Claim: Karl Urban was in Star Trek Into Darkness.

Karl-Heinz Urban -LRB- born 7 June 1972 -RRB- is a New Zealand actor . He is best known for playing Julius Caesar and Cupid in Xena : Warrior Princess and Hercules : The Legendary Journeys , Éomer in the second and third installments of Peter Jackson 's The Lord of the Rings trilogy , Vaako in second and third installments of the Riddick film series , Dr. Leonard `` Bones '' McCoy in Star Trek , Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond , and Judge Dredd in Dredd . He won acclaim for his performances in New Zealand films The Price of Milk and Out of the Blue . He also played the main character John Kennex in the short-lived television series Almost Human . He will play Skurge in the Marvel Studios film Thor : Ragnarok set for a November 3 , 2017 release .