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Keith Urban
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn October 26, 1967 (57 years)
Keith Lionel Urban (born October 26, 1967) is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album, and charted four singles in Australia before moving to the United States in 1992. Eventually, Urban found work as a session guitarist before starting a band known as The Ranch, which recorded one studio album on Capitol Records and charted two singles on the Billboard country charts.
Still signed to Capitol, he made his solo American debut in 1999 with the album Keith Urban. Certified platinum in the U.S., it also produced his first American Number One in "But for the Grace of God". His breakthrough hit was the Number One "Somebody Like You", from his second Capitol album Golden Road (2002). This album also earned Urban his first Grammy Award win for "You'll Think of Me", its fourth single and the fourth Billboard Number One of his career. 2004's Be Here, his third American album, produced three more Number Ones, and became his highest-selling album, earning 4× Multi-Platinum certification. Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing was released in 2006, producing the record-setting #17 country chart debut of "Once in a Lifetime", as well as Urban's second Grammy for the song "Stupid Boy", while a Greatest Hits package entitled Greatest Hits: 18 Kids followed in late 2007. This album was re-released a year later as Greatest Hits: 19 Kids with one track added: the number one "You Look Good in My Shirt", which he had previously recorded on Golden Road. Additional albums Defying Gravity and Get Closer were released on March 31, 2009 and November 16, 2010, respectively.
Urban has released a total of nine studio albums (one of which was released only in the United Kingdom), as well as one album in The Ranch. He has charted more than fifteen singles on the U.S. country charts, including ten Number Ones. Urban plays acoustic and electric guitar, as well as ganjo, bass guitar, mandolin, piano, sitar, bouzouki and drums.
Still signed to Capitol, he made his solo American debut in 1999 with the album Keith Urban. Certified platinum in the U.S., it also produced his first American Number One in "But for the Grace of God". His breakthrough hit was the Number One "Somebody Like You", from his second Capitol album Golden Road (2002). This album also earned Urban his first Grammy Award win for "You'll Think of Me", its fourth single and the fourth Billboard Number One of his career. 2004's Be Here, his third American album, produced three more Number Ones, and became his highest-selling album, earning 4× Multi-Platinum certification. Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing was released in 2006, producing the record-setting #17 country chart debut of "Once in a Lifetime", as well as Urban's second Grammy for the song "Stupid Boy", while a Greatest Hits package entitled Greatest Hits: 18 Kids followed in late 2007. This album was re-released a year later as Greatest Hits: 19 Kids with one track added: the number one "You Look Good in My Shirt", which he had previously recorded on Golden Road. Additional albums Defying Gravity and Get Closer were released on March 31, 2009 and November 16, 2010, respectively.
Urban has released a total of nine studio albums (one of which was released only in the United Kingdom), as well as one album in The Ranch. He has charted more than fifteen singles on the U.S. country charts, including ten Number Ones. Urban plays acoustic and electric guitar, as well as ganjo, bass guitar, mandolin, piano, sitar, bouzouki and drums.
Filmography
| 2025 | The Road (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2025 | Opry 100: A Live Celebration · as Self - Performer |
| 2025 | 82nd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2024 | Norman's Rare Guitars Documentary · as Self - Musician |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | CMA Fest: 50 Years of Fan Fair · as Self |
| 2023 | 2023 CMT Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2023 | The Oscars · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Take 5 with Zan Rowe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | The 64th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2022 | The Oscars · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2022 | The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | 55th Annual CMA Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2021 | 56th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards · as Self - Co-Host & Performer |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | Slim & I · as Keith Urban |
| 2020 | The Sound (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2020 | One World: Together at Home · as Self |
| 2020 | The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2020 | 2020 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2019 | Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | 54th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards · as Self - Performer & Winner |
| 2019 | Elvis All-Star Tribute · as Self |
| 2019 | 2019 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2018 | Strahan, Sara & Keke (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Stand Up To Cancer · as Self |
| 2018 | It All Begins with a Song · as Self |
| 2018 | Hughesy, We Have A Problem (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | 75th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2018 | Snoop Dogg's New Years Eve (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | American Music Awards 2017 · as Self |
| 2017 | 51st Annual CMA Awards · as Self |
| 2017 | Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees · as Self - Performer |
| 2017 | The Oscars · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2017 | The Project (NZ) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2016 | Harry (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Stand Up to Cancer · as Self |
| 2016 | 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2015 | Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live · as Self |
| 2015 | Jay Leno's Garage (2015) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Red Nose Day · as Self |
| 2015 | Country: Portraits of an American Sound · as Self |
| 2015 | 50th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards · as Self - Mae Boren Axton Award Recipient |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Oscars · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2015 | The 57th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2014 | 2014 Billboard Music Awards · as Self - Special Appearance |
| 2014 | Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me · as Self - Musician |
| 2014 | John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly · as Self |
| 2014 | Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2014 · as Self - Presenter |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | The 56th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | The Big Interview (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Oscars Red Carpet Live · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2013 | The 55th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2013 | 70th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2012 | The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2012 | The Voice (AU) (TV Series) · as Self - Coach |
| 2012 | Sunday Brunch (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | The 38th Annual People's Choice Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | Good Mythical Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The 2011 Billboard Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2011 | The Voice (TV Series) · as Self - Mega Mentor |
| 2011 | The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 2011 | CMT: 40 Greatest Love Songs · as Self |
| 2011 | 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2011 | The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self |
| 2011 | 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards · as Self |
| 2011 | The 37th Annual People's Choice Awards · as Self |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | The 36th Annual People's Choice Awards · as Self |
| 2009 | 2009 American Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2009 | The Project (2009) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Best of CMT Music Awards · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | The 51st Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2008 | 42nd Annual Country Music Association Awards · as Self - Nominee & Performer |
| 2008 | Front and Center (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2007 | Live Earth · as Self |
| 2007 | 2007 CMT Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | CMT Giants (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | The 48th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 2005 | 2005 American Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2005 | Keith Urban: Livin' Right Now · as Himself |
| 2005 | Entertainment Tonight Canada (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Live 8 · as Self |
| 2005 | The 47th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2004 | The 2004 Billboard Music Awards · as Self |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tout le monde en parle (QC) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Strictly Come Dancing (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2004 | CMT Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The 46th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2003 | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The 31st Annual American Music Awards · as Self |
| 2003 | 2003 Radio Music Awards · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Micallef Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2002 | American Idol (TV Series) · as Self - Judge |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | CMT Crossroads (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Lorraine (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 2001 | The 28th Annual American Music Awards · as Self |
| 2001 | CMT Hot 20 Countdown (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | Sunrise (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Fox and Friends (USA) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | E! Live from the Red Carpet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Brisant (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1993 | GMTV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Good Morning Australia (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | ARD-Morgenmagazin (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | Wheel of Fortune (TV Series) · as Self - Prize Presenter |
| 1982 | Today (Australia) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1975 | Austin City Limits (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The Academy of Country Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host & Performer |
| 1962 | The Late Late Show (IE) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | Grammy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |