Kirk Torrance is an actor and playwright from

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, best known for his role as Wayne Judd in '' Outrageous Fortune''. He is also a former

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swimmer.

Career

His debut play ''Strata'' (2003) won Best New Playwright at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards. He played the lead role of ''Holden'' in the New Zealand movie '' Stickmen'' (2001) and award-winning television drama ''Fish Skin Suit'' (2003). While appearing on ''Outrageous Fortune'', he hosted one series of a New Zealand version of ''

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''. He was nominated Best Supporting Actor at the Qantas Film & Television Awards 2008 for his ex-cop role in the television series ''Outrageous Fortune''.
Profile & Screenography, NZ On Screen. Retrieved 9 November 2009] In 2008, he was named Sexiest Man in Auckland by '' Metro (magazine), Metro magazine''. Torrance is a graduate from Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School in

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Playwright, Playmarket NZ Playwrights' Agency. Retrieved 9 November 2009 having graduated with a Diploma in Acting in 1994, upgraded to a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) in 2003. He is Māori people, Māori of

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heritage.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video game

Web

References

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* Living people New Zealand Māori people Ngāti Kahungunu people New Zealand male film actors 21st-century New Zealand dramatists and playwrights Year of birth missing (living people) New Zealand male backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Toi Whakaari alumni New Zealand male Māori actors New Zealand male soap opera actors 20th-century New Zealand male actors 21st-century New Zealand male actors 21st-century New Zealand male writers New Zealand male dramatists and playwrights Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand {{NewZealand-actor-stub