Karl Urban Filmography

Born:: Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Karl-Heinz Urban
Biography:: Considering his previous experience essaying the recurring role of Julius Caesar on the popular small screen fantasy adventure series Xena: Warrior Princess, it seems only natural that New Zealand born actor Karl Urban would advance to slay orcs in Peter Jackson's epic Lord of the Rings trilogy....Read More

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Star Trek

Actors: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Karl Urban, Eric Bana, Simon Pegg, John Cho

Synopsis: Mission: Impossible III director and Alias creator J.J. Abrams resurrects the classic science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry with this feature film that embraces the rich history of the influential television and film series while also exploring some uncharted territory. Heroes star Zachary Quinto Read More

5/8/09
Relentless

Actors: Karl Urban

Synopsis: Karl Urban stars in this 3-D action epic as one of four extreme sports stars who crash-land on an island and have to fend for themselves against a hoard of murderous tribesman in this Baldwin Entertainment production, helmed by 3,000 Miles to Graceland's Demien Lichtenstein. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Read More

1/1/09
Black Water Transit

Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Karl Urban, Brittany Snow

1/1/08
Comanche Moon

Actors: Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Linda Cardellini, Rachel Griffiths, Karl Urban, Elizabeth Banks

Synopsis: The Lonesome Dove saga continues in this prequel starring Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Linda Cardellini, and Rachel Griffiths. Texas Rangers Woodrow Call and Agustus McCrae may be getting up there in years, but their determination to capture Comanche war chief Buffalo Hunt, Comanche horse thief Kicking Read More

2008
Out of the Blue

Actors: Karl Urban, Matthew Sunderland, Lois Lawn, Simon Ferry, Tandi Wright

Synopsis: Out of the Blue, New Zealand writer-director Robert Sarkies' long-awaited follow-up to his 1999 feature debut Scarfies, recreates the events that led up to and surrounded David Gray's November 13, 1990, mass murder of 13 locals in the town of Aramoana, New Zealand. Sarkies, however, approaches the Read More

10/19/07
Pathfinder

Actors: Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Clancy Brown, Jay Tavare

Synopsis: The sole survivor of a Viking "dragon" vessel shipwrecked on Eastern shores of the New World fifteen years ago provides the only hope for the a Native American tribe faced with certain destruction by Norse berserkers in director Marcus Nispel's (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) dark action adventure. Read More

4/13/07
Doom

Actors: Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Razaaq Adoti, The Rock, Deobia Oparei

Synopsis: One of the most popular and influential video games ever makes its way to the big screen in this sci-fi thriller. A coalition of Earth's scientific and military interests have established a research colony called Olduvai on the planet Mars, but one day all communication from the outpost stops and Read More

10/21/05
The Bourne Supremacy

Actors: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Gabriel Mann, Joan Allen

Synopsis: The second chapter in the "Bourne Trilogy," based on Robert Ludlum's best-selling espionage novels, reaches the screen in this sequel to the 2002 thriller The Bourne Identity. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) has abandoned his life as a CIA assassin and has been traveling beneath the agency's radar Read More

7/23/04
The Chronicles of Riddick

Actors: Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Thandie Newton, Judi Dench, Karl Urban, Alexa Davalos

Synopsis: Vin Diesel returns as the nocturnally gifted antihero Riddick in this sequel to the 2000 cult item Pitch Black. Riddick, on the run from the law and evading mercenaries eager to claim the price on his head, seeks refuge on the planet of Helion, only to discover he's walked into a world in chaos. Read More

6/11/04
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Actors: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom

Synopsis: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King brings Peter Jackson's mammoth adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic to a close in suitably epic fashion. Instead of starting just where the previous film left off, however, it goes far back in time to the moment the tormented creature Gollum first Read More

12/17/03
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Actors: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett

Synopsis: The second film in Peter Jackson's series of screen adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's internationally popular Lord of The Rings trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers literally begins where The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ended, with the Fellowship splitting into three Read More

12/18/02
Ghost Ship

Actors: Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington, Isaiah Washington

