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KarlUrban

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Karl Urban's screen career has included dysfunctional family comedies, epic fantasies and offbeat romances — and that's only the Kiwi projects. Urban was award-nominated for films The Price of Milk and The Irrefutable Truth about Demons, and won for Out of the Blue. In recent years he has appeared in a run of Hollywood projects, including The Bourne Supremacy, Star Trek, and as Judge Dredd in Dredd 3D.

Screenography

I, Object
2024 Actor Film
The Sea Beast
2022 As: Jacob Holland Film
The Boys (American TV series)
2019 - 2026 As: Billy Butcher Series
Bent (American feature film)
2018 As: Danny Gallagher Film
Thor: Ragnarok
2017 As: Skurge Film

Biography

Karl Urban's varied Kiwi acting career has seen him battling demons, losing his voice, and playing both lawman and heavy. Since appearing in the last episode of The Lord of the Rings trilogy in 2003, Urban has worked mainly in American film.

Awards

2018 Ischia Global Film and Music Festival (Italy)
Global Icon Award

2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards
Best Supporting Actor - Film: for Out Of The Blue

2001 Nokia New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Nominated for Best Actor- Film: for The Irrefutable Truth About Demons
Nominated in the same category: for The Price of Milk

“My philosophy is whatever you do, you’ve got to invest in yourself. If you don’t, there are a lot of people out there who will get the job because they’re more prepared than you.”

Karl Urban

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Related images

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Policemen Paul Knox (Paul Glover) and Nick Harvey (Karl Urban) in 2006 movie Out of the Blue.
Photo courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
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Karl Urban as policeman Nick Harvey in Out of the Blue.
Photo courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
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Karl Urban as Rob and Danielle Cormack as Lucinda in a scene from The Price of Milk.
Photo appears courtesy of the New Zealand Film Commission.