Chris Haywood

Chris Haywood
Haywood in July 2012
Born	Chris Haywood c. 1948 Billericay, Essex, England
Years active	1972–present
Spouse	Wendy Hughes
Children	5

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 in Billericay, Essex, England. 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.

Career

Soon after arriving in Sydney, Haywood became involved with Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company, helping to build the premises with scrap timber.

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.

His acting career encompasses roles in many films and television series.

Haywood is 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 $20,000 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.

Haywood is now the Deputy Captain of VRA Hawkesbury and coxswain of their rescue boat. He is also currently working as a coxswain in the Australian pearling industry for Broken Bay Pearl Farm.

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.

TV credits as a writer: Alvin Purple additional material (1976).

Personal life

Haywood was married to actress, Wendy Hughes, c. 1980 and they had a child. They had met while filming Newsfront (1978), their relationship developed soon after. 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. The couple separated in 1982.

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.

Filmography

Television Series

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
2012–2016	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	Episode # 1.2 - Miniseries
2010-18	Rake	Judge / Judge Beinworth / Prosecution	4 episodes
2010	The Pacific	John Leckie	2 episodes - Miniseries
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"
2003	Fat Cow Motel	Rey Roy	Episode #1.9
2000–2003	Grass Roots	George Hasnakov	18 episodes
2002	All Saints	Peter Buchanan	12 episodes
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
1996–1998	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
1994–1995	Janus	Michael Kidd	24 episodes
1995	Fire	Det. Ron Chandler	Episode "Glory Days"
1993	G.P.	Jack Molineaux	Episode "One Perfect Day"
1991–1992	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	Episode ”Maydina the Shadow" - Miniseries
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	with Joe Klocek
2021	Love You Like That	Bede	with John Jarratt
2020	Sweet River	Nigel	with Martin Sacks
2020	Groundhog Night	Ralph	Short
2019	Dirt Music	Warwick	with Garrett Hedlund, David Wenham & Kelly Macdonald
2019	The Projectionist	Jack	Short
2018	Skewwhiff	Bill	Short
2017	Third World Man	Clinton Finch	Short
2017	Boar	Jack	with John Jarratt, Steve Bisley & Ernie Dingo
2017	Australia Day	Dr Ian Norris	with Bryan Brown
2016	The Dam	Jack	Short
2016	Gangster Drag	Jimmy	Short
2015	The Spa	Don	Short
2014	Wedding of the Year	Bede	with Maeve Dermody, Deborah Mailman, Colin Friels & Noni Hazlehurst
2014	The Bugle's Call	Bluebroker	Short
2014	Love is Now	Ben	with Eamon Farren, Anna Torv & Rodger Corser
2013	Return to Nim's Island	Grant	with Bindi Irwin, Toby Wallace, John Waters & Matthew Lillard
2013	Spirit Harbour	Cyril	Short
2013	The Interviewer	Paul Dexter	Short
2012	Almayer’s Folly	Captain Ford
2012	Dangerous Remedy	Sir Arthur Rylah	TV movie - with Susie Porter, Jeremy Sims, Peter O'Brien & Gary Sweet
2011	Swerve	Armstrong	with Emma Booth, Vince Colosimo, Roy Billing & Robert Mammone
2011	Busong: Palawan Fate	Landowner
2011	Sleeping Beauty	Man	with Rachael Blake, Emily Browning & Michael Dorman
2010	Savages Crossing	Chris	with Sacha Horler, John Jarratt, Craig McLachlan & Jessica Napier
2010	Beneath Hill 60	Colonel Wilson Rutledge	with Brendan Cowell, Aden Young, Gyton Grantley & Anthony Hayes
2009	The Boys Are Back	Tom	with Clive Owen, Emma Booth, Erik Thomson & Emma Lung
2009	False Witness	Browning	TV movie- with Dougray Scott, Richard Roxburgh, Don Hany & Stephen Curry
2009	Correspondence	Quentin Samuels	Short
