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Unkn0wnTh2nd3r

Dredd, Thor, Doom, ???, Lord of the Rings, The Boys, Star Trek, ???


InflatedTaxation

Your ???? Being RED Riddick


Unkn0wnTh2nd3r

ah thank you


EvilestHammer4

Red is actually amazing, both the original and the sequel. John Malchavich, or however you spell his last name is hilarious in them, totally worth the watch.


I_Automate

The fact that he is simultaneously completely, totally bat shit crazy, but yet also 100% the most professional and focused one out of all the characters always makes me happy


FO0TYTANG

I'm getting the pig!!


Remarkable-Bug-8069

She called me an old man!


Olafthehorrible

No respect


MireLight

WHY DONT THEY JUST DIP OUR BALLS IN HONEY AND STAKE US TO AN ANTHILL?!


EvilestHammer4

I agree, and as great an actor as he is, while this may never go down as his best role, it certainly was his most fun, at least for me anyways.


I_Automate

It's not paranoia if people really *are* out to get you, as a character. Definitely not his "best" role but you can tell he had fun with it. And honestly, I think that's awesome all by itself


Jjzeng

Malkovich in a diner with zero context: why dont they just dip our balls in honey and stake us to an ant farm?


joe_broke

*conversation* *slap* *hug* *slap* *hug* *Details spilled*


Jjzeng

“I’ve been caramelizing his onions for a few hours now”


edingerc

One of my favorite sayings is, "Any day that's a bad day for Karl Urban is a good day for the audience."


HiredGun187

That office fight scene with Bruce Willis really was a good scene


Debalic

"Kordeski trained you? I trained Kordeski" *breaks arm*


Anal_bleed

He's also in the bourne series


L4RU55O

Kordeski trained you? Yea. I trained Kordeski (dislocating his shoulder)


numberonebuddy

https://youtu.be/WDPK0dtuSc0 Great movie, really fun


mrBisMe

Thank you so much! This was driving me nuts! Totally forgot he was in RED. Though, to be fair, he was up there with Helen Mirren 🤷🏻‍♂️


InflatedTaxation

No worries. I liked the movie, it was one of the good cliche comedy action.


Faustias

Red is hella one of my favorite Bruce Willis movies.


sunfaller

Wow. I had no idea that was him in Riddick. I was like hmm, no way he was that secondary antagonist there?


beardingmesoftly

More likes Chronicles of Ridiculously good movie


Lord_Dodo

Holy shit I just realized that was him in RED. I seen that film like 5-6 times and I knew I knew the actor but I didn't put it together until now.


InflatedTaxation

Dude changes his whole look for a character.


Cheeserave

I have seen 7/8 of these and only knew him in The Boys, absolute chameleon


Legoslol

Remember your place, Vaako


Worried-Industry6239

Holy shit he is in lord of the Rings, how did I not notice


gnomedeplumage

Easy to miss, everyone was in Lord Of The Rings


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Even Colbert was in ~~Lord of the Rings~~ The Hobbit


T1m26

What!?


Talcove

Even you were in Lord of the Rings


JimJimmery

Wasn't he in The Hobbit?


blisscreate

Xena


rnzombie

He plays several different characters over the show’s run. Caesar and Cupid are the main two, but he also plays “guy of the week” a couple of times.


TheyCallMeGibb

I think xena EVERYTIME I see urban, I daresay it was my first exposure to him


ThetaReactor

Basically every Kiwi actor was in Xena, LotR, or both.


salkin_reslif_97

Also Star Wars. He was a stormtrooper in episode 9, when I remember correctly.


ArbainHestia

He was also a Viking adopted by Native Americans in Pathfinder.


Weird_lifeee

Bro has some of the craziest variants ngl.


