Biography
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 bo...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman
2022
as Resident
Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire...
Collision
2022
as Johan Greser
Over the course of one fateful day, a corrupt businessman and his socialite wife race to save their daughter from a notorious crime lord.
The Mauritanian
2021
as Sergeant Sands
The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a ...
Mia and the White Lion
2018
as John Owen
A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.
Tiger House
2015
as Sveta
A young gymnast battles a group of bank robbers at the home of her boyfriend.
Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines
2014
as Lt.Parker
Seal Team Eight must fight their way deep into Africa's Congo, decommission a secret uranium mine, and stop our most dangerous enemy from smuggling we...
The Salvation
2014
as Man With Beard
In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow tow...
Son of God
2014
as King David
In the Holy Land, the Roman occupation has produced a cauldron of oppression, anxiety and excessive taxes levied upon the Jewish people. Fearing the w...
Felix
2013
as Jeff Junior
13-year-old Felix Xaba dreams of becoming a saxophonist like his late father, but his mother Lindiwe thinks jazz is the devil's music. When Felix leav...
House Party: Tonight's the Night
2013
as Keniston Scott
Chris has it all worked out: he's ready to leave high school behind and head to college in his sweet new ride. The problem is, he'll be leaving behind...
The Challenger Disaster
2013
as Avionics Engineer
When the space shuttle Challenger blew up in 1986, it was the most shocking event in the history of American spaceflight. The deaths of seven astronau...
Death Race: Inferno
2013
as Dr. Klein
Carl Lucas / Frankenstein has won four of his races and needs to win one more to win his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team, car and a...
Dredd
2012
as Judge Lex
In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to ta...
Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend
2011
as Rusa
Tells the story of the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world, an event that experts believe inspired the legend of Atlantis.
Natale in Sudafrica
2010
as Direttore hotel
Carlo, on vacation in South Africa with his second wife Susanna meets her younger brother Giorgio.
Invictus
2009
as Presidential Guard
Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his...
Endgame
2009
as Anthony Sampson
The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African Nat...
Coronation Street: Out of Africa
2008
as Ed Teal
Coronation Street: Out of Africa is a 2008 spin-off film featuring locals from the British soap opera Coronation Street, who visit the luxury resort o...
The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island
2007
as Tom Farraday
The hobby detectives “The Three Investigators” want to take a little break. So they take advantage of an offer from Peter's father, who has accepted a...
Mercenary for Justice
2006
as Kruger
Mercenary John Seeger is one of the best in the business. John and his crew battle some soldiers on Galmoral Island in Southern Africa as they're tryi...
Dead Easy
2004
as Lloyd
A married couple are about to face a series of difficult problems. The two engage in an escalating series of infidelities and mind games that could ve...
Dracula 3000
2004
as Orlock
In the year 3000, the deep space salvage ship Mother III locates the vanished starship Demeter in the Carpathian System. Captain Abraham Van Helsing a...
Berserker: Hell's Warrior
2004
as Norseman
Kari Wührer stars as a witch, who turns the king's son Barek into an immortal berserker. The enmity between Barek and the witch extends to the present...
In My Country
2004
as Boetie
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
Blast
2004
as Agent Phillips
A terrorist posing as environmentalist hijacks an oil rig off the coast of California with the intent of detonating an electromagnetic bomb over the U...
The Bone Snatcher
2003
as Paul
After miners disappear in the Namib Desert, some scientists find their remains and the demonic creature that killed them.
Red Water
2003
as Brett van Ryan
In the quiet waters of the Mississippi, body parts are being discovered. No one knows what is behind it all, until a huge man eating bull shark turns ...
Mein Soldat
N/A
as Duncan
An Austrian woman navigates loneliness and uncertainty as she tends to her small farm while awaiting the return of her husband who's been missing in a...
Mein Soldat
N/A
Executive Producer
An Austrian woman navigates loneliness and uncertainty as she tends to her small farm while awaiting the return of her husband who's been missing in a...