Kieren hutchison biography for kids

Kieren was about 7 years old when he saw Raiders of the Lost Ark - still one of his favourite movies - and wanted to be an actor ever since.

His family - parents Sue and Steve, older brother Daimen and younger brother Jamie - moved north from Auckland to Whangarei when Kieren was 14 and he started getting into community theatre while he was there.

Between and Kieren did three seasons of the Northland Youth Theatre and a season of the Hawkes Bay Youth Drama School in between in

After finishing school he auditioned for the local soap Shortland Street and got the part of Jonathon McKenna - much to his surprise!

In an interview Kieren said later, that he thought he did a shocking audition. So Kieren moved back to Auckland at the age of 18 to do six months on the show and he returned three more times over the next few years, ending in In his time off Shortland Street Kieren got guest parts on Riding High as Steven Brighton and in one of the first season episodes of Xena Warri