Urban leads The Boys, a series about ordinary people opposing corporate owned superheroes. His character is the engine of the plot and its moral problem simultaneously: driven by a legitimate grievance, prepared to sacrifice anyone, and played with enough charisma that the audience keeps following him past the point where it should.
He is from New Zealand and worked in local television and film before international casting, including roles in a fantasy trilogy and a rebooted science fiction franchise. He is a genre specialist by choice, and he is unusually well regarded within fandom for taking such material seriously rather than treating it as a stepping stone.
Recurring subjects: vengeance, men whose competence is inseparable from their damage, and characters who are funny and appalling in the same scene. He plays physical menace and comic timing together, and he is willing to make a lead genuinely unlikeable while keeping him watchable.
His satirical superhero series has become one of the most watched on its platform, and his performance is widely credited with holding together a production that could easily collapse into shock. His earlier genre work, particularly a lead in a bleak comic book adaptation, has a devoted following.
For viewers who want superhero satire with genuine cruelty in it. Emphatically not for younger audiences. Suited to anyone interested in genre performers who treat the material with respect.
