Biography
Anthony Hayes (born 21 September 1977) is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Jack McLeod in the acclaimed Australian series McLeod's Daughters. 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 Sydney Film Festival (2008). The screenplay was nominated for 2007 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and 2008 Victorian Premier's Liter...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Better Man
2024
as Chris Briggs
Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achieveme...

Gold
2022
as Keith
In the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense we...

Gold
2022
Producer, Screenplay, Director
In the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense we...

Total Control
2019
as Damien Bauer
Alex Irving, an Indigenous woman, gets media attention after her heroic action. Her life then changes when the prime minister recruits her as a senato...

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
2019
as Lieutenant Colonel Colin Townsend
Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North....

Cargo
2017
as Vic
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.

War Machine
2017
as Pete Duckman
A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true stor...

The Light Between Oceans
2016
as Sergeant Vernon Knuckey
A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

Redfern Now: Promise Me
2015
as Daryl Hopkins
Two young women are raped on their way home. The story follows the lives of both women and the different ways they deal with the crime.

The Rover
2014
as Sgt. Rickofferson
Ten years after a severe economic collapse in the western world, lawlessness reigns and life is cheap. Eric is a lone drifter, and his car is his only...

Healing
2014
as Warren
Viktor Kahdem is a man who has almost given up on life, sentenced to a low-security prison farm, a completely non-threatening environment where it is ...

The Broken Shore
2013
as Rick Hopgood
An evocative crime thriller that captures the chilling action and sharp wit of Peter Temple's acclaimed novel The Broken Shore. In this gripping adapt...

Jack Irish: Bad Debts
2012
as Vin McKillop
Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investi...

The King Is Dead!
2012
as Escobar
A happy, unsuspecting couple, Max (Dan Wyllie) and Therese (Bojana Novakovic), buy a house in what appears to be a quiet, friendly neighbourhood. Sett...

Dumpy Goes to the Big Smoke
2012
as Portly
Dumpy a strange, cat-obsessed figure in a gold dress, who dreams of escaping to the big smoke. When a pleasant stranger appears, needing help to chang...

Beaconsfield
2012
as Pat Ball
On Anzac Day 2006 the Beaconsfield mine collapsed, trapping Russell, Webb and fellow miner Larry Knight one kilometre underground. When it was reveale...

Burning Man
2011
as Brian
An English chef with a chic restaurant on Bondi Beach trying to put his life and his relationship with his son back on track while surrounded by women...

Griff the Invisible
2011
Thanks
Griff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his pas...

Animal Kingdom
2010
as Detective Justin Norris
Joshua “J” is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose. The clan, ruled by J’s scheming grandmother, is heavily involved i...

Beneath Hill 60
2010
as William McBride
The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. I...

Prime Mover
2009
as Businessman, Salesman, Foreman & Mechanic
A long haul truckie who finds that the reality of his existence is far removed from his youthful dreams of owning and driving his own prime mover.

Ten Empty
2008
Co-Producer, Director, Writer
A disillusioned son's trip home is complicated when ten years of family secrets explode over one weekend.

The Square
2008
as Greg 'Smithy' Smith
Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps l...

The List
2008
as Dale
After making wrong choices, Dale has found himself on a dark path: one of violence and crime. Earmarked to commit a murder, he is already dispassionat...

Newcastle
2008
as Danny
17-year old Jesse lives in the shadow of his older brother Victor's failure to become surfing's Next Big Thing. Even when he's in his natural habitat ...

West
2007
as Kenwood
Pete and Jerry are cousins living in Sydney's Western Suburbs, where life consists of drinking, getting stoned, getting in fights and hanging out. But...

Suburban Mayhem
2006
as Kenny
Can you really get away with murder? Welcome to the world of Katrina, a 19-year-old single mum who's planning to do just that. Katrina lives in a worl...

Look Both Ways
2005
as Andy Walker
During one unusually hot weekend, four friends struggle after hearing some life-changing news.

BlackJack: Sweet Science
2004
as Brad Anderson
Jack investigates a gangland execution at a children’s football game twelve years ago.

Ned Kelly
2003
as Sergeant Kennedy
After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the bi...

Alice
2003
as Ben
The story of a young couple who are expecting their first baby. We see Amanda’s anxiety and trepidation at the impending change in her life, and what ...

Heroes' Mountain
2002
as Woody
The story of Stuart Diver, the only person to survive the 1997 Thredbo tragedy that came about when a landslide engulfed a ski lodge situated in Austr...

Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002
as The Fence Builder
In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.

Bootmen
2000
as Huey
Sean Odkin loves to dance—much to his fathers distain. When the woman he loves cannot return his love, he goes in search of the only thing that can ma...

The Sugar Factory
1999
as Marlo
With his distinctive voice and unusual view of life, Harris takes us through his story: a harrowing journey of humour, grief, resolution and redemptio...

The Boys
1998
as Stevie Sprague
Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and...

Twisted
1997
as Damien (segment 'Third Party')
Four unsuspecting victims find themselves beyond "The Twilight Zone" in a twisted and altered reality: an airline passenger thinks he's lost his ident...