Career
He is also known for his work as a director, trainer, musician, singer, choir director, host/emcee and voice actor. On television, Kirton is best known for playing Edmund Soo in Season 2 of Ghost (2009), a supernatural mystery thriller series produced by Popiah Pictures, Colonel Williams in Double Vision"s period drama Age of Glory 2 (2010) and Mr Smith in MediaCorp"s Mining Magnate (2012/2013). In 2001, Kirton formed Footstool Players, a Christian theatre company whose touring productions are watched by thousands each year across Malaysia.
He is currently the company"s artistic director
Kirton also regularly teaches on issues pertaining to the arts and Christian spirituality. Kirton trained in professional theatre at Rosebud School of the Arts and Rosebud Theatre in Canada.
He is of Scottish and Chinese ancestry and was born in Kuantan.