Kirk Torrance

Actor

Kirk Torrance is a New Zealand actor and playwright of Māori origins. He is also a former Commonwealth Games swimmer. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Acting from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in Wellington.

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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 The Real Hustle.

He was nominated Best Supporting Actor at the Qantas Film & Television Awards 2008 for his ex-cop role in the television series Outrageous Fortune. In 2008, he was named Sexiest Man in Auckland by Metro magazine.

Acting

Dalliance
TV series, 2026
6 episodes
Head Girl
TV series, 2026
as Wiremu
Darby and Joan
TV series, 2022
as Ryan Carroll
Manny and Quinn
Film, 2022
as George
The Pact
TV series, 2021
as Aaron Simpkins
Cousins
Film, 2021
as Older Sonny
Rurangi
Film, 2020
as Gerald Davis
Rūrangi
TV series, 2020
as Gerald Davis
The Dead Lands
TV series, 2020
as Kā
A Summer to Remember
Film, 2018
as Danny
The New Legends of Monkey
TV series, 2018
as Master
Wanted
TV series, 2016
as Cliff
Tatau
TV series, 2015
as Reverend Calcott
The Dark Horse
Film, 2014
as Noble
Siege
Film, 2012
as Heath Jones
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
Film, 2012
as Cardinal Hoani
Legend of the Seeker
TV series, 2008
as Krilmark
Outrageous Fortune: The Movie
Film, 2006
as Wayne Judd
Outrageous Fortune
TV series, 2005
as Wayne Judd
Holly's Heroes
TV series, 2005
as Tony McKenzie
Stickmen
Film, 2001
as Holden
Xena: Warrior Princess
TV series, 1995
as Demetrius
Power Rangers
TV series, 1993
as Dr. Runga