Karl Urban
Birth Name Karl-Heinz Urban Date of Birth June 7, 1972 Place of Birth Wellington, New Zealand Height 6′ 1″ (1.85 m) Education Victoria University of Wellington Profession Actor Net Worth $80,000,000 Source of Wealth Film, Television Nationality New Zealander Country New Zealand Marital Status Separated (Natalie Wihongi) Children 2 (Hunter, Indiana)
New Zealand-born actor Karl Urban is best known for playing Éomer in the second and third installments of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings. He has an estimated net worth of $80 million. He is also known for playing Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy in Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness, Caesar in Xena: Warrior Princess, Vaako in The Chronicles of Riddick, and Judge Dredd in the 2012 film Dredd. He was an acclaimed actor in the New Zealand films The Prince of Milk and Out of the Blue.
Karl was born Karl-Heinz Urban on 7 June 1972 in Wellington, New Zealand. His father was a German immigrant who owned a leather goods shop and his mother worked for film facilities in Wellington. He attended St. Mark’s Church School where he showed his early love for performing. At the age of eight, he had his first acting role in a television series Pioneer Woman. However, he took up acting again only after high school. He went to Wellington College (1986–1990) and Victoria University of Wellington for a year in the Bachelor of Arts program. While he was preparing for Victoria, he was offered a role in the soap opera Shortland Street (1992). He turned it down as he pursued his acting career. He had a guest role in White Fang (1993).
Karl Urban married Natalie Wihongi, his makeup artist in The Privateers, in September 2004. They have two sons, Hunter (November 2000) and Indiana or Indy (January 2005). He serves as a celebrity ambassador for KidsCan, a charity that supports over 16,000 disadvantaged children in New Zealand.
Earnings and Financial Data
date | Social class | Description | amount |
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2013 | estate sale | Market value of his five-bedroom villa located in Herne Bay, New Zealand (1.4 million New Zealand dollars) | $956,000 |
Categories: Actor Net Worth
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