Synopsis: A salvage team think they've made the find of a lifetime, until they discover there's more on board than meets the eye in this supernatural thriller. Led by Captain Sean Murphy (Gabriel Byrne), the crew of the tugboat Arctic Warrior have discovered a sideline far more lucrative than hauling Read More

10/25/02
The Price of Milk

Actors: Danielle Cormack, Karl Urban, Willa O'Neill, Michael Lawrence

Synopsis: New Zealand filmmaker Harry Sinclair turns to a more rural setting with this modern fairy tale centering on two lovers, Lucinda $Danielle Cormack) and Rob (Karl Urban), who live on a dairy farm in a quaint small town. On a standard errand one day, Lucinda accidentally hits an older woman on the Read More

2/14/01
Xena: Warrior Princess - When Fates Collide

Actors: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Ted Raimi, Karl Urban, Claire Stansfield

Synopsis: Escaping from Hades, Julius Caesar (Karl Urban) waylays the Three Fates so that he may alter the Threads of Destiny. As a result, the events leading up to Caesar's death are radically altered, and apparently for the good. Xena (Lucy Lawless) is now Caesar's empress, and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) Read More

2001
Xena: Warrior Princess - Lifeblood

Actors: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Selma Blair, Monica McSwain, Danielle Cormack

Synopsis: At the suggestion of Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor), baby Eve is slated to undergo the Right of Caste. This bizarre and potentially painful ritual will determine if Eve is worthy of becoming an Amazon princess. Meanwhile, Eve's mother, Xena (Lucy Lawless), is kept busy trying to save the Amazon Read More

2000
The Truth About Demons

Actors: Karl Urban, Katie Wolfe

Synopsis: Recalling the absurdist bloodletting of fellow kiwi Peter Jackson, Glenn Standring's debut feature is a clever, gleefully ludicrous flick about demons, disembowelments, and bloody death. Auckland anthropologist Dr. Harry Ballard (Karl Urban), a noted foe of fringe religious cults, receives a video Read More

2000
Heaven

Actors: Martin Donovan, Danny Edwards, Richard Schiff, Joanna Going, Patrick Malahide

Synopsis: Scott Reynolds directed this New Zealand thriller about a transsexual stripper. Architect Robert Marling (Martin Donovan) has mounting problems that include drinking, gambling, and alimony payments to his ex, Jennifer (Joanna Going), who's attempting to gain custody of their son. Redesigning a Read More

4/30/99
Xena: Warrior Princess - Endgame

Actors: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Jennifer Sky, Danielle Cormack, Karl Urban

Synopsis: When Ephiny (Danielle Cormack) is killed by Brutus (David Franklin), Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) is crowned the Queen of the Amazons. Meanwhile, Xena (Lucy Lawless) tussles with both Brutus' comrade in arms, Caesar (Karl Urban), and their mutual enemy, Pompey (Jeremy Callaghan). And a rebellious Read More

1999
Xena: Warrior Princess - The Ides of March

Actors: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Tim Omundson, Jennifer Sky, Karl Urban

Synopsis: Callisto (Hudson Leick), the mortal enemy of warrior princess Xena (Lucy Lawless), has come back from Hades with a lot of mischief in mind. Callisto's plan involves placing the duplicitous Caesar (Karl Urban) on the emperor's throne and corrupting Xena. Not everything goes according to plan, but Read More

1999
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Render Unto Caesar

Actors: Kevin Sorbo, Tamara Gorski, Karl Urban, Nicko Vella, Stuart Devenie

Synopsis: Accepting his designation as "the chosen one," Hercules (Kevin Sorbo) agrees to defend Eire against the invading Julius Caesar (Karl Urban) -- who is already reeling from previous encounters with our hero's female counterpart, Xena the warrior princess. At the same time, Hercules endeavors to Read More

1998
Xena: Warrior Princess - The Bitter Suite

Actors: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Hudson Leick, Ted Raimi, Kevin Smith

Synopsis: Now that Gabrielle's unholy daughter, Hope, has killed Xena's son, Solan, an action that also cost Hope her life, Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) are bitter enemies. But before they can act upon their mutual hatred, the two former comrades are transported to Illsuia, a dream Read More

