Australian country music singer, born October 26, 1967, in Whangarei, New Zealand. Married to Nicole Kidman.
Before venturing forth as a solo country music artist, was a member of the mid- 1990s country band called "The Ranch."
Scored his first No. 1 hit on Billboard magazines Country Singles and Tracks chart with "But for the Grace of God" in February 2001.
Posed in the April 2001 edition of Playgirl.
Pet Peeves: People who dont look you in the eye when they shake your hand and leave lint in the lint filter or a dryer. And people who show you a bunch of photographs and half of them are out of focus.
He became the first Kiwi to win the CMA Male vocalist of the Year in 2004.
First paying non-music job: at a concert lighting company.
Influences: Glen Campbell , Jimmy Webb , Don Williams , Mark Knopfler , Freddie Mercury , Fleetwood Mac , Jackson Browne , Don Henley , Ronnie Milsap and Dolly Parton.
Instruments he can play: Guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboard, ganjo (a 6 string banjo), sitar, & piano
He was raised in Australia. He moved with his parents and brother to Brisbane, Queensland when he was 2. They later moved to Caboolture, about 1 hour north of Brisbane.
2005 Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year.
Was accompanied by his girlfriend Nicole Kidman to the Grammy Awards in 2006. It was their first public appearance together.
Became the first artist to win Male Vocalist of the Year (2004, 2005), Entertainer of the Year and the Horizon Award at the Country Music Association Awards
Engaged to Nicole Kidman.
Brother-in-law of Antonia Kidman.
He and Nicole Kidman honeymooned in Taihiti
He and Nicole Kidman asked their wedding guests not to buy any presents but to donate the money instead to some humanitarian organization.
230 guests attended his wedding to Nicole Kidman. Among them were Naomi Watts , Russell Crowe , Baz Luhrmann ,Jane Campion , Hugh Jackman and Nicoles two children Isabella and Conor.Jim Carrey was also invited and greatly wanted to come, in fact he booked plane tickets to Australia, but last minute scheduling conflicts stopped him from going.
Married Nicole Kidman in the St. Patricks church in Manly, a suburb of Sydney
Stepfather of Nicole Kidman s children: Isabella Cruise and Connor Cruise.
His wedding ceremony lasted 35 minutes
Ammong the guests at his wedding to Nicole Kidman were Russell Crowe , Hugh Jackman , Baz Luhrmann and Naomi Watts.
At his bachelor party, when asked by the Australian press about his feelings on his upcoming nuptials to Nicole Kidman the next morning, he replied "Im ready!".
At his wedding to Nicole Kidman , his brother, Shane Urban, was his best man. Marlon Holden was his groomsman.
Sang his hit song "Making Memories of Us" to his wife at their wedding reception.
Checked himself into a rehabilitation treatment center of alcohol abuse [October 19, 2006].
Antonia Kidman was one of the bridesmaids at his wedding to Nicole Kidman.
Hugh Jackman sang "Tenterfield Saddler", a favorite of Urbanss and Neil Finn sang "Fall At Your Feet" and Baz Luhrmann read a love Psalm by New Zealand writer Joy Cowley at Keiths wedding to Nicole Kidman.
Uncle of Antonia Kidman s children Lucia, Hamish and James.
Keith purchased a farm in Leipers Fork on September 27, 2007.
Has two daughters, with wife Nicole Kidman , Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, born on July 7, 2008 and Faith Margaret Kidman Urban, born December 28, 2010 (via a surrogate) in Nashville, Tennessee.
Eldest daughter Sunday Rose was born at 9:00 Central Daylight Time weighing 3.359431 Kilos or 7 lbs 6.5 oz at 38 weeks gestation.
Diagnosed with a slipped disc [August 26, 2008].
You definitely get to a point where you stop seeing your parents as your,mom and dad and see them as people who tried to have a family and still,tried to achieve what they wanted with their lives.
I feel more comfortable now with or without a guitar. It used to be much,more like Linus and his security blanket, definitely.
My first thought is credibility: doing what you do and not getting,swayed by whatever everyone else tells you.
[on working with Harry Connick, Jr. ] We really come from that same,place. Very, very serious about music, but total goofballs as well.
Day after day you find a way to make this grown man cry.
