * 2000
 * The Privateers


 * 2008
 * Comanche Moon