Karl Urban
Karl Urban was born on the 7th of June, 1972, making him 28 years old. He is originally from Wellington, New Zealand, now he lives in Auckland.
Karl Urban has played namely Cupid and Julius Caesar on Xena, and Cupid's first appearance was on Hercules.
His 1st acting role was when he was 8, he had one line on a television show. He didn't act again until after high school. As he was preparing to attend Victoria University, he was offered a role in the NZ drama (soap opera) Shortland Street. After filming the show (an evening soap opera), he attended the university for one year, then left to act. He got a number of roles in the theater in Wellington. The real beginning of his acting career.
His hobbies include; Fishing, surfing, golf, gardening (you divide the seeds, and you will conquer the garden). Karl is, and has almost always been, very active. He worked on his aunt and uncle's farm for many years doing odd jobs. He's an excellent horseback rider, which served him well when he filmed a show called Riding High, a children's show about horses. Karl also enjoys indoor rock climbing. His favourite movies are almost all along the science fiction line.
He has appeared in:
- Price of Milk, The (2000) .... Rob
- The Irrifutable Truth about Demons...Harry
- Topless Women Talk About Their Lives
- Foreskin's Lament...Foreskin
- Amazon High (1999) .... Kor
- Clown Story - a short film
- Via Satellite (1998) .... Paul -
Chrissy's boyfriend
- Heaven (1998) .... Sweeper
- Heaven (1997)
- "Homeward Bound" (1992)
TV Series .... Tim Johnstone
- Chunuk Bair .... Wellington soldier
- "Xena: Warrior Princess"
playing "Kor" in episode: "Life Blood" (episode
# 5.16) 3/13/2000
- "Xena: Warrior Princess"
playing "Julius Caesar" in episode: "Ides of March"
(episode # 4.21) 5/10/1999
- "Xena: Warrior Princess"
playing "Julius Caesar" in episode: "Endgame" (episode # 4.20) 5/3/1999
- "Hercules: The Legendary
Journeys" playing "Caius Julius Caesar" in episode: "Render Unto Caesar"
(episode # 5.5) 11/26/1998
- "Xena: Warrior Princess"
playing "Caesar" in episode: "Good Day, A" (episode
# 4.5) 10/26/1998
- "Xena: Warrior Princess"
playing "Caesar" in episode: "When in Rome..." (episode
# 3.16) 3/2/1998
- "Xena: Warrior Princess"
playing "Caesar" in episode: "Bitter Suite, The" (episode
# 3.12) 2/2/1998
- "Xena: Warrior Princess"
playing "Caesar" in episode: "Deliverer, The" (episode
# 3.4) 10/20/1997
- "Xena: Warrior Princess"
playing "Julius Caesar" in episode: "Destiny" (episode # 2.12) 1/27/1997
- "Xena: Warrior Princess"
playing "Mael" in episode: "Altared States" (episode
# 1.19) 4/2/1996
- Deliverer, tv appearance
- White Fang, tv appearance
- Riding High, tv appearance
- Small Town Blues, tv appearance
- Controversy, tv appearance
- Pathways, tv appearance
- Homeward Bound, tv appearance
- Ette Route - Pioneer Woman, tv appearance
- Shark In The Park, tv appearance
- Theatre
- 1998 - Auckland
Theatre - Julius Caesar as Mark Antony
- 1998 - Maidment
Theatre - Herbal Bed as Jack Lane
- Our Country's Good