johann urb

Date of Birth

24 January 1977, Tallinn, USSR [now Estonia]

Height

6' 4" (1.93 m)

Mini Biography

Johann Urb was born in Tallinn, Estonia in 24 January 1977 into family of Toomas and Maris. When Johann was ten he moved to Finland with his mother and her new husband. They lived in several small towns until they finally settled in Tampere. At the age of 17 Johann moved to his father in New York where he soon started a modeling career. In 2001 he landed into small part in movie Zoolander (2001). After that he did a role in short movie Fear of Feathers (2003) and appeared in one episode of "CSI: Miami" (2002). In 2004 he got a part in short-running TV-show "The Mountain" (2004). After that he appeared as a guest in several TV-shows and made smaller film roles. In 2008 Johann got his first biggest film role in much hated The Hottie & the Nottie (2008). In 2009 things seemed to go up when he made short but memorable appearance as sexy heroic pilot in Roland Emmerich's disaster epic 2012 (2009/I) and played journalist in fantasy TV-series "Eastwick" (2009) which brought him critical recognition. At the moment Johann has two romantic comedies in work.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Serpico Jones

Spouse

Erin Urb

(16 August 2007 - 24 December 2009) (divorced)

Trivia

Moved to Finland when he was 10 years old.
Moved to New York City when he was 17 years old.
Son of musician and actor Tarmo Urb. Thomas Urb is his uncle.
Has had a successful modeling career.
Good friends with film director and fellow Estonian Brad Jurjens.

Personal Quotes

I had to clean up my look [for the role on "The Mountain"]. Usually I have more of a beard. I'm a guy's guy. I don't like to tinker in front of a mirror in the morning. Shaving is not my thing.
I didn't come here (America) to be in the entertainment business. In fact, when people told me I should try acting, the rebel in me wanted nothing to do with it.

Where Are They Now

(October 2004) Relocated from Los Angeles to Vancouver, Canada to film his television series "The Mountain." He lives with castmates Tommy Dewey and Penn Badgley.


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