Anthony Hayes (born 21 September 1977) is an Australian actor, best known for his roles in '' War Machine'', '' The Light Between Oceans'', '' The Slap'', '' Look Both Ways'', '' The Boys'', ''

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'', '' Animal Kingdom'' and soap opera '' Paradise Beach''.

Career

Apart from acting in numerous films and television shows, he also wrote, directed and produced the films '' Ten Empty'' (2008), ''New Skin'' (2002) and ''Sweet Dreams'' (2002). ''Ten Empty'' had its World Premiere at the

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(2008). The screenplay was nominated for 2007 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Award. ''New Skin'' (2002) won the Dendy Award at the 2002

and won Hayes an IF Award as best emerging director. ''Sweet Dreams'' (2002) was voted most popular film by the audience at the

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in 2003. Hayes also earned

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and Film Critics Circle award nominations for ''The Boys''. Hayes received AFI and Film Critics Circle award nominations for best supporting actor in ''The Square'' (2009), and won for ''Look Both Ways'' (2005) and ''Suburban Mayhem'' (2006). He is a co-founder of Rogue Stars Productions with fellow actors

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and Leland Kean in 1999. Although primarily a screen actor, Hayes does voice over work as well.

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nicknamed him "The King of Western Grit" during the shooting of '' The Square'', The moniker later became the name of a

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page, with a collection of movie posters with Hayes' face on them. Anthony co-wrote the film ''

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'' with writer Polly Smyth. It stars Zac Efron, Susie Porter and himself. He directed and produced it through his company Rogue Star Pictures. The film was shot in South Australia in 2020.

Activism

In April 2015, Hayes, with his partner Writer Polly Smyth, organised the #saveourboys video featuring celebrities including:

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, Luke Hemsworth,

and

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. The video called upon Australian

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to step up and secure the lives of reformed drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran in the last 24 hours before their execution. In the video, Hayes himself said: "show some ticker Tony Abbott. Get to Indonesia. It's your job." The video went viral and amassed much support on social media. Despite many stating the government had done all it can leading up to their deaths, it was later claimed by human rights lawyer

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QC that a number of avenues could have been taken.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

TV

Director, writer and producer

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Official website - Anthony HayesEM Voices - Anthony Hayes
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