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Karl Urban (born June 7, 1972), an actor from Wellington, New Zealand, is best known for playing Éomer, in the second and third films of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
based on the books
by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Some of his earlier work included roles on New Zealand soap Shortland Street, which apparently interrupted his planned attendance of Victoria University of Wellington, and a guest role on the second season of police drama Shark in the Park.

Urban was seen on the internationally syndicated American television shows Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys in which he played both Cupid and Julius Caesar from 1996 to 2001. These shows were filmed in New Zealand. He recently co-starred in The Chronicles of Riddick with Vin Diesel
and Judi Dench
and The Bourne Supremacy with Matt Damon
.

Karl Urban also played John "Reaper" Grimm, one of the lead characters in Universal Pictures' Doom which was released on October 21, 2005.
Biography
Born June 7, 1972, Wellington, New Zealand Karl-Heinz Urban. Son of a leather goods retailer (who had hoped hoped that Karl would follow in his footsteps). Karl attended St Mark's Church School where he showed an early love for public performance. 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 then went on to Wellington College. Upon leaving High School Karl was offered a role in the hit New Zealand TV-series Shortland Street playing homosexual paramedic Jamie Forrest. After appearing on the show for the 1993-1994 season he attended Victoria University in Wellington 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 he was offered many guest roles in local shows. One of his first roles was that of a heroin addict in the drama Shark In the Park.

Many television roles followed including parts in the cult series Xena: Warrior Princess yet his big Hollywood break did not come until his role in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship
. Since then, Karl has worked on many blockbusters including The Lord Of The Rings trilogy,The Bourne Supremacy
and Doom.He has also Reportedly received a $400,000 bonus for his work on "The Lord of the Rings
." Karl has also fathered a son named Hunter (born in November 2000), with wife Natalie, whom he married in 2004.

Interesting Facts

Listens to Bob Marley, Miles Davis, the latest Red Hot Chili Peppers album (Californication).

His black lab is named Irie.

Karl has hazel-green eyes.

His Favorite film genre is Science Fiction.

Hobbies include fishing, surfing, golf, and gardening.

Was introduced in the second installment of the three big franchises he has appeared in: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Bourne Supremacy
(2004) and The Chronicles of Riddick
(2004).
Lead Roles
Following Karl's lead role in the film Doom
the adaption of the popular video game of the same name, he has been offered leads in the Viking film Pathfinder and the Martian film Outlander, which is to be shot in Karl's childhood home town of Wellington . More leads are likely to follow if his next two films are box-office hits. Karl has also recently signed up as the lead character in Doom 2.
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