Edward Hayter

Edward Hayter (born in Muswell Hill, London) is a British actor and model, best known for his leading performance in the independent film To Dream (2016),^[1][2] for which he received the World Music & Independent Film Festival Award for Best Actor in a Feature Film and was nominated for a British Urban Film Festival Award for Best Actor, both in 2017.^[3][4]

Edward Hayter
Born	Edward Hayter Muswell Hill, London, United Kingdom
Alma mater	The Poor School
Occupation(s)	Actor and model
Years active	2013–present
Notable work	To Dream (2016) Will (2017) Touching the Void (2018)

He is also known for his portrayals of Sir Thomas Walsingham in the television series Will (2017),^[5][6] and of mountaineer Simon Yates in the play Touching the Void (2018) at the Bristol Old Vic.^[7][8]

A graduate of The Poor School,^[9] he previously worked as a model for the Model 1 agency,^[10][11] and appeared in music videos for Catfish and the Bottlemen in 2014 and for Memtrix and Spor in 2015.^[12][13]

Selected credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	An Open Letter To Dominic	Dominic	Short film	[14]
2015	More Hate Than Fear	Graffiti artist	Short film	[15]
2016	To Dream	Luke	World Music & Independent Film Festival Award for Best Actor in a Feature Film (2017) Nominated – British Urban Film Festival Award for Best Actor (2017)	[16]
2018	Burning Men	Ray		[17]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Ref.
2017	Will	Sir Thomas Walsingham	TNT	[5]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
2018	Touching the Void	Simon Yates	Bristol Old Vic	[18]

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist	Ref.
2014	"Cocoon"	Catfish and the Bottlemen	[12]
2015	"Darkest Hours"	Memtrix and Spor	[13]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2017	World Music & Independent Film Festival	Best Actor	To Dream	Won	[3]
2017	British Urban Film Festival	Best Actor	To Dream	Nominated	[4]