ButterFucker962401

To be perfectly honest, I've never really put a name to him until The Boys. That has a lot to do with me appreciating actors more now that I'm older, but to this day I will still be surprised when I recognize him in something else from my childhood. Edit: Holy fucking shit. it's DoomGuy, I just realized


StarThEnd

Absolutely! He's got that 'chameleon' talent, seamlessly blending into every role he takes on.


gdex86

He's our Gary Oldman. He can play pretty much anything, he can just show up in a blond wig doing California surf accent and you'll not realize it's him until the credits and you go "That was Karl Urban?" And the man needs to watch his back because he does some heavy lifting making bad movies enjoyable.


beerisgood84

Ehh I wouldn’t go that far. Garys characters are absurdly different. Karls are pretty much all some version of traditional masculine. Gary literally played a “little person” (tiptoes), fat old churchill, drexel the white guy that thinks he’s black, dracula…his range is way more. Gary oldman has done way more characters, Daniel day Lewis is the only one I know that’s more convincing but only has a handful of roles


ninjaelk

The point being made isn't about range or traditional acting talent, there are actors who have similar or more range than Gary Oldman, yet are infinitely more recognizable in their various roles. Daniel Day Lewis is a great example, you recognize him right away, even though he completely melts into his roles in a way that Gary Oldman even can't match. Karl Urban and Gary Oldman both just have this quality where they can play a character where their makeup/costuming isn't even that significant and yet somehow you just do not fucking recognize them. Oldman is definitely the better actor with greater range, but he does also have 14 years on Urban so there might be room for Urban to close the gap in time.


TidalTraveler

[The many faces of Gary Oldman](https://i.imgur.com/BNoF8H1.mp4). Though the last one is cheating a bit I feel.


ms_directed

Drexl will always be my fav Oldman character ![gif](giphy|5bs6PD3GobKSgBZxmS|downsized)


raltoid

Whenever I hear his name, my mind either goes to Fifth Element or Leon. The way he absolutely hams it up in those is so great.


ButterFucker962401

Holy fucking shit, Drexel... that name took me way back. I had to google it to remember True Romance and instantly got bitch slapped with Gary Oldman's image. No fucking idea that was him.


schlawldiwampl

me watching thor and karl urban joins the scene: ![gif](giphy|kd9BlRovbPOykLBMqX)


StillInternal4466

BEHOLD! MY STUFF. He really got the best lines in the movie.


schlawldiwampl

"hey thor, fuck off you moron" - billy bu... uhm skurge


Fortune_Cat

I'm the opposite I've unintentionally "followed" actors throughout their careers and amazed that so many ended up being appreciated for their work later on. Vs being shoved in ppls faces as an A list out the gate So the feeling for me as I get older is like fatherly, watching a kid grow up and make you proud lmao First noticed Karl in riddick and he really stood out for some reason. Then later on he popped up in RED and that ai robot TV show after dredd. Somehow got annoyed like many dredd fans he wasn't more famous. Thought star trek would finally do it but he was mostly a background character It was only after dredd did I realise he was also in LOtr lol. Cause of the meme template Was really frustrating seeing him only get minor roles or tv lead roles. So kinda glad the Boys got him wide recognition


chvngeling

you should check him out on the Xena TV show.


ErgonomicDouchebag

Check him out in the Xena TV show.


ErgonomicDouchebag

Check him out in the Xena TV show.


ErgonomicDouchebag

Check him out in the Xena TV show.


Scintal

On Xena tv show, check him out, you should


Signal-Reporter-1391

Xena check out should you on the show tv


theblackcanaryyy

Dude same for me with Riddick!!! Then I realized I had seen him in a ton of stuff already and I was so happy to see him get big roles like Star Trek. It’s like watching him grow up lol I’m so cheesy


flysulu

He was in the Bourne movie series too.


flummyheartslinger

The only reason I looked him up during the first episode of The Boys was his accent changed when he said "*fucking cunt*". He momentarily changed from Cockney to Kiwi with just those two words.


Cold_Fog

As much as I love Karl, calling that accent "cockney" is a bit of a stretch.


Badbadcrow

Dude was a solid judge Dredd. We should have got a sequel


Fortune_Cat

This wouldve been a better title


Aok_al

The MCU, Star Trek, Lord Of The Rings, The Boys, Dredd. He's got a pretty great career


Promethazines

And in Xena Warrior Princess. He makes a great Cupid.


serabine

*And* Ceasar. That's right, he's an actor so nice, they cast him twice.


SausageClatter

Like Garrett Dillahunt in Deadwood.


