Pervy Eomer Fancier :: Karl Urban

Karl Urban

Welcome to my site! This page is dedicated to that gorgeous Horse Lord of Rohan, Eomer and the actor that portrays him, Karl Urban. Come right in and drool all you want!

All about Karl!

~Karl Urban is originally from Wellington, New Zealand, but lives in Auckland at this time.

~His birthday is 7 June 1972.

~He's 6/1" ....quite tall

~Karl has hazel-green eyes. Others have reported brown, but they're wrong.

~Karl's father is a leather goods manufacturer (he had hoped that Karl would follow in his footsteps).

~He has a son named Hunter, born in November 2000.

~Has a black lab terrier named Irie (pronounced eye-ree) after a Bob Marley song (from the album Uprising).

~Favorite film genre: Science Fiction (e.g., The Matrix and Star Wars).

~Some favorite music: Bob Marley, Miles Davis, the latest Red Hot Chili Peppers album (Californication), Nick Cave, Pixies, Carole King, Lauryn Hill.

~Hobbies: Fishing, surfing, golf, gardening (is into organic food). 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 a proficient horseback rider, which served him well when he filmed a show called Riding High, a children's show about horses. In addition, Karl also enjoys indoor rock climbing. In fact, he sometimes went rock climbing with Gabrielle herself, Renee O'Conner.

~His first acting role was when he was 8 -- he had a 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. He played ambulance driver Jamie Forrest. After filming the show (an evening soap opera), he attended the university for one year, then left to pursue his acting career. He landed a number of roles in the theater in Wellington.

~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 Shock in the Park. He was in a movie as well, entitled Once in Chunuck Bay (AKA Chanuck Bair). Other television roles followed, including a guest starring role in the series White Fang.

~Karl played "Sweeper" in a Miramax/Scott Reynolds film called Heaven.

~He filmed a pilot for a show called Amazon High, but it ended up being incorporated into the Xena episode, Life Blood.

~In February/March 1998, he was in a play called The Herbal Bed at the Maidment Theatre in Auckland. He played the character Jett Lane. It also starred Jennifer Ward-Leland, Michael Hurst's wife and Boaddicea (and some other characters) on Xena.

~August 1998, he played Mark Antony in Auckland Theatre Company's production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in Auckland.

~Karl attended the Plano, Texas, convention on 3 January 1998; made a guest appearance at the Burbank convention on 17 January; attended the 29-30 August, Cherry Hill, NJ, Creation Convention; attended the Sacramento convention on 20 September 1998; and was at the Chicago convention on 1 November 1998.

~Karl played Paul the cameraman in the NZ film, Via Satellite. Danielle Cormack (Ephiny) was also in it. Karl was nominated for NZ Best Supporting Actor!

~He attended the Santa Monica convention on 24 January 1999.

~Karl attended Creation's Decatur, GA, convention on 21 November 1999.

~Karl has been cast as the lead in a new show called the Privateers. He plays Capt. Alan Dravyk. It is currently being shopped around.

~Karl starred in the horror film, The Irrefutable Truth About Demons, which was screened at Cannes in May 2000.

~Karl played the male lead in Harry Sinclair's long-awaited second film, The Price of Milk, released in February 2001.

~He attended Dragoncon on 29 June-2 July 2000, in Atlanta.

~Karl is Eomer in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. This film opened in December 2002. He was also in the third installment, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, released in December 2003.

~Karl played Munder in Ghost Ship with Julianna Margulies. Dark Horizons has a great article on it. It opened on October 26, 2002 in time for Halloween.

~Karl starred with Vin Diesel in the sci-fi movie The Chronicles of Riddick that was released in June of 2004 and in a sequel to The Bourne Identity with Matt Damon in July 2004, The Bourne Supremacy....woohooo...lots more Karl for me!

~Karl's played a lead part in the movie "Doom" based on the popular video game. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is his co-star. August 2005.

~Starred as Nick Harvery in Out of the Blue. Based on the Aramoana Massacre that occurred on 13 November and 14 November 1990. Resident David Gray, an unemployed gun collector, went on a rampage in which 13 people were shot dead, before Gray himself was shot by police. Released only in New Zealand, October 2006.

~Pathfinder! Still eagerly awaiting for the release of this movie. Rumor has it scheduled for April 2007. Karl stars as a Viking boy that is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savoir in a fight against the Norsemen.

~Karl's latest project is Comanche Moon. A western mini-series for TV. Scehduled for November, 2007. Karl as a cowboy? Why not!