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Kieren Hutchison Hair Brown - Light Eyes Blue Height 5'9'' / 175 cm FEATURE FILM 2008 Polar Opposites, 'Dr. Bradley' Baby Steps Entertainment Ltd, Dir: Fred Olen Ray 2006 Sea Of Fear, 'Tom' Even Keel Productions, Dir: Andrew Schuth 2001 No One Can Hear You, 'Robert Player' Daybreak Pacific, Dir: John Laing TELEVISION 2019 Who Stole My Daughter? (tele-feature), 'Tim Sullivan' Lifetime, Dir: Nadeem Soumah 2017 Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television, 'Edison Owner' YouTube Premium, Dir: Rawson Marshall Thurber 2014 On Paper (tele-feature), 'Bob Lewis' Dir: Ron Oliver 2013 Grimm, 'Andre' NBC, Dir: Noberto Barta 2011 Shortland Street, 'Jonathan McKenna (core cast)' South Pacific Pictures, Dir: Various 2010 Castle, 'Cody Donnelly' ABC, Dir: Various 2010 CSI: NY, 'Finnegan Hansard' CBS, Dir: Various 2009 Flower Girl (tele-feature), 'Stephen' Dir: Various 2008 Ghost Whisperer, 'Jack Pimsler' Sander / Moses Productions, Dir: Various 04-08 One Tree Hill, 'Andy Hargrove' Warner Bros. Television, Dir: Mark Schwahn 06-07 Wildfire, 'Kerry Connelly' Lions Gate Television, Dir: Various 2006 Monarch Cove, 'Jake Preston' Freemantle Media North America 2004 Charmed, 'Mitch' Spelling Television, Dir: Various 2000 Cleopatra 2525, 'Johnny' Pacific Renaissance Pictures, Dir: Various 1998 The Legend of William Tell, 'William Tell' Cloud 9, Dir: Various 1998 Young Hercules, 'Orpheus' Pacific Renaissance Pictures, Dir: Various 1998 The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson, 'Ernst Robinson' Cloud 9, Dir: Various 1995 Xena: Warrior Princess, 'Talus' Pacific Renaissance Pictures, Dir: Various 1995 Riding High, 'Steven Brighton' South Pacific Pictures, Dir: Various 1992 Shortland Street, 'Jonathan McKenna (core cast)' South Pacific Pictures, Dir: Various TRAINING ---- Maggie Haber Los Angeles ---- The Northland Youth Theatre Whangarei NZ ---- National Youth Drama School Hawkes Bay NZ ---- The Actors Centre Sydney Australia SKILLS p. +64 9 376 5233 f. +64 9 376 0136 PO Box 56 460 Dominion Road Auckland 1446 New Zealand [email protected] www.aucklandactors.co.nz .

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