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Chris Haywood | |
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 Haywood in July 2012 | |
| Born | Chris Haywood c. 1948 Billericay, Essex, England |
| Alma mater | East 15 Acting School |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Spouse | Wendy Hughes[1] |
| Children | 5[2] |
Chris Haywood (born c. 1948) is an English-born Australian actor, writer and producer, with close to 500 screen performances to his name. Haywood has also worked as a casting director, art director, sound recordist, camera operator, gaffer, grip, location and unit manager.
Early life and education
Haywood was born around 1948[3] in Billericay, Essex, England.[citation needed] He spent his early childhood in Chelmsford before moving to High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire where he attended Royal Grammar School from 1959 to 1965. He then started working in the cellars of a local wine shipper before gaining a place at E15 Acting School. After graduating in 1970 he emigrated to Australia.[3]
Career
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Soon after arriving in Sydney, Haywood became involved with the Nimrod Theatre Company, helping to build the premises with scrap timber.[3]
He was the artistic director of the Pros and Cons Playhouse at Parramatta Gaol from 1979 to 1981, and established the drama service on Kiribati National Radio.[4]
His acting career encompasses roles in many films and television series.
Haywood is[when?] the Patron of the Friends of Waverley Library, where he inaugurated The Nib Literary Award, now known as the Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. The prize is an annual award of $40,000 given for the quality of research for a published work of literary merit written by an Australian writer and published in the previous 12 months.[citation needed]
Haywood is now[when?] the Deputy Captain of VRA Hawkesbury[clarification needed] and coxswain of their rescue boat. He is also currently[when?] working as a coxswain in the Australian pearling industry[citation needed] for Broken Bay Pearl Farm.[5]
Television
TV credits as an actor include: Homicide, Essington, Against the Wind, Five Mile Creek, Return to Eden, Waterfront, A Good Thing Going, Boys From The Bush, Water Rats, Farscape, McLeod's Daughters, All Saints, Stingers, Grass Roots, Home and Away, The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce and The Pacific. Haywood appeared in Neighbours as Walter Mitchell in June 2013.[6]
TV credits as a writer: Alvin Purple additional material (1976).[citation needed]
Personal life
Haywood was married to actress, Wendy Hughes, c. 1980 and they had a child.[7][8] They had met while filming Newsfront (1978), their relationship developed soon after.[9] In April 1980 Haywood and Hughes portrayed "screen parents" in a childbirth film, For a Child Called Michael, shown to expecting parents at Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne.[10] The couple separated in 1982.[11]
Awards
His performances have been honoured with three Awards from the Australian Film Institute (from a total of eight nominations) for his roles in the feature films A Street to Die and Emerald City, and for television in Stingers as well as the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Kiss or Kill and the Asian Film Festival Award for In Search of Anna. He garnered three Logie Awards for his work on television-for Essington, A Good Thing Going and Janus. He won the Best Actor award at the Tampa Bay Film Festival in Florida.[when?] [citation needed]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Reef Break | Australian Diplomat | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Harrow | Connelly | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Wolf Creek | Tom | Episode: "Journey" |
| 2017 | The Letdown | Gene | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Secret City | Lloyd Rankin | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Black Comedy | Elenco Invitado | Episode # 2.5 |
| 2012–16 | Rake | Juez Beirworth | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Redfern Now | Doctor | Episode: "Dogs of War" |
| 2013 | Neighbours | Walter Mitchell / Dave | 10 episodes |
| 2013 | Top of the Lake | Jock | Miniseries, Episode # 1.2 |
| 2010-18 | Rake | Judge / Judge Beinworth / Prosecution | 4 episodes |
| 2010 | The Pacific | John Leckie | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2009 | My Place | Mr. O'Sullivan | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Home and Away | Bruce Campbell | 31 episodes |
| 2007 | The Starter Wife | Mr. Lewis | Episode: "Hour 1" |
| 2006 | Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King | Dr. Bogner | Episode: "The Road Virus Heads North" |
| 2004 | Stingers | Stevey Dawes | Episode: "Brave New World" |
| 2004 | Through My Eyes | Des Sturgess Q.C. | Miniseries |
| 2004 | Salem's Lot | Uncredited | Miniseries |
| 2003 | Fat Cow Motel | Rey Roy | Episode #1.9 |
| 2000–03 | Grass Roots | George Hasnakov | 18 episodes |
| 2002 | All Saints | Peter Buchanan | 12 episodes |
| 2001 | The Day of the Roses | Informant | Mniseries |