2008	The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce	Robert Knopwood	with Adrian Dunbar, Don Hany & Dan Wyllie
2008	The View from Greenhaven	Dashiell	with Steve Bisley & Wendy Hughes
2008	Salvation	Architect	with Wendy Hughes & Kim Gyngell
2008	A Pretty Penny	Jack	Short - with Max Cullen
2008	The Weight of Sunken Treasure	Michael Dooley	Short - with Michael Dorman
2008	You Better Watch Out	Santa	Short - with Dan Wyllie & Stephen Curry
2007	The Tank	-	Short
2007	Swing	Mr Doyle	Short
2006	Solo	Arkan	with Vince Colosimo & Colin Friels
2006	Vend	Mechanic 1	Short
2006	The Water Diary	Lunch Guest	Short - with Alice Englert & Justine Clarke
2006	Jindabyne	Gregory	with Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, John Howard & Deborra-Lee Furness, Max Cullen
2006	Hotel Vladivostok	Man	Short
2005	Jewboy	Sam	with Saskia Burmeister & Ewen Leslie
2005	Adrift	Albert	Short
2004	Through My Eyes	Des Sturgess Q.C.	Miniseries - with Miranda Otto, Craig McLachlan, Peter O'Brien, Grant Bowler & Nadine Garner
2004	BlackJack: Sweet Science	Wayne Tippet	with Colin Friels, Vince Colosimo, Alex O'Loughlin, Anthony Hayes & Nash Edgerton
2004	The Widower	Neville	with Tony Barry
2004	Salem’s Lot	Uncredited	with Rob Lowe, Donald Sutherland, Robert Mammone & Brendan Cowell
2004	Human Touch	Edward	with Jacqueline McKenzie & Aden Young
2003	Lennie Cahill Shoots Through	Twink	with Tony Barry, Diana Glenn
2003	Paradise Found	Charles Arnaud	with Kiefer Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski & Nicholas Hope
2003	Subterano	Cleary	with Alex Dimitriades, Tasma Walton & Alison Whyte
2002	Stuffed Bunny	Father of Marcus	Short - with Ryan Johnson, Michael Dorman, Marshall Napier & Jessica Napier
2002	The Nugget	Doug	with Eric Bana, Stephen Curry, Belinda Emmett, Vince Colosimo & Max Cullen
2002	Black and White	Detective Sergeant Karskens	with Robert Carlyle, Colin Friels, Ben Mendelsohn & Roy Billing
2001	My Husband My Killer	George Cannellis	TV movie - with Colin Friels, Craig McLachlan & Tara Morice
2001	The Day of the Roses	Informant	Mniseries - with Paul Mercurio, Stephen Curry Rebecca Gibney & Peter O'Brien
2001	The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky	Oscar	with Derek Jacobi
2001	One Night the Moon	Sergeant	with Paul Kelly & David Field
2000	The Monkey's Mask	Dad Fitzpatrick	with Marton Csokas, Susie Porter & Brendan Cowell
2000	Innocence	Minister	with Julia Blake & Robert Menzies
2000	Muggers	George Roy Rogers	with Jason Barry, Matt Day & Marshall Napier
1999	Molokai: The Story of Father Damien	Clayton Strawn	with David Wenham, Derek Jacobi, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole, Tom Wilkinson & Aden Young
1999	Change of Heart	Harry	with Tony Barry & Grant Bowler
1997	Oscar and Lucinda	Mr. Judd	with Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Roxburgh & Geoffrey Rush
1997	Fable	Flagg	TV movie - with Simon Westaway & Melissa George
1997	Blackrock	Detective Sergeant Wilansky	with Simon Lyndon, Justine Clarke, Essie Davis, John Howard & Heath Ledger
1997	Kiss or Kill	Detective Hummer	with Frances O'Connor, Matt Day, Barry Otto & Max Cullen
1997	One Way Ticket	Bertie	with Peter Phelps, Rachel Blakely & Jane Hall
1996	Lust and Revenge	George Oliphant	with Nicholas Hope, Claudia Karvan & Wendy Hughes
1996	Shine	Sam	with Geoffrey Rush & Noah Taylor
1996	Cabbie of the Year	-	Short
1995	Singapore Sling: Old Flames	Sonny	with John Waters & Ray Barrett
1994	Muriel's Wedding	Ken Blundell	with Toni Collette, Dan Wyllie, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter, Jeanie Drynan, Sophie Lee, Daniel Lapaine, Pippa Grandison & Matt Day
1994	Exile	Sacerdote	with Aden Young, Claudia Karvan, Barry Otto & Hugo Weaving
1994	Bernie's Magic Moment	Bernie	Short
1993	The Feds: Betrayal	Daniel "Mac" McIntyre	with Robert Taylor & Peter Phelps
1993	Touch Me	Claude	Short - with Claudia Karvan, Barry Otto & David Field
1992	Alex	Mr. Jack	with Cathy Godbold
1992	The Nun and the Bandit	Michael Stanley	with Norman Kaye, Tony Llewellyn-Jones & Robert Menzies
