Karl-Heinz Urban (born 7 June 1972) is a [[New Zealand]] actor. His career began with appearances in New Zealand films and TV series such as [[Xena: Warrior Princess]]. His first Hollywood role was in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship. Since then, he has starred in many high-profile movies, including as Éomer in the second and third installments of [[The Lord of the Rings]] trilogy, Vaako in the second and third installments of the Riddick film series, [[Leonard McCoy]] in the [[Star Trek]]  [[star trek: kelvin timeline|film reboot series]] and Skurge in [[Marvel|Marvel Studios']] [[Thor: Ragnarok]].

Since 2019, he has starred as [[Billy Butcher]] in Amazon's superhero streaming television series [[The Boys]].
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