| 2001 | Mcleod's Daughters | Bob | 3 episodes |
| 2001 | BackBerner | Stanley Trundle | Episode #1.130 |
| 1999–2000 | Farscape | Sorcerer Maldis | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Wildside | Jim Summers | Episode # 2.17 |
| 1996–98 | House Gang | Mike | 10 episodes |
| 1998 | Good Guys Bad Guys | Frank Conroy | Episode: "You Say Etics, I Say Ethics" |
| 1997 | Murder Call | Jack Telfer | Episode: "Hot Shot" |
| 1997 | Frontier | Ward Stephen | Miniseries |
| 1996 | Water Rats | Peter Anderson | Episode: "Wrecked" |
| 1996 | Sun on the Stubble | Conductor del Tren | Miniseries |
| 1996 | Naked: Stories of Men | Bish | Episode: "Fisherman's Wake" |
| 1996 | Pacific Drive | Bill Garland | |
| 1996 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | Morell | 2 episodes |
| 1994–95 | Janus | Michael Kidd | 24 episodes |
| 1995 | Fire | Detective Ron Chandler | Episode: "Glory Days" |
| 1993 | The Feds: Betrayal | Daniel "Mac" McIntyre | TV miniseries |
| 1993 | G.P. | Jack Molineaux | Episode: "One Perfect Day" |
| 1991–92 | Boys from the Bush | Dennis Tontine | 19 episodes |
| 1986 | Cyclone Tracy | Steve | Miniseries |
| 1984 | Waterfront | Ernie | Miniseries |
| 1984 | Five Mile Creek | McCrea | Episode: "Home and Away" |
| 1984 | Carson's Law | Frank White | 1 episode |
| 1984 | The Explorers | King | 1 episode |
| 1983 | Return to Eden | Jason Peebles | 2 episodes |
| 1982 | A Country Practice | Duke | 2 episodes |
| 1981 | Women of the Sun | Alf | Miniseries, episode: "Maydina the Shadow" |
| 1981 | Holiday Island | Cosmos | Episode: "Mother's Revenge" |
| 1980 | The Timeless Land | Johnny | Miniseries |
| 1979 | Patrol Boat | Parkes | Episode: "Follow the Leader" |
| 1979 | Jokes | Various characters | |
| 1978-81 | Cop Shop | Various characters | 9 episodes |
| 1978 | Glenview High | Blue | Episode "Easy Money" |
| 1978 | Against the Wind | John Leary | Miniseries, episode: "The Tree of Liberty" |
| 1977 | Bluey | Chris | Episode: "The Wrong Coffin" |
| 1976 | The Sullivans | ||
| 1976 | Alvin Purple | Rod "Spike" Morley | 13 episodes |
| 1976 | Rush | Crew | Episode: "La Belle France" |
| 1976 | Homicide | Greg Ferguson | Episode: "Third Generation" |
| 1976 | Luke's Kingdom | Arthur Cage | Miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1975 | Shannon's Mob | Richard Pollard | Episode: "Mixed Doubles" |
| 1975 | Matlock Police | Pete Williams | Episode: "The Contessa" |
| 1975 | Quality of Mercy | Kurt | Episode: "Send Him on His Way Rejoicing" |
| 1975 | The Explorers | Performer | 1 episode |
| 1975 | Division 4 | Bogey | 1 episode |
| 1972 | The Aunty Jack Show | Gorilla / American at party | 2 episodes |
Films
| Year | Title | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Aussie Boys | Jack | |
| 2021 | Love You Like That | Bede | |
| 2020 | Sweet River | Nigel | Feature film |
| 2020 | Groundhog Night | Ralph | Short film |
| 2019 | Dirt Music | Warwick | Feature film |
| 2019 | The Projectionist | Jack | Short film |
| 2018 | Skewwhiff | Bill | Short film |
| 2017 | Third World Man | Clinton Finch | Short film |
| 2017 | Boar | Jack | Short film |
| 2017 | Australia Day | Dr Ian Norris | Feature film |
| 2016 | The Dam | Jack | Short film |
| 2016 | Gangster Drag | Jimmy | Short film |
| 2015 | The Spa | Don | Short film |
| 2014 | Wedding of the Year | Bede | Feature film |
| 2014 | The Bugle's Call | Bluebroker | Short film |
| 2014 | Love is Now | Ben | Feature film |
| 2013 | Return to Nim's Island | Grant | Feature film |
| 2013 | Spirit Harbour | Cyril | Short film |
| 2013 | The Interviewer | Paul Dexter | Short film |
| 2012 | Almayer's Folly | Captain Ford | Feature film |
| 2012 | Dangerous Remedy | Sir Arthur Rylah | TV movie |
| 2011 | Swerve | Armstrong | Feature film |
| 2011 | Busong: Palawan Fate | Landowner | |
| 2011 | Sleeping Beauty | Man | Feature film |
| 2010 | Savages Crossing | Chris | Feature film |
| 2010 | Beneath Hill 60 | Colonel Wilson Rutledge | Feature film |
| 2009 | The Boys Are Back | Tom | Feature film |
| 2009 | False Witness | Browning | TV movie |
| 2009 | Correspondence | Quentin Samuels | Short film |
| 2008 | The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce | Robert Knopwood | Feature film |
| 2008 | The View from Greenhaven | Dashiell | Feature film |
| 2008 | Salvation | Architect | Feature film |
| 2008 | A Pretty Penny | Jack | Short film |
| 2008 | The Weight of Sunken Treasure | Michael Dooley | Short film |
| 2008 | You Better Watch Out | Santa | Short film |
| 2007 | The Tank | Short film | |
| 2007 | Swing | Mr Doyle | Short film |
| 2006 | Solo | Arkan | Feature film |
| 2006 | Vend | Mechanic 1 | Short film |
| 2006 | The Water Diary | Lunch Guest | Short film |
| 2006 | Jindabyne | Gregory | Feature film |
| 2006 | Hotel Vladivostok | Man | Short film |
| 2005 | Jewboy | Sam | Feature film |
| 2005 | Adrift | Albert | Short film |
| 2004 | BlackJack: Sweet Science | Wayne Tippet | TV movie |
| 2004 | The Widower | Neville | |
| 2004 | Human Touch | Edward | Feature film |
| 2003 | Lennie Cahill Shoots Through | Twink | Feature film |
| 2003 | Paradise Found | Charles Arnaud | Feature film |
| 2003 | Subterano | Cleary | Feature film |