1992	The Last Man Hanged	Sheriff	TV movie with Colin Friels & Angie Milliken
1991	A Woman's Tale	Jonathan	with Gosia Dobrowolska, Norman Kaye, Max Gillies & Tony Llewellyn-Jones
1991	Sweet Talker	Gerald Bostock	with Bryan Brown, Karen Allen, Justin Rosniak & Bruce Spence
1990	Quigley Down Under	Major Ashley-Pitt	with Tom Selleck, Alan Rickman & Ben Mendelsohn
1990	Aya	Mac	with Nicholas Eadie
1990	Golden Braid	Bernard	with Norman Kaye & Robert Menzies
1990	Call Me Mr. Brown	Peter Macari	with Bill Hunter, John Polson & Max Cullen
1990	Plead Guilty, Get a Bond	-	Short
1989	Island	Janis	with Irene Papas & Norman Kaye
1988	Emerald City	Mike McCord	with Nicole Kidman, Robyn Nevin & Nicholas Hammond
1988	The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey	Arno	with Marshall Napier
1988	Manifesto	Wango	with Alfred Molina, Simon Callow & Gabrielle Anwar
1988	Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train	Stationmaster	with Wendy Hughes, Colin Friels & Norman Kaye
1988	A Day and a Half	-	Short - with Renée Geyer
1988	The First Kangaroos	James Giltinan	with Dennis Waterman
1987	The Tale of Ruby Rose	Henry Rose	with Sheila Florance
1987	Don Quixote of La Mancha	Voice	TV movie
1987	The Bit Part	Michael Thornton	with John Wood, Nicole Kidman & Deborra-Lee Furness
1986	Dogs in Space	Man	with Michael Hutchence
1986	Malcolm	Willy	with Colin Friels & Bud Tingwell
1986	King Solomon's Mines	Voice	with Tom Burlinson & John Meillon
1986	Double Sculls	Paul Weber	with John Hargreaves
1985	Burke & Wills	Tom McDonagh	with Jack Thompson & Greta Scacchi
1985	Wills & Burke	Constable	Spoof film
1985	A Street to Die	Col Turner	with Brett Climo
1985	The Coca-Cola Kid	Kim	with Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Kris McQuade & Tony Barry
1984	Strikebound	Wattie Doig	with John Howard & Hugh Keays-Byrne
1984	Razorback	Benny Baker	with Bill Kerr, John Howard & Judy Morris
1984	The Great Gold Swindle	Peter Duvnjak	with John Hargreaves
1983	The Return of Captain Invincible	Maitre D'	with Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Bill Hunter & Max Cullen
1983	Man of Flowers	David	with Norman Kaye, Julia Blake & Werner Herzog
1982	Lonely Hearts	Detective	with Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Julia Blake & Kris McQuade
1982	The Clinic	Dr. Eric Linden	with Simon Burke & Rona McLeod
1982	Running on Empty	Fotógrafo	with Max Cullen & Penne Hackforth-Jones
1982	The Man from Snowy River	Curly	with Kirk Douglas, Sigrid Thornton & Jack Thompson
1982	Heatwave	Peter Houseman	with Judy Davis, Bill Hunter & John Meillon
1982	Attack Force Z	"Sparrer" Bird	with Mel Gibson, Sam Neill & John Waters
1982	With Prejudice	Rogerson	with Max Cullen & Tony Barry
1982	Freedom	Phil	with Bud Tingwell & Max Cullen
1981	Wrong Side of the Road	Policeman
1981	Maybe This Time	The Salesman	with Judy Morris & Bill Hunter
1980	Breaker Morant'	Corporal Sharp	with Edward Woodward, John Waters, Bryan Brown & Ray Meagher
1980	Dead Man's Float	Thug	with Bill Hunter & Gus Mercurio
1979	Kostas	Martin	with Wendy Hughes, Kris McQuade, Graeme Blundell & Norman Kaye
1978	In Search of Anna	Jerry	with Judy Morris & Bill Hunter
1978	Newsfront	Chris Hewitt	with Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes & Bryan Brown
1978	A Good Thing Going	Terry	TV movie - with Miles Buchanan, Beth Buchanan & Simone Buchanan
1977	Out of It	Warren	with Terry Camilleri
1976	Deathcheaters	Carnicero	with John Hargreaves
1976	The Trespassers	Sandy	with Judy Morris & Max Gillies
1975	Ivanhoe	Voice	TV movie
1975	The Removalists	Rob	with Jacki Weaver
1975	The Great Macarthy	Warburton	with Judy Morris, Barry Humphries, Max Gillies & John Jarratt
1974	The Cars That Ate Paris	Darryl	with John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Max Gillies & Bruce Spence
1974	Essington	Squires	TV movie - with Cornelia Frances & Drew Forsythe
1972	The Money Game	The Worker (voice)	TV movie

