His career began with appearances in New Zealand films and television series such as Xena: Warrior Princess. His first Hollywood role was in the horror film Ghost Ship. In , he starred in the sci-fi series Almost Human. Urban was born in Wellington , New Zealand.
Through his mother, the young Urban was exposed to classic New Zealand cinema and developed an interest in the film industry. His first acting role came at age eight, when he had a single line in one episode of the New Zealand television series Pioneer Woman.
He attended Wellington College in β Eventually, he moved to Auckland where he was offered many guest roles in TV shows one of which was playing a heroin addict in the police drama Shark in the Park. Urban then moved briefly to Bondi Beach , Sydney, Australia in before returning to New Zealand the following year. Urban's first Hollywood role was in the horror film Ghost Ship.
Urban played John "Reaper" Grimm in Universal Pictures ' Doom based on the first-person shooter video game Doom , which was released on 21 October In , he starred in the Viking adventure Pathfinder. A longtime fan of Westerns , [ 7 ] he starred as Woodrow Call in Comanche Moon , a television miniseries that aired in early as a prequel to the Lonesome Dove miniseries based on Larry McMurtry 's book series of the same name.
In the film Star Trek , he played Dr. In , Urban starred as law-enforcing comic book character Judge Dredd in the film Dredd. In an interview with Shave magazine, Urban described it as a "high-octane, action-fueled film The film was directed by Pete Travis, with a script by Alex Garland. The series was set 35 years into the future when cops in the L. Urban played a detective who has a dislike for robots but ends up being teamed up with one with emotional feelings. Urban next appeared in the ensemble thriller The Loft , a remake of the Belgian film of the same name.