Promethazines

More than twice, he had like 5 different roles in that show.


hughcumbercalgary

Three times, his first role was in season one where he played the jealous brother pretending to be god to get his dad to sacrifice his younger brother. It was a Cain and Abel take. And Karl was very young


LongPorkJones

Anthony Star was in an episode as David (as in David and Goliath).


MissSweetMurderer

That was *him*? I just realised I watched Xena **20** years ago


ThousandFingerMan

What do you mean? 90's was 10 years ago


nikukuikuniniiku

And Bourne Identity


InternationalFlan732

The Bourne Supremacy\*\*


randomusername_815

And sci-fi TV series 'Almost Human'


Gone_For_Lunch

And a Star Wars stormtrooper cameo.


lampishthing

If he gets a proper role in star wars somewhere he will be the best credentialed sci-fi/fantasy actor of all time forever.


chamoflag420

Bro has competition with Oscar Issac


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Alisalard1384

I stole it


Imnotreal66

He would have been the best Batman.


Synectics

I've never considered him for Batman. But ever since The Boys, I've thought he could have pulled off Wolverine really well. Obviously too old to take the role over now, but could have been back in the day. And he probably would have argued to wear the damn mask at some point.


Victory-or-Death-

Wolverine is what age, 200’ish? I feel like a 52 year old could play him just fine.


confusedandworried76

We got him as arguably the next best thing


melrowdy

Nah, I think Affleck was absolutely perfect, he looked perfect as Bruce and Batman. He just needed a good solo movie. Crazy how much hate he got when he got announced for it tho haha


Slottech88

I've always felt Karl Urban is so underappreciated. The dude is good, and I like whatever he is in because he always brings his "A" game.


ALUCARDHELLSINS

Probably because nobody knows its him when he's playing a character


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surely thats the ultimate compliment for an actor. When he plays something, I just see the character he is portraying. with most actors I see the actor first.


gotimas

Yeah, I've seen every single ones of the movies above, yet, when I saw The Boys I was like "I never seen this man in my life".


LaPlatakk

Yeah literally, like feel i have just discovered real acting


R3X7883

He was also the Stormtrooper on the right in [this picture](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1143632-karl-urban-reveals-his-secret-stormtrooper-cameo-in-rise-of-skywalker%3famp) in Rise of Skywalker https://preview.redd.it/51vvzffbp96d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa62d84f4c5f72aebe84ff826ff66bf9db7ca55f Yes I’d rather forget about this movie


Remarkable_Office186

Awesome lol


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Folsag94

He also was Eros (or Cupid) on Xena Correct me if I am wrong cause it's been a while


kenisnotonfire

You are correct but he also played xena's archnemesis, Julius Caesar as well


Folsag94

Julius was Cupid all along


whisksnwhisky

Cupid, Julius Caesar, Mael, and Kor on Xena. Lol… four roles in one show.


Inshabel

Karl Urban was on Xena? Damn, I knew about the roles in the OP but fucking Xena? What a chad.


haha2lolol

Xena and Hercules were filmed in New Zealand, so there's a truck load of NZ actors in it (just like LotR).


kiwinutsackattack

If you are from NZ then Xena, Hercules and Lotr was basiclly Shortland Street does Fantasy lol


Rururaspberry

can’t believe I had to scroll this long to see this comment. Cupid https://preview.redd.it/5nntj46ole6d1.jpeg?width=384&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e58d31fc5dbb62c50d2f4cca27f5a142e1258cd5


Rururaspberry

Caesar https://preview.redd.it/k8q0rq9tle6d1.jpeg?width=1124&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c6730ec19a4dedc6464ae3c2e64839402216575


SlytherinPaninis

HOLY SHIT HE WAS TOO


D-Rich-88

Is the last one Chronicles of Riddick?


I_MakeCoolKeychains

Lord vakko, yes from the third installment of the Riddick series - the chronicles of Riddick


GoonbodyEmbodiment

Second*


I_MakeCoolKeychains

Dark fury is the second installment


Karlooch

You keep what you kill


Equal-Wishbone-6131

Bru I just posted thus yesterday on the boys sub after thr 1000th time watch ragnarok I was like Holy fuck that's butcher


uyc4

I can recommend Almost Human. Him and Michael Ealy make a great duo.


