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The Comrades Marathon is an annual ultramarathon in South Africa of approximately 89 kilometers/55 miles. Langley Kirkwood, known for his role as Buckley on Warrior, just completed this insane feat and I was happy to be able to congratulate him on this accomplishment.
Langley discusses the history of the marathon, training and we even talk shoes. I absolutely love shoes! In all seriousness, I am in awe of Langley’s achievements, whether he is doing marathons, triathlons, or portraying one of the most unlikeable characters on TV.
Warrior Season 3 premieres Thursday, June 29 on MAX. We talk about the excitement surrounding this season, some of what to expect, but not to worry – there are no spoilers for Warrior in this episode.
However, we also tangent to Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse and there is a small spoiler alert for that film. No big surprise, but we both loved the film!
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About Langley Kirkwood
Langley Kirkwood is an award-winning South African actor and voice artist. He was born in England to South African and West-Indian parents,
grew up in Johannesburg (where he studied drama at the University of the Witwatersrand), and has lived in London, New York, and Los Angeles. He is the proud father of two children, Willow and Phoenix, neither of whom are technically children any longer, but fortunately, they still hang out with him from time to time. Langley lives in Cape Town, South Africa with his partner Sarah, an artist and sculptor.
Although he works primarily in front of a camera, Langley returns to his first love, the theatre, when he can and has worked extensively as a voice-over artist in commercials and in long-form narration. He recently completed writing his first novel and is still finding the courage to let somebody read it.
Film highlights include working with Juliet Binoche in John Boorman’s In My Country (2004), with Hollywood legends Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Matt Damon in Invictus (2009), as the evil Judge Lex opposite Karl Urban in Dredd (2012) and in Gilles de Maistre’s four-year labor of love Mia and the White Lion (2019) opposite Melanie Laurent. He has recently completed filming on Collision, directed by Fabien Martorell for Netflix, set for release in 2022.
Langley’s television credits include Generation Kill (2008) for HBO, The Bible (2013) for Histoy, Black Sails (2014) for Starz, Banshee (2015) for HBO/Cinemax, The Catch (2017) for ABC and most recently playing Walter Buckley in the Bruce Lee inspired Warrior on HBO Max, which will shoot its third season in 2022.
Langley is something of an exercise addict and sports fan. A multiple Ironman athlete, he loves swimming, surfing, and riding his bicycles on and around the mountains of the Western Cape (and wherever in the world he may find himself). He is passionate about cooking and it is one of his great joys. It has become clear to him that the older he gets, the less he knows.
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