Biography
Langley Kirkwood is a South African actor born on 14 April 1973 in Bromley, Kent, England. His family moved to South Africa when he was young. He studied drama at school and at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and began working in theatre soon after.
Kirkwood made his stage debut at Johannesburg's Market Theatre in Shooting Billy the Kid, for which he received an FNB Vita Award. He later won a Fleur du Cap Award for his performance as Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman. His film credits include Invictus (2009), Dredd (2012) as Judge Lex, The Salvation (2014), Mia and the White Lion (2018) and The Mauritanian (2021) as Sergeant Sands. On television he has appeared in Black Sails (2014) as Captain Bryson, Banshee (2013) as Colonel Douglas Stowe, Warrior (2019) and ONE PIECE (2023) as Axe-Hand Morgan.
He is also a triathlete who has competed in the South African Ironman several times.
