Chris Haywood

Acting

Chris Haywood

Born 1948-07-24 · Billericay, Essex, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Chris Haywood (born 24 July 1948) is an English-born, Australian-based film and television actor/producer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Haywood, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The Man from Snowy River poster
7.0

Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the lowlands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet.

The Man from Snowy River

1982

Sleeping Beauty poster
5.4

A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.

Sleeping Beauty

2011

Quigley Down Under poster
6.7

American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even American expatriate Crazy Cora can't keep Quigley safe in his cat-and-mouse game with the homicidal Marston.

Quigley Down Under

1990

Muriel's Wedding poster
6.8

Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father, Muriel has never even been on a date. Ostracized by her more socially adept friends, Muriel runs into fellow outcast Rhonda Epinstalk, and the two move from their small Australian town to the big city of Sydney, where Muriel changes her name and begins the arduous task of redesigning her life to match her fantasies.

Muriel's Wedding

1994

Boar poster
5.3

In the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need for blood and destruction. It cares for none, defends its territory with brutal force, and kills with a raw, animalistic savagery unlike any have seen before.

Boar

2018

Shine poster
7.4

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

Shine

1996

Breaker Morant poster
7.1

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not progress as smoothly as expected by the General Staff, as the defence puts up a strong fight in the courtroom.

Breaker Morant

1980

Jindabyne poster
5.4

Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends when they discover the body of a murdered girl.

Jindabyne

2006

Dirt Music poster
6.3

Georgie is slowly suffocating in a loveless marriage to fishing tycoon Jim Buckridge. Handsome poacher Lu is an irresistible symbol of the excitement she craves. A passionate affair follows that reveals the dark secrets in Lu’s past and forces him to take flight into the blistering heat of the outback. Georgie follows, determined to find him and bring him back.

Dirt Music

2020

Attack Force Z poster
5.9

Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, Captain Kelly and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the secret to peace.

Attack Force Z

1982

Return to Nim's Island poster
6.5

Fourteen year old Nim, more determined than ever to protect her island and all the wildlife that call it home, faces off against resort developers and animal poachers. Soon she realizes she can’t depend on her animal cohorts alone and must make her first human friend – Edmund, who’s run away to the island from the mainland – to save her home.

Return to Nim's Island

2013

Razorback poster
5.9

In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.

Razorback

1984

Beneath Hill 60 poster
6.8

The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, technology and science. Few on the surface knew of the brave, claustrophobic and sometimes barbaric work of these tunnellers.

Beneath Hill 60

2010

Sweet Talker poster
5.3

When scam artist Harry Reynolds gets out of jail, he makes his way to the depressed coastal village of Beachport, where according to local myth, an old Portuguese treasure ship lies buried in the sand. Harry is an old pro at manipulating this situation to his best advantage, but never anticipates how deeply he will be affected by the relationship he develops with a young boy and his mother. A delightful tale of greed, gullibility and grandiose schemes, "Sweet Talker" is a romantic comedy for everyone in the family.

Sweet Talker

1991

Paradise Found poster
6.5

Paradise Found is a biography about the painter Paul Gauguin. Focusing on his personal conflict between citizen life and his family life and the art scene in Frane. In an incredible imagery montage Gauguin manages to make a successful living in the South Pacific, while being in opposition to France.

Paradise Found

2003

The Spa poster
6.8

When retiree Don declares he no longer wants the new spa he’s just ordered, Ivan the deliveryman suspects there’s more to the story than Don is willing to admit.

The Spa

2015

The Cars That Ate Paris poster
5.6

After surviving a car accident, a young man finds himself trapped in the isolated town of Paris, where the local economy depends on deliberately causing crashes and salvaging the wreckage. As he becomes entangled in the town’s routines, tensions between its residents and a rebellious group of youths begin to surface.

The Cars That Ate Paris

1974

No artwork available
8.0

Neville and Blake, a father and son coming to terms with the loss of their wife and mother Mary. When Neville is diagnosed as terminally ill his son Blake returns from boarding school and their unresolved feelings of loss re-surface. An unconventional and unique film that uses music and poetry as the narrative rather than dialogue, creating an emotionally insightful human drama.

The Widower

2004

The Boys Are Back poster
6.3

When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and other parents, he develops his own philosophies on parenting.

The Boys Are Back

2009

The Interviewer poster
7.0

Thomas Howell gets more than he bargained for at his interview with a prestigious law firm; an insult about his tie, a rendition of Harry Potter and the chance to change the lives of father and son.

The Interviewer

2012

Love You Like That poster
6.6

Cupids arrow has hit the coastal town of Seafront Sands. A lonely soul will discover a secret about the love we all share for the first time.

Love You Like That

2021

Kiss or Kill poster
4.5

Two lovers, Nikki and Al, have a scam in which Nikki allows herself to be picked up by older men, drugs them, and, with Al's help, robs them. After accidentally killing one of her victims with an overdose, Nikki and Al are on the run.

Kiss or Kill

1997

Swerve poster
5.4

Driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin takes a short cut and comes across a fatal road accident. One of the drivers, Jina, is shaken but unhurt; the other has been killed instantly. Beside the dead body is a briefcase full of money, which Colin turns in to the local police. But getting out of town proves a nightmare, as Colin's good deed causes a series of bizarre events to unfold.

Swerve

2012

Subterano poster
3.6

Eleven souls, trapped in an underground carpark, are attacked by deadly, remote controlled toys. Only a few will survive.

Subterano

2003

Behind the camera