Langley Kirkwood

Raised in Johannesburg while apartheid was in its death throes, in a family that saw literature and the arts as a way of changing how people saw the world.

Langley's professional career began in 1996 at the Market Theatre, the melting pot of protest theatre. The work has since carried him from Johannesburg to London, New York and Los Angeles, and home again to Cape Town.

Langley is currently based in Cape Town, South Africa. In addition to his screen work, he returns to the stage whenever he can, narrates long-form documentary and works as a writer and producer. His recently completed screenplay, A Man of Confidence, a World War II prison drama based on a true story, is currently in development.

Three decades on film sets with industry greats like Jodie Foster, Clint Eastwood, John Boorman, Juliette Binoche, Morgan Freeman and Mads Mikkelsen have taught him the thing he values most about the craft: nobody is ever too old to get better at it.