Background
Haywood was born in Billericay, Essex, England.
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 American Broadcasting Company 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. 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, Manitoba of Flowers, Quigley Down Under, The Clinic (1982) Lonely Hearts, The Manitoba From Snowy River, Strikebound, Malcolm, The Bit Participant, Golden Braid, A Woman"s Tale, The First Kangaroos, Muriel"s Wedding, Shine, Beneath Hill 60 and Sleeping Beauty (2011). credits as an Art Director: Force Of Destiny (2015) cr as Casting Director: The Crater (2015) cr as Producer: The Media Project directed by Peter Watkins (1991).
His performances have been honoured with three from the Australian 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 Critics Circle Award for Kiss or Kill and the Asian Festival Award for In Search of Anna. He garnered three Logie for his work on television-for Essington, Good Thing Going and Janus. Most recently he won the Best Actor award at the Tampa Bay Festival in Florida.
