Chris Haywood
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Chris Haywood 24 July 1948 Billericay, Essex, England, UK |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Spouse(s) | Wendy Hughes (?-?), Gillian Deakin, Aireen Diego (1 child) |
| Children | Charlotte, Felix, Rose, Coco |
| Awards | AFIA: Best Actor xxxxx 19xx and 20xx |
Chris Haywood (born 24 July 1948) is an English Australian-based film and television actor/producer.
Haywood was born in Billericay, Essex, England. 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. 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 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. Chris is the Patron of the Friends of Waverley Library where he inaugurated the Waverley Library Literary Award, 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.
Film credits as an actor include: The Cars That Ate Paris, Newsfront, In Search of Anna, Kostas, Breaker Morant, The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey, Running on Empty, Man of Flowers, Quigley Down Under, The Clinic (1982) Lonely Hearts, The Man From Snowy River, Strikebound, Malcolm, The Bit Part, Golden Braid, A Woman's Tale, The First Kangaroos, Muriel's Wedding, Shine, Beneath Hill 60 and Sleeping Beauty (2011). "Razorback" (1983), "Freedom" (Directed by Scott Hicks) (1981), Love is Now (2014),
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