The Untold Truth Of The Boys' Karl Urban

Playing Eomer in "The Lord of the Rings" will always be the biggest jewel in Karl Urban's fandom crown, but it's far from his only beloved franchise character. There are few actors in Hollywood with as much pop culture cred as Urban, once dubbed a "genre icon" by SyFy. He played Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in the Star Trek universe and Skurge the Executioner in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He just needs to add Star Wars and a DC role to his resume and he'll be working conventions for the rest of his days.

Technically, Urban has already dabbled with both DC and Star Wars, though most fans aren't aware of this. He was in the 2010 action comedy "RED," based on comics originally published by WildStorm Productions, which became an imprint of DC. In fact, the same can be said of "The Boys," which began life at WildStorm before moving to Dynamite Entertainment. And though you'll never see his face or hear his voice, Urban did play a role in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" — friend and director J.J. Abrams snuck him into a Stormtrooper costume on set.

When you add his roles in "Hercules" and "Xena," his role in 2005's "Doom," his recurring role in the Riddick franchise, and his turn as the titular judge in "Dredd," you realize that Urban is the pop culture king you never knew you had.