
Acting
Born April 14, 1973 · Bromley, Kent, England, UK
His family moved to South Africa when Kirkwood was young. The son of a poet and an art teacher, he was exposed to literature and the arts from an early age and fell in love with acting in his school years. He studied drama at high school and at Johannesburg's Wits University, and started working in theatre immediately thereafter. He made an award-winning debut at Johannesburg's Market Theatre as Billy the Kid and followed that up by award-nominated performances in other theatre productions in both Johannesburg and Cape Town, and winning another award as Biff Loman in Miller's Death of a Salesman. He had two children, Willow and Phoenix with former Calvin Klein model Josie Borain. He lives in Cape Town and works primarily in film and television, but still finds time for theatre and also works as a voice-artist. He is a fitness fanatic and spends much of his free time trail running, cycling and competing in ultra distance races.

Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman
2022

Collision
2022

The Mauritanian
2021

Mia and the White Lion
2018

Tiger House
2015

Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines
2014

The Salvation
2014

Son of God
2014

Felix
2013

House Party: Tonight's the Night
2013

The Challenger Disaster
2013

Death Race: Inferno
2013

Dredd
2012

Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend
2011

Natale in Sudafrica
2010

Invictus
2009

Endgame
2009
Coronation Street: Out of Africa
2008

The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island
2007

Mercenary for Justice
2006

Dead Easy
2004

Blast
2004

Dracula 3000
2004

Berserker: Hell's Warrior
2004

In My Country
2004

The Bone Snatcher
2003

Red Water
2003

Consequence
2003