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, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Animal Kingdom and soap opera Paradise Beach.
Hayes received AFI and Film Critics Circle award nominations for best supporting actor in The Square (2009), and won Look Both Ways (2005) and Suburban Mayhem (2006).
[4] Joel Edgerton nicknamed him 'The King of Western Grit' during the shooting of The Square,[5] The moniker later became the name of a Facebook page, with a collection of movie posters with Hayes' face on them.
In April 2015, Hayes, with his partner, writer Polly Smyth, organised the #saveourboys video featuring celebrities including: Bryan Brown, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush, Joel Edgerton, Luke Hemsworth, Brendan Cowell and Peter Helliar.
[8] The video called upon Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to step up and secure the lives of reformed drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran in the last 24 hours before their execution.