1998
Via Satellite

Actors: Danielle Cormack, Timothy Balme, Rima Te Wiata, Brian Sergent, Jodie Dorday

Synopsis: Danielle Cormack plays a dual role of twin sisters in this comedy drama from New Zealand. Chrissy Dunn (Cormack) exits the bed of a strange man while her twin sister, Olympic swimmer Carol (also Cormack), wins an major race and prepares to swim for the gold. Back home, TV director Brian Stanning (Brian Sergent Read More

1998
Xena: Warrior Princess - When in Rome...

Actors: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Karl Urban, Matthew Chamberlain, Jeremy Callaghan

Synopsis: When her comrade in arms Vercinix (Tamati Rice), leader of the Gauls, is captured by Julius Caesar (Karl Urban), Xena (Lucy Lawless) tries to negotiate a trade. If Vercinix is set free, she will release her own captive, Roman aristocrat Crassus (Matthew Chamberlain). As to the question of whether Read More

1998
Xena: Warrior Princess - A Good Day

Actors: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Karl Urban, Stephen Lovatt, Jeremy Callaghan

Synopsis: Xena (Lucy Lawless) and a small band of Greek soldiers have sworn to make a stand against rival Roman warriors Caesar (Karl Urban) and Pompey (Jeremy Callaghan). It is not that the two "noble" Romans have buried their own hatchet; it is simply that their civil war threatens to spill over into, and Read More

1998
Xena: Warrior Princess - For Him The Bell Tolls

Actors: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Ted Raimi, Alexandra Tydings, Karl Urban

Synopsis: With Xena (Lucy Lawless) elsewhere, Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) and Joxer (Ted Raimi) rescue a Princess (Mandie Gillette) who is en route to marry a handsome prince. Unexpectedly, the Princess falls in love with the klutzy Joxer, who, thanks to an inter-celestial tiff between Aphrodite (Alexandra Tydings Read More

1997
Xena: Warrior Princess - Destiny

Actors: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Ebonie Smith, Karl Urban, Nathaniel Lees

Synopsis: Hoping to purge some more of her inner demons, Xena (Lucy Lawless) visits the site of a city burned down by her former warriors. Before long, Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) is captured by cannibals and Xena is seriously wounded while rescuing her friend. The only hope for Xena's survival is the Read More

1997
Xena: Warrior Princess - The Deliverer

Actors: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Kevin Smith, Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Marton Csokas

Synopsis: It is off to Brittania for Xena (Lucy Lawless), Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor), and Khrafstar (Marton Csokas), the high priest of a new monotheistic cult. The trio's mission: to thwart the impending invasion of Julius Caesar (Karl Urban). But the battle may be lost before it begins when Gabrielle Read More

1997
Xena: Warrior Princess - A Comedy of Eros

Actors: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Ted Raimi, Jay Lagai'aia, Karl Urban

Synopsis: Bliss (Cameron Russel), the mischievous son of Cupid (Karl Urban), grabs his dad's bow and arrows and sets out to spread a little love all around. As a result of Bliss' -- er -- cupidity, Xena (Lucy Lawless) falls madly in love with her enemy, the warlord Draco (Jay Laga'aia); Draco is smitten by Read More

1997
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - The Green-Eyed Monster

Actors: Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst, Karl Urban, Alexandra Tydings, Susan Ward

Synopsis: Jealous of the beautiful mortal Psyche (Susan Ward), goddess of love Aphrodite (Alexandra Tydings) orders her son Cupid (Karl Urban) to shoot Psyche with "love arrows" so that the girl will remove herself from romantic competition. What Aphrodite doesn't know is that Cupid is in love with Psyche Read More

1996
Xena: Warrior Princess - Altared States

Actors: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, David Ackroyd, David de Latour, Karl Urban

Synopsis: Xena (Lucy Lawless) and Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor) appoint themselves protectors of a 12-year-old runaway named Icus (David de Latour). The boy has been slated to be sacrificed to a new God -- and, much to Xena's surprise, Icus' father and brother are determined to kill the youngster. Things Read More

1996