Karl's first big movie role was as Eomer in The Two Towers (2002) and The Return Of The King (2003), the final two installments of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Although his characters role was diminished somewhat compared to the JRR Tolkien novels, so you can be excused (almost) for not remembering him.
In 2004, he starred in The Chronicles Of Riddick alongside Vin Diesel, and in The Bourne Supremacy alongside Matt Damon. In 2005 he landed his first international lead role, starred opposite Rosamund Pike in the video-game film adaptation, Doom.
During this time, there was talk that Karl was in the top 4 contenders to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. The role eventually went to Daniel Craig (Casino Royale, 2006) who was an excellent choice and is still going strong. When Daniel Craig decides to move on, Karl could step right into the role (in my opinion).
In 2007 he starred in the viking movie Pathfinder (not to be confused with the Nissan vehicle), and in 2009 he starred as Leonard "Bones" McCoy in JJ Abrams re-booted Star Trek feature film. If any Trekkers are reading this and haven't watched the movie (firstly, wtf?) and secondly, go and watch the film, as Karl Urban has managed to make Bones into even more of a hard-ass.
In 2012, Karl starred as Judge Dredd in Dredd 3D, the re-make which had to happen, if anything, to erase our memory of the original Judge Dredd film starring Sylvester Stallone. I'm not sure why it was called Dredd 3D, as my brother and I watched it in 2D. Anyway, this film is the ultimate guilty pleasure, adrenalin boost, testosterone rush, from the opening motorbike gun battle to the final violent gore-fest. Thankfully it's based more on the comic (2000 AD) than the original movie. Watch it on DVD/Blu Ray, but make sure the kids have gone to sleep first.
Next up, Karl is scheduled to star in Riddick, and Star Trek Into Darkness. Can't wait!
Now onto the autograph! My brother and I had tickets to the Melbourne Armageddon Expo earlier this year, and Karl Urban was the major guest star. So, in preparation I made a Judge Dredd Super Peg (a 6cm tall hand-painted wooden peg, which I sell for $5 each). When I met Karl at the autograph table, I gave him this peg, which he liked and thanked me for (I didn't get $5 from him though).
Anyway, we had a brief chat about Star Trek and Dredd (which hadn't been released in Australia as yet) and he inscribed this 8x10" colour photograph of him as Dredd.
Score!
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