Karl Urban Add to My Celebs Age 39 Birthday Jun. 7th, 1972 Born in Wellington, New Zealand Height 6' 1"

Karl Urban's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Xena: Warrior Princess Caesar Comanche Moon Woodrow F. …

Main Movie Roles 2011 - Priest 2010 - And Soon the Darkness 2009 - Star Trek 2007 - Pathfinder 2005 - Doom 2004 - The Chronicles of Riddick 2004 - The Bourne Supremacy 2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2002 - Ghost Ship 2002 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2000 - The Irrefutable Truth About Demons 2000 - The Price of Milk

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Originally from Wellington, New Zealand, Karl Urban now lives in Auckland. Born on June 7, 1972, he is the son of a leather goods manufacturer (who had hoped hoped that Karl would follow in his footsteps). His first acting role was when he was 8 -- he had a line on a television show. However, he did not act again until after high school. He was offered a role in the NZ drama "Shortland Street" (1992), as he was preparing to attend Victoria University. After appearing on the show for the 1993-1994 season he attended the university for one year, then left to pursue his acting career. Over the next few years, he landed several theater roles in the Wellington area. Eventually, he moved to Auckland where a number of guest roles in NZ television followed. One of his first roles was that of a heroin addict in the drama "Shark in the Park" (1989). He was in a movie as well, entitled Once in Chunuck Bay (AKA Chunuk Bair (1992)). Other television roles followed, including a guest starring role in the series "White Fang" (1993). Karl's biggest role yet is Éomer in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.


TRIVIA:

• Is good friends with co-stars 'Viggo Mortensen' (qv) from "Lord of the Rings" and 'Renée O'Connor' (qv) from _"Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995)_ (qv).
• Hobbies include fishing, surfing, golf, and gardening.
• Had a beret and coat to perform self-written Frank Spencer skits at the ages of 11 and 12 as school assembly entertainment.
• Appears in _The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)_ (qv), which was previously made as an animated film with the voice of 'John Huston (I)' (qv). Urban later appeared in _"Comanche Moon" (2008)_ (qv), a prequel to _"Lonesome Dove" (1989)_ (qv), which featured 'Anjelica Huston' (qv).
• Did four roles on _"Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995)_ (qv): Cesar the emperor, Kor a caveman, Cupid son of Aphrodite and Mael (biblical character), Isaac's brother.
• Was introduced in the second installment of the three big franchises he has appeared in: _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)_ (qv), _The Bourne Supremacy (2004)_ (qv) and _The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)_ (qv).
• He is, and has almost always been, very active. He worked on his aunt and uncle's farm for many years doing odd jobs. For filming the "Lord of the Rings" movies, he realized that Eomer was a consummate horseman and he was nowhere near that level, so he invested a lot of time learning--six to eight weeks, five days a week, two hours a day. He wanted to learn to neck rein, a method of steering a horse using one hand while leaving the other hand free to wield a sword. He wanted to be so at one with the horse that he wasn't conscious or concerned about what the horse was doing. In addition, he also enjoys indoor rock climbing.
• Has a black Lab terrier named Ire (pronounced eye-ree) after a 'Bob Marley (I)' (qv) song (from the album "Uprising").

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