Johann Urb

Johann Urb
Born	(1977-01-24) 24 January 1977 (age 48) Tallinn, Estonia
Nationality	Estonian American
Occupations	Actor model
Years active	2001–present
Spouses	Erin Axtell ​ ​ (m. 2007;div. 2010)​ Rachel Emma Pringle ​ (m. 2018)​

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 an Estonian 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. ^[1] He studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. ^[2]

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.

In 2005, Urb played a tall, Scandinavian-vintage worker, an awkward yet loyal ranch hand for Willie and Missie LeHay in "Love's Long Journey," the third installment in the 8-episode Hallmark television series "Love Comes Softly."

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. ^[3] 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. ^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Zoolander	Mugatu's bodyguard
2003	Fear of Feathers	Hunk	Short film
2006	All In	Jake
	Life Happens	Jason	Short film
2007	The Bank Job	Brandon	Direct-to-video
	1408	Surfer dude
2008	The Hottie and the Nottie	Johann Wulrich
	Strictly Sexual	Joe Santarella
	Toxic	Greg	Direct-to-video
2009	Hired Gun	Ryan Decker
	2012	Sasha Hoho
2010	Hard Breakers	Zack
2011	A Little Bit of Heaven	Doug	Uncredited
	Hot Dog Water	Sexy guy	Short film
	Small Gods	Owen Young
	Dorfman in Love	Jay Cleary
2012	Resident Evil: Retribution	Leon S. Kennedy
2014	Rusty Steel	Rusty	Direct-to-video
	Beautiful Girl	Cannon Balls	Also producer
	Faith	Arseni	Short film
2015	Check, Please!	Vincent Chase
	The Last Rescue	Feldgendarm Hans Graf
2016	The Perfect Daughter	Nick
	Lord of Shanghai	Jensen
	Happy Hour	Marcus	Short film
2017	Hollywood Dirt	Cole
2018	Tuliliilia	Kaarel	English-language title: Fire Lily. Estonian feature film
	Straight Talk Express	Lance Evver	Short film
	Can't Have You	Zeus
2019	Ükssarvik	Tom Marcusson	English-language title: Chasing Unicorns. Estonian feature film
	Stay with Me	Josh
2020	The Deep Ones	Petri
	Breach	Shady
2022	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 film
2006	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

References

1. "Enesetäiustamise ihalus viis eesti mehe Hollywoodi" (in Estonian). Postimees. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
2. "Kõige urbaniseerunum Urb" (in Estonian). Eesti Ekspress . Retrieved 31 January 2010.
3. New International Banner Artwork for Resident Evil: Retribution
4. "KROONIKA ARHIIVIST | Hollywoodis modellina leiba teeninud Johann Urb: tegin 20 päeva tööd ja sain sada tuhat dollarit kätte". Kroonika (in Estonian). Retrieved 5 May 2024.

External links

• Johann Urb at IMDb