Kieren's acting training includes studying with Maggie Haber (Los Angeles, USA), at The Northland Youth Theatre of Whangarei (NZ), the National Youth Drama School at Hawkes Bay (NZ), and the Actors Centre at Sydney (Aus).
Kieren can act using a number of foreign accents, including American (New York, Boston, Southern), Australian, and Canadian, as well as his own native Kiwi.
Kieren: When you arrive in America, it feels really familiar, like you've seen it all before, even if you've never been here. I didn't agonize about the decision. I thought it'd be kind of fun. And it has been, it's been a great time.
Kieren: (on doing an American accent in Australia) It's one thing to do that in the US when everyone around you has the accent you're trying to do, but when the crew and directors had broad Aussie accents it's tough for the Kiwi. Scrambles the mind a bit.