• Producer & Writer:

Year	Series/Film/Documentary	Notes
2001	The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky	assistant to the director & manager
1991	The Media Project	producer
1989	Island	assistant to the light technician
1986	Malcolm	manager
1976	Alvin Purple	writer - episode "Ciao Alvin"

Theatre

Year	Play	Character	Director	Theatre	Notes
2010	Hippolytos Raised	-	-	Roundhouse Theatre	with Travis Ash, Stephanie Bennett, Charlotte Green & Pierce Wilcox
2010	Quack	-	Chris Mead	Stables Theatre	with Jeanette Cronin, Charlie Garber & Aimee Horne
2008	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	-	Gale Edwards	Victorian Arts Centre	with Martin Henderson, Gary Files, Essie Davis & Rebekah Stone
2004	Victory	-	Judy Davis	-	with Peter Carroll, Judy Davis, Marta Dusseldorp & Colin Friels
2000	A Cheery Soul	-	Neil Armfield	Drama Theatre	with Vanessa Downing, Rohan Nichol, Robyn Nevin & Geoff Morrell
1997	Black Mary	Fred Britten	Angela Chaplin	Wilson Street	with Lillian Crombie, Jerome Ehlers, Margaret Harvey & Irma Woods
1993–1994	The Rise and Fall of Little Voice	-	Wayne Harrison	Playhouse	with Magda Szubanski, Angela Toohey & Felix Williamson
1993	Summer of the Aliens	-	Angela Chaplin	Wharf Theatre	with Toni Collette, Penny Cook & Damon Herriman
1980	She'll Be Right	-	Chris Haywood	-	with Laurence Bettarel
1977	Going Home	-	Richard Wherrett	Nimrod	with Gary Day, James Elliott, Nancye Hayes & Catherine Wilkin
1975	The Ride Across Lake Constance	-	Richard Wherrett	-	with Christine Amor, Peter Carroll & Kate Fitzpatrick
1975	Ginge's Last Stand	-	Kenneth Horler	Nimrod	with Peter Carroll, Bill Charlton, Kate Fitzpatrick & Robyn Nevin
1974	My Foot, My Tutor	-	Richard Wherrett	Nimrod	with Peter Carroll
1974	Well Hung	-	Kenneth Horler	Nimrod	with Peter Carroll, Peter Corbett & Tony Llewellyn-Jones
1974	Kookaburra	-	Richard Wherrett	-	with Peter Carroll, Maggie Dence, Robyn Nevin & Tony Llewellyn-Jones
1973	Kookaburra	-	Simon Hopkinson	Nimrod	with Jenny Brown, Peg Christensen & Lloyd Cunnington
1973	Who?	-	-	The Vic Theatre	with Bill Garner & John Smythe
1973	Jumpers	-	Peter James	Russell Street Theatre	with David Clendinning, Peter Flett, Jonathan Hardy & John Wood
1973	Kaspar	-	Richard Wherrett	Nimrod	with Lex Marinos, Berys Marsh, Philip Sayer & Andrew Sharp
1973	The Dumb Waiter	-	Charles Kemp	-	with Max Gillies
1973	The Tooth of Crime	-	John Bell	Nimrod	with Michael Caton, Tony Llewellyn-Jones & Anna Volska
1971, 1972	The Removalists	-	John Bell	Playbox Theatre	with Martin Harris, Sandra MacGregor, Jacki Weaver & Janie Stewart
1972	Housey	-	Aarne Neeme	Nimrod	with Diane Craig, Max Cullen, Nick Enright & Barry Lovett
1972	The Legend of King O'Malley	-	Richard Wherrett	Hunter Theatre	with Elaine Cusick, Angus McLean & Jacki Weaver
1971	After Magritte	-	Larry Eastwood	Nimrod	with Martin Harris, Max Phipps, Carole Skinner & Jacki Weaver

Film credits as an Art Director: Force of Destiny (2015)

Film credit as Casting Director: The Crater (2015)

Film credit as Producer: The Media Project directed by Peter Watkins (1991)

External links

• Brian McFarlane, Geoff Mayer, Ina Bertrand (Ed.) (1999). The Oxford companion to Australian film. Melbourne, Australia ; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-553797-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Chris Haywood at IMDb