Langley Kirkwood (born 14 April 1973) is a South African
actor
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and
triathlete. Besides appearing in films such as ''
Invictus
"Invictus" is a short poem by the Victorian era British poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). It was written in 1875 and published in 1888 in his first volume of poems, ''Book of Verses'', in the section ''Life and Death (Echoes)''.
Backgr ...
'', ''
Dredd'' and ''
Mia and the White Lion'', Langley has participated several times in the South African
Ironman
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*Nathaniel "Iron Man" Avery (1939–1985), American caddie for Arnold Palmer
*Travis Fulton (1977–2021), American mixed martial arts fighter
*Gunnar Graps (1951–2004), Estonian musician
* Mick Murphy ...
competition. His father is West Indian and his mother is South African. He was married to and has three children with South African supermodel and photographer Josie Borain.
Selected filmography
Film
* 1999 - ''
Pirates of the Plain
''Pirates of the Plain'' is a 1999 independent family adventure film, directed and written by John R. Cherry III, and starring Tim Curry and Seth Adkins.
''Pirates of the Plain'' details the adventure of Jezebel Jack (Tim Curry), a pirate that ...
'' - Credit manager
* 2001 - ''
Final Solution'' - Pieter
* 2003 - ''
Citizen Verdict'' - Vince Turner
* 2003 - ''Consequence'' - Pope Agent
* 2003 - ''
Red Water
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'' - Brett Van Ryan
* 2003 - ''
The Bone Snatcher'' - Paul
* 2004 - ''Charlie'' - Eddy Richardson
* 2004 - ''
In My Country'' - Boetie
* 2004 - ''
Berserker
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'' - Norseman
* 2004 - ''
Blast'' - Agent Phillips
* 2004 - ''
King Solomon's Mines
''King Solomon's Mines'' (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the ...
'' - Sergei
* 2004 - ''
Dracula 3000'' - Orlock
* 2004 - ''Murmur'' - Billy
* 2004 - ''Dead Easy'' - Lloyd
* 2006 - ''
Mercenary for Justice
''Mercenary for Justice'' is a 2006 action thriller film directed and shot by Don E. FauntLeRoy. It stars Steven Seagal, Luke Goss, Jacqueline Lord and Roger Guenveur Smith. The film was released on direct-to-video on April 18, 2006. Principal ph ...
'' - Kreuger
* 2007 - ''
The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island'' - Tom Farraday
* 2008 - ''
Coronation Street: Out of Africa'' - Ed Teal
* 2009 - ''
Endgame'' - Jack Swart
* 2009 - ''
Invictus
"Invictus" is a short poem by the Victorian era British poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). It was written in 1875 and published in 1888 in his first volume of poems, ''Book of Verses'', in the section ''Life and Death (Echoes)''.
Backgr ...
'' - Presidential Guard
* 2011 - ''
Atlantis'' - Rusa
* 2012 - ''
Dredd'' - Judge Lex
* 2012 - ''
Death Race 3: Inferno'' - Dr. Klein
* 2014 - ''
SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines'' - Lieutenant Parker
* 2014 - ''
The Salvation''
* 2007 - ''
Mia and the White Lion'' - John Owen
* 2022 -
Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman
Television
* 1997 - ''Natural Rhythm'' - Pedro
* 1998 - ''
Isidingo'' - Gustav
* 2004 - ''Snitch'' - Bob Mailer
* 2005 - ''
Charlie Jade'' - Ren Porter
* 2005 - ''
The Triangle'' - Bill Granger
* 2007 - ''
Wild at Heart'' - Johnny
* 2007 - ''
Hard Copy'' - Jason Cornish
* 2008 - ''
Generation Kill'' - Sgt. Steven Lovell
* 2009 - ''
The Prisoner'' - Fire officer
* 2011 - ''
Strike Back'' - Dieter Henricks
* 2012 - ''
Leonardo
Leonardo is a masculine given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese equivalent of the English, German, and Dutch name, Leonard.
People
Notable people with the name include:
* Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian Renaissance scientist ...
'' - Felipe Visconti
* 2013 - ''
The Bible
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'' - Elderly David
* 2013 - ''Feynman and the Challenger'' - Avionics engineer
* 2014 - ''
Black Sails'' - Captain Bryson
* 2014 - ''
Dominion
The term ''Dominion'' is used to refer to one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire.
"Dominion status" was first accorded to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, and the Irish Free State at the 1926 ...
'' - Jeep Hanson
* 2015 - ''
Banshee'' - Col. Douglas Stowe
*2019 -
Warrior
A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracies, class, or caste.
History
Warriors seem to have be ...
- Walter Buckley
* 2022 -
One Piece
''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chap ...
- Captain Morgan
References
External links
Official site*
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1973 births
Living people
People from Bromley
English male film actors
English male television actors
20th-century English male actors
21st-century English male actors
South African male film actors
South African male television actors
20th-century South African male actors
21st-century South African male actors
South African people of English descent
English male triathletes
Male actors from Kent
British male triathletes