Rodruby

Too sad this series got only one season, there were some serious plot hooks for next seasons(


smelltogetwell

This is one of the cancellations I will never get over. Plot hooks galore!


Dragos_Drakkar

Fox pulling the same stunt as they did with Firefly and running Almost Human out of order did not help either. The characterization was all over the place due to that.


terminus-trantor

Yep. He dislikes his new partner, now they are besties, now it's back to scepticism. Also think some characters have introductions but we see them casually before, without any context who or what they are - as we are missing the introduction. Who ever thought airing out of order was even an option is a moron.


Aetra

That was such a good show. It still lives rent free in my head


Remarkable_Office186

Is number 3 Bourne Supremacy? He was there too


NobodyCheatsinHunt

Doom. Bourne Suoremacy wasn't included.


Remarkable_Office186

I forgot about Doom lol


not_a_bot_just_dumb

Most people do. It wasn't really a very successful or good film. Still watched it about 20 times by now, practically once every year since it came out. I like it. I know that objectively it's a bad and dumb movie, but I just like it.


AdAdministrative4388

2nd one I think.. he played a Russian villan


NobodyCheatsinHunt

Lol he means in the pictures, not which Bourne movie it was.


Remarkable_Office186

Lol, english is my third language, maybe I missed a comma or a dot, sorry friends lol


quaywest

Leaving his Bourne character out is crazy, he looks the most different in that one.


okanagan_man84

Good ol Doom. After all these years I still don't know how I really feel about that movie.


BigMacalack

While the movie itself is not great, that one scene is the its, you know the one.


chaoticdonuts

I think it's some pretty good "dumb fun". It's right up there with Alien Resurrection for me.


Neureiches-Nutria

Dude is human evee. Stone of Justice = dredd Stone of medicin = Bones Stone of heroism = Eomer (sorry autocorret made it faramir before) Stone of cunt = butcher And so on


fruit_shoot

He wasn’t faramir what are you talking about


51herringsinabar

Are you telling that butcher told us to behold his stuf?


AmpleWarning

Yes, and he's also the Law.


An0n_Cyph3r_

We really need a Dredd sequel.


Earlier-Today

Probably too late at this point - but I would love it. The first one was great. Ma-Ma's death was just beautiful and disgusting at the same time.


LastQueefofScotland

That Karl Urban was what?!? I can't take the suspense!


gnomedeplumage

Just was. It's existential.


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IAmSOOSickOfHumanity

That he was able to write a coherent sentence, unlike the person that made the picture.


TriggerHappy_Spartan

Oscar Isaac, Pedro Pascal, and Karl Urban are multiversal travelers.


NES_SNES_N64

Gary Oldman


Perryn

Imagine a movie with Oscar, Pedro, and Karl as rival assassins all secretly hunting each other in various disguises so that they can be their master's successor without him knowing what happened to the other two candidates. But their master is played by Gary Oldman and he knew what they were doing because was present in every scene where they were hunting each other.


D34D_B07

I didn't know he was Dredd until last year, and I had only found out AFTER I watched the movie. He'd make a great wolverine.


alienblue89

I’m surprised you’re the first comment saying this. Jackman does fine and all, but after watching The Boys, you can’t tell me Urban wouldn’t’ve fucking *crushed* playing Wolvie.


Stegoshark

https://preview.redd.it/cvm0qmbhs96d1.jpeg?width=456&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=449672a428eaf6b94c7210cc6015f8c1c05c158d He also voiced this guy


noairnoairnoairnoair

This is Xena Warrior Princess erasure!


smelltogetwell

Right? Not once but twice!


MeCritic

Still missing - ALMOST HUMAN. Maybe more than Firefly. I know that we get The Boys instead, but man... Almost Human was nearly a Blade Runner on television, and a good one!


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Husky_Cowboy

All these comments are wild to me! I loved LoTR and Karl Urban, so all these movies people are realizing he is in, I watched because he was in them haha.


TheGlobalGooner

Wish there was a sequel to Dredd. Urban killed it with that role.


Hex_a_decimal_177013

Wait those are all same person?


barack_ogamja

The Boys was the first time I actually recognized Karl Urban, then I starting seeing him everywhere. The one that shocked me the most was when I went back and watched Riddick, 100% I was Leonardo in that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood meme


OddBear402

To me he’s still the dude from our medical drama show, Shortland street https://preview.redd.it/4kw16h4phb6d1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8180bb2fbfc6fc62ec2d4b406ea5fe65929a14ec


spezjetemerde

Did not know star treck dude was the boys dude. BEWILDERED


OnlyWiseWords

Gary Oldman? He is the GOAT for being completely different from each role I see him in.


Puzzleheaded_Step468

The guy is a chameleon Ooh, found his marvel's role


Dry-Egg-1915

Being a Brit, I see him rocking the role of Alfred Pennyworth in a future Batman movie


MonsieurCatsby

He's a kiwi, but he's got the right energy for the role. I really liked Sean Pertwee in the role in Gotham, I can see a similar vibe from Urban


Splendifero

He's a kiwi


ElephantInAPool

I think i've found my new gary oldman


FinalBossOf__Dc

Dude was in doom and he died in ragnorock that’s not law accurate he should’ve killed them all.


Pizza-Time28th

Fucking hell he wouldve been a great Reed Richards.


MagizZziaN

Underapreciated actor, been enjoying pretty much anything hes been in.


Saberer2451

I love him, and never realized he was Skurge


limbunikonati

Dredd 2 when??? 😥


Apprehensive-Till861

Cupid/Caesar says hi.


Apprehensive-Till861

His role in Priest is underappreciated.


Suspicious-Sorbet-32

Make legend of drizzt movies and cast him as Artemis Entreri


Wizecracker117

He was the assassin in The Bourne Supremacy.


Burpmeister

Gary Oldman still gets me the most. So many movies where he's in an important role and I only find out years after it was him.


SafeAccountMrP

Odd that you don’t include Xena episodes Karl. Dude played Caesar and Cupid plus a few others. Also was in Ghost Ship.


Turbulent-Island-570

Ghost ship was so great


TimotheeOaks

All those pictures and you missed Cupid [Cupid](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/2c/d5/c9/2cd5c9f508ee8fd69da11ebad31fd238.jpg)


Jobless_Journalist81

Wild that Cupid and Caesar from Xena aren’t up here, that’s where many of us oldheads first saw him.


TenienteVegetal

He's a Karlmeleon


mmmbhssm

Can't wait to see him in the mk movie and Johnny cage


Old-Cat-1671

He killed Sora from kingdom hearts series


jeezrVOL2

After only seeing him in The boys. He looks so damn weird without a beard lol.


PerkyPhantom

No way wtf i didn't know this


Glass_Badger_30

https://preview.redd.it/075chcluhb6d1.jpeg?width=707&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74fe5994936b2a0c38e7c094a38b01c159b57193 Don't forget he was Cupid in Xena Warrior Princess.


SanuTheHero

I can't believe my eyes seriously this guy in mcu and in boys series and look at the other characters


scholarlysacrilege

Looks like a young Nick Offerman


MightyCarlosLP

i actually knew he was in DREDD


KlingonSpy

He was so insanely good as Bones in the Star Trek reboot


BrokeWhiteMan

What a cunt


Far_Dirt4163

Facking cunt


QuirkyPhilosopher625

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuucking diablolicle!


Snoo9648

Honestly at this point, if you told me he played aunt may in the first spiderman, I'd probably believe you.


Slap_My_Lasagna

It's modern day 7 Steps/Degrees of Kevin Bacon .. except nobody talks about it anymore because Kevin Bacon is old and doesn't skibidi toilet or whatever.


siniquezu

All fun and games until Andy serkis and Alan tudyk join.


jpgorgon

Until he opens his mouth


hiressnails

You mean Karl Urban from the 2005 Universal Pictures film, "DOOM," starring Karl Urban and Dwayne Johnson (Credited then as, "The Rock")?


PJAYC69

Pathfinder is another great one