Chris Haywood was born in Billericay, Essex, England (24 July 1948). He spent his early childhood in Chelmsford before moving to High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire where he attended High Wycombe Royal Grammar School from 1959 to 1965.

Career:

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 migrated to Australia and soon after, he was involved with Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company and according to an interview with ABC reporter Jane Cowan, actually helped build the premises with scrap timber. He was the Artistic Director of the Pro's and Con's Playhouse at Parramatta Jail for two years. He established the drama service on Kiribati National Radio.

Film credits include: The Cars That Ate Pari s, Newsfront, In Search of Anna, Kostas, Breaker Morant, Running on Empty, Man of Flowers, Quigley Down Under, Lonely Hearts, Strikebound, Malcolm, The Bit Part, Golden Braid, A Woman's Tale, Muriel's Wedding, and Shine.

TV credits include: Homicide, Against the Wind, Five Mile Creek, Return to Eden, Waterfront, Boys From The Bush, Water Rats, Farscape, McLeod's Daughters, All Saints, Stingers, Grass Roots and Home and Away.

Why is Chris Haywood famous?

Chris Haywood is an English-born, Australian-based film and television actor/producer.

Why do we like Chris Haywood?

His performances have been honored 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 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, Good Thing Going and Janus. Most recently he won the Best Actor award at the Tampa Bay Film Festival in Florida.

Chris Haywood Lists

	1948 births
	Australian film actors
	Australian television actors
	Living people
	Old Wycombiensians
	People from Billericay

 

Chris Haywood Movies
Manifesto Quigley Down Under Touch Me Oscar and Lucinda Pacific Drive Snowy River: The McGregor Saga A Woman`s Tale Dead Man`s Float Man Of Flowers Deathcheaters The Cars That Ate Paris The Coca-Cola Kid The Diaries Of Vaslav Nijinsky Molokai: The Story Of Father Damien Muriel`s Wedding
Chris Haywood Filmography

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Category: Actors  - ( Actors Archive)

Date Added: 06 December '10

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