Estonian born Johann Urb has landed a recurring role in Showtime produced series "Californication", starring former 'X-Files' star David Duchovny.
Johann was born in Tallinn as the son of musician Tarmo Urb. At the age of ten Johann moved to live in Finland with his mother and at 17 he moved to the United States where he started his career in modeling and acting. He studied in the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
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 got his first major film role in
The Hottie and the Nottie in 2008. The following 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.
