Keith Urban
Acting • Born 1967-10-26
Biography
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.
Filmography
58 credits
Keith Urban: Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy World Tour
Movie • 2008
Singer
Live 8
Movie • 2005
Self
The Book Lady
Movie • 2008
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2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2021
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Keith Urban: Invitation Only
Movie
Keith Urban: Livin' Right Now
Movie • 2005
Himself
Hope for Haiti Now
Movie • 2010
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John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
Movie • 2014
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A MusiCares Tribute to Neil Young
Movie • 2011
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Coal Miner's Daughter: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Loretta Lynn
Movie • 2022
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Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
Movie • 2013
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CMA Music Festival - Country's Night to Rock 2015
Movie • 2015
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Keith Urban - Live at iTunes Festival - SXSW
Movie • 2014
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Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Movie • 2015
Self - Musical Guest
Grammy's Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2017
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The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Movie • 2014
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Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
Movie • 2017
Self - Performer
ACM Presents: Our Country
Movie • 2020
One World: Together at Home
Movie • 2020
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Back to the Outback
Movie • 2021
Doug (voice)
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2024
Self
ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night
Movie • 2013
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Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around
Movie • 2024
Opry 100: A Live Celebration
Movie • 2025
Self - Performer
Academy of Country Music Awards
TV • 1966
Self - Co-Host & Performer
The Voice
TV • 2012
Self - Coach
Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On
TV • 2019
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Musical Guest
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
TV • 2004
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Player
TV
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The Voice: Generations
TV • 2022
Tout le monde en parle
TV • 2004
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The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
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Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
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The Sound
TV • 2020
Self - Co-Host
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self - Judge
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
TV • 2022
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CMT Crossroads
TV • 2002
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Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
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Jay Leno's Garage
TV • 2015
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The Voice
TV • 2011
Self - Mega Mentor
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
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The Voice
TV • 2012
Keith Urban
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
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Morgenmagazin
TV • 1992
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
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American Masters
TV • 1986
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Good Mythical Morning
TV • 2012
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
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Academy of Country Music Awards
TV • 1966
Self - Host
The Grammys
TV • 1959
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Amazon Music Live
TV • 2022
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Musical Guest
The Road
TV • 2025
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
CMT Music Awards
TV • 2002
Self - Performer