Edward Hayter

{{Short description|British actor and model}}

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| name = Edward Hayter

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| birth_name = Edward Hayter

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| birth_place = Muswell Hill, London, United Kingdom

| alma_mater = The Poor School

| occupation = Actor and model

| notable_works = To Dream (2016)
Will (2017)
Touching the Void (2018)

| years_active = 2013–present

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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),{{cite news |last1=Punter |first1=Andy |title=An Interview with Ed Hayter |url=https://readysteadycut.com/2019/04/02/an-interview-with-ed-hayter/ |access-date=24 September 2023 |work=Ready Steady Cut |date=1 April 2019}}{{cite news |title=Nicole Albarelli's debut feature - starring Ed Hayter |url=https://britishurbanfilmfestival.co.uk/tag/nicole-albarellis-debut-feature-starring-ed-hayter/ |access-date=24 September 2023 |work=BUFF |date=9 July 2018}} 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.{{cite web |title=WMIFF 2017 Winners |url=https://www.wmiff.net/notable-nominees |website=WMIFF |access-date=24 September 2023 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Nominees and Winners 2017 |url=https://britishurbanfilmfestival.co.uk/nominees-and-winners-2017/#patrons |website=BUFF |access-date=24 September 2023}}

He is also known for his portrayals of Sir Thomas Walsingham in the television series Will (2017),{{cite web |title=Will |url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av77850 |website=British Universities Film & Video Council |access-date=24 September 2023}}{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Edward Hayter |url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/edward-hayter/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=www.metacritic.com |language=en}} and of mountaineer Simon Yates in the play Touching the Void (2018) at the Bristol Old Vic.{{cite news |title=Touching The Void Rehearsal Images Released |url=https://bristololdvic.org.uk/blog/touching-the-void-rehearsal-images-released |access-date=24 September 2023 |work=Bristol Old Vic |date=23 August 2018 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Welsh |first1=Susan |title=Review: Touching the Void provides an edge-of-the-seat thrill in Inverness |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/entertainment/theatre/1700857/review-touching-the-void-provides-an-edge-of-the-seat-thrill-in-inverness/ |access-date=24 September 2023 |work=Press and Journal |date=15 March 2019}}

A graduate of The Poor School,{{cite web |title=Edward Hayter |url=https://bristololdvic.org.uk/profile/edward-hayter |website=Bristol Old Vic |access-date=24 September 2023 |language=en |date=22 September 2023}} he previously worked as a model for the Model 1 agency,{{cite news |last1=B |first1=Adriano |title=Luke & Ed |url=https://fuckingyoung.es/luke-ed/ |access-date=24 September 2023 |work=Fucking Young! |date=1 August 2013}}{{cite news |title=FuckingYoung聯手Luke Powell 和Ed Hayter 打造秋季造型錄 |url=https://www.adaymag.com/2013/08/02/luke-powell-and-ed-hayter-modeling-by-fucking-young.html |access-date=24 September 2023 |work=A Day Magazine |date=2 August 2013 |language=zh-TW}} and appeared in music videos for Catfish and the Bottlemen in 2014 and for Memtrix and Spor in 2015.{{cite news |title=Victoria Elmslee, Edward Hayter {{!}} Lead actor |url=https://www.promonews.tv/profiles/victoria-elmslee-edward-hayter/28393 |access-date=24 September 2023 |work=Promonews TV |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Darkest Hour {{!}} Memtrix & Spor Lