Johann Urb (born 24 January 1977) is an Estonian-American actor and former model.
Early life and education Johann Urb was born in Tallinn to parents Tarmo and Maris Urb. His father is a musician and the brother of actor and singer Toomas Urb. At the age of ten, he moved to live in Finland with his mother and her new Finnish husband, where he was raised primarily in Tampere. After turning 17, Urb moved to the United States, where his father lived, and began his career in modeling in New York City, which led him later on to pursuing a career in acting. He studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
Career In 2001, Urb landed a small part in the film Zoolander. Later, he made an appearance in the short film Fear of Feathers and had a role in one episode of CSI: Miami. In 2004, Urb appeared in the short-running television series The Mountain. Following that, he guest starred in several television shows and made smaller film roles.
Urb would then get his first major film role in The Hottie and the Nottie in 2008. The next year, Urb made a short appearance in Roland Emmerich's disaster epic 2012 as a heroic pilot, and he played a journalist in the fantasy TV series Eastwick. He also played the part of Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil: Retribution, which was released in 2012. He also played the part of U.S. Park Ranger Burt Moore, the boyfriend of Abby Sciuto in the series NCIS.
He is also a couples coach with his wife Rachel Pringle Urb.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2001 Zoolander Mugatu's bodyguard 2003 Fear of Feathers Hunk Short film2006 All In Jake Life Happens Jason Short film2007 The Bank Job Brandon Direct-to-video 1408 Surfer dude2008 The Hottie and the Nottie Johann Wulrich Strictly Sexual Joe Santarella Toxic Greg Direct-to-video2009 Hired Gun Ryan Decker 2012 Sasha Hoho 2010 Hard Breakers Zack2011 A Little Bit of Heaven Doug Uncredited Hot Dog Water Sexy guyShort film Small Gods Owen Young Dorfman in Love Jay Cleary 2012 Resident Evil: Retribution Leon S. Kennedy2014 Rusty Steel Rusty Direct-to-video Beautiful Girl Cannon Balls Also producer Faith ArseniShort film2015 Check, Please! Vincent Chase The Last Rescue Feldgendarm Hans Graf2016 The Perfect Daughter Nick Lord of Shanghai Jensen Happy Hour Marcus Short film 2017 Hollywood Dirt Cole2018 Tuliliilia Kaarel English-language title: Fire Lily. Estonian feature film Straight Talk Express Lance Evver Short film Can't Have You Zeus2019 Ükssarvik Tom Marcusson English-language title: Chasing Unicorns. Estonian feature film Stay with Me Josh2020 The Deep Ones Petri Breach Shady2022 American Siege Toby Baker Functional Chaos Gilroy Short film
Television Year Title Role Notes 2003 Miss Match David Episode: "Who's Your Daddy?"2004 CSI: Miami Brad Tustin Episode: "Stalkerazzi" The Mountain Travis Thorson Main cast; 13 episodes 2005 Love's Long Journey Fyn Anders Television film2006 Entourage Ken Episode: "Vegas Baby, Vegas!" The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman Doug 2 episodes 'Til Death Greg Episode: "The Wood Pile"2007 Dirt Johnny Gage 5 episodes Hidden Palms Steve Episode: "Dangerous Liaisons"2008 One Tree Hill Nick Episode: "4 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days" A Gunfighter's Pledge Lars Anderson Television film Knight Rider Skyler Rand Episode: "Knight of the Iguana" 2009–2010 Eastwick Will St. David Main cast; 10 episodes 2010 100 Questions Cade Episode: "Have You Ever Had a One-Night Stand?"2011 Strictly Sexual: The Series Joe Brandon Main cast; 6 episodes The Glades Kyle Wheeler Episode: "Beached"2013 CSI: NY Grant Holliston Episode: "Nine Thirteen" Californication Robbie Mac 3 episodes Family Guy The Ambassador Voice; episode: "12 and a Half Angry Men" 2014 NCIS Burt Moore 2 episodes 2015 Agent X Dante Kane Episode: "Angels & Demons" 2016 Royal Pains Dr. Hans deGroot Episode: "Doubt of Africa"2017 Our Bnb Life Josh Scorpion Eerik Episode: "Rock Block" Casual Hans Episode: "Ashes to Ashes" Arrow Vincent Sobel / Vigilante 5 episodes 2019 Pandora Captain Jaworski 2 episodes 2022 The Lincoln Lawyer Jan Rilz 2 episodes
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