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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 Riddick film series, Leonard McCoy in the Star Trek reboot film series, Kirill in The Bourne Supremacy (2004), John "Reaper" Grimm in Doom (2005), Judge Dredd in Dredd (2012), Gavin Magary in Pete's Dragon (2016), and Skurge in Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok (2017). In 2013, he starred in the sci-fi series Almost Human. Since 2019, he has starred as Billy Butcher in Amazon's superhero streaming television series The Boys.

Karl Urban

David Reeves / Solid Snake
for David Reeves / Solid Snake in Metroid
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Metroid is a 2026 American dystopian science fiction action film based on the video game franchise of the same name created and developed by Nintendo Entertainment. Produced by Legendary Pictures and The Stone Quarry and distributed by Universal Pictures, it is the first installment of the Metroid film series. Directed by Neill Blomkamp and written by Zack Snyder and Jeremy Slater, the film stars Cara Delevingne as Samus "Sam" Aran, along with Mahershala Ali, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ving Rhames, Willem Dafoe, Karl Urban, Andy Serkis, Paul Rudd, Bridget Moynahan, and Samuel L. Jackson. It serves as an origin story for Samus. Set primarily on the dystopian future in Planet Earth, Sam is a widowed hiking expedition member whose husband and son died recently from huntington's disease. Upon discovering a Metroid alien creature, she embarks on a perilous journey to find answers as to what this means. Metroid was released in theaters on December 10th, 2026; it received generally positive reviews from critics, while audience and fan receptions alike were raving, namely for its action, story, visuals, Delevingne's performance, Hans Zimmer's musical score, and faithfulness to the source material. It was also a box-office success and became the second-highest-grossing video game film of all time at 1.03 billion worldwide, making it Blomkamp's most successful film to date. A sequel was announced and is now in production.