Why Did It Take Us So Long To Appreciate Karl Urban?

It's no doubt that Amazon's The Boys has put Karl Urban in the spotlight once again, but he's been dominating roles for several decades. Starring in storied franchises like Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, and Thor, Karl Urban has the ability to inhabit any character he takes on. Which is to say, even though he's been working steadily for decades, we still think Karl Urban should be bigger. Perhaps his turn as Billy Butcher in The Boys will continue to push him to new heights after it ends with it's next season.

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[Schlabbeflicker]

Karl Urban plays a character in every movie he's in. Dwayne Johnson plays Dwayne Johnson in every movie he's in.

[janrnstrvra]

the scene where butcher talks to vogelbaum is one of my favorite scenes from the entire series so far. karl's acting from that scene is just fooking diabolical.

[rouged]

His little head wobble and smirk he improvised in The Boys is the best part of him.

[aksharaghav]

I started appreciating him since Dredd.

[Kwad_rat]

Actor who can modulate his voice and appearance. Rare gem. I would like a Dredd sequel, thank you very much

[David-nqcv]

He's that amazing of an actor you don't see Karl but the characters he's performing

[protogenxl]

He did Dredd in 2012 and never took the helmet off, did people not understand then?

[allisonnicole.]

He’s like a comic book character come to life

[MooseMagoo]

I worked on more than one low/no budget project where Karl Urban worked for minimum rate. It would have been after Xena before Lord of the Rings hit theater. He seems to love genre movies so did anything but it also seemed like he did it because he wanted to help people get traction in the business. On set he was very easy going and no fuss. He created a lot of good will in the industry. I am not surprised by his success.

[rockeyepunkcovers]

In 2006 he was in an amazing New Zealand film called Out of the Blue... that's probably my favorite thing he's done.

[nessdagoat]

He’s up there in John Malkovich territory as a character actor. I didn’t realize he was in so many things I’ve watched

[EpicAnimeFights]

I remember a scene in LOTR extended edition when he finds Eowyn "dead" after the battle for Pelennor Fields. He drops his mask and sword, starts screaming and crying. This was the moment I knew he was extremely underrated and I was a bit sad they didn't show more of him in the movies. What a piece of acting, it is incredible. I'm glad he is getting the recognition he deserves.

[HonestWatchReviewsHWR]

He was really good in the short-lived series 'Almost Human' as well. I was gutted when that got cancelled. It had so much potential.

[dylanc]

Karl Urban is a shape shifter! Ive seen so many movies with him and never realized it was the same person. Amazing actor!

[robertprueter]

It's rare I get to say this, but I was pretty early on Karl Urban. First saw him as a kid in the Hercules/Xena roles (not that I picked him out at the time), but it was Lord of the Rings where I took note of him. Kept on eye on him ever since and he is the lone reason I am tempted to watch The Boys. Karl Urban is just that good, he can sell a show by himself.

[KimCarter]

FINALLY Karl gets his due. Shocked you didn’t mention Red. While I enjoyed him in ST and LOTR, it was Red that really made me sit up and take notice. That epic fight with Bruce Willis! Come on!

[MikahTheMan]

He has that Johnny Depp effect where he’s able to look and appear completely different in whatever role he’s in. I definitely didn’t realize how many movies he’s been until watching The Boys and having to look him up cuz I’ve seen a majority of his movies

[JdeeReadings]

Karl came to one of the cons in my city it was the first con in the new convention centre after our EQ's. He sat there and gave us a heart warming speech about how he proud he was of a NZ community pulling together to support each other and help our neighbors. He said that seeing something like the aftermath on the news of a city in his country going through that was heart breaking and sad but that we made him proud seeing the strength we showed after. It was surreal for me because I watched him on Shortland street, Hercules, Xena those were all on screen for me when I was a kid and I am so glad he is getting the recognition he deserves finally. Man is a true gem.

[anyamccullough]

I don't have a favorite role. However, I'm forever going to be sad that Almost Human didn't get more than 1 season and never got super well known. Even if he had better roles in his career as a whole, that one is super underrated imo ❤️

[Barbossa]

Karl Urbana judge Dredd is criminally underrated. Not just his performance but the entire movie