Though it underperformed at the box office, Dredd was well received by critics. The film was directed by Pete Travis, with a script by Alex Garland. In an interview with Shave magazine, Urban described it as a "high-octane, action-fueled film. In 2012, Urban starred as law-enforcing comic book character Judge Dredd in the film Dredd. He portrayed Black Hat, a villainous priest-turned-vampire, in the film adaption of the Korean manhwa Priest, released in 3-D in 2011. Urban next appeared as CIA agent William Cooper in Red, adapted from the graphic novel of the same name and co-starring Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren. His performance was widely embraced by the Star Trek fan community for its faithfulness to the spirit of Kelley's McCoy. A fan of the Star Trek franchise since childhood, Urban actively pursued a role in the film. Leonard "Bones" McCoy, a role originated by DeForest Kelley in the original Star Trek TV series. A longtime fan of Westerns, he starred as Woodrow Call in Comanche Moon, a television miniseries that aired in early 2008 as a prequel to the Lonesome Dove miniseries based on Larry McMurtry's book series of the same name. In 2007, he starred in the Viking adventure Pathfinder. Urban played John "Reaper" Grimm in Universal Pictures' Doom (based on the first-person shooter video game Doom), which was released on 21 October 2005. Abrams, and Chris Pine, at the Star Trek Into Darkness movie premiere in Sydney, Australia, April 2013 The Hollywood Reporter speculated that Urban was one of several actors being considered for the part of British secret service agent 007 in Casino Royale, directed by fellow New Zealander Martin Campbell. Since then, he has worked on many high-profile movies, including the second and third installments of The Lord of the Rings trilogy ( The Two Towers and The Return of the King) as Éomer, The Bourne Supremacy (as Russian Federal Security Service agent Kirill), The Chronicles of Riddick, Star Trek and Doom. Urban's first Hollywood role was in the 2002 horror film Ghost Ship. Urban then moved briefly to Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia in 1995 before returning to New Zealand the following year. 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). Over the next few years, he appeared in several local TV commercials in addition to theater roles in the Wellington area. He then enrolled at Victoria University of Wellington in the Bachelor of Arts program but left after one year to pursue a career in acting. He attended Wellington College in 1986–1990. Though continuing to take part in school stage productions, he did not act professionally again until after high school. 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. Urban attended St Mark's Church School, where he showed an early love for public performance. Through his mother, the young Urban was exposed to classic New Zealand cinema and developed an interest in the film industry. His father, a German immigrant, owned a leather goods store, and his mother once worked for Film Facilities in Wellington. Urban was born in Wellington, New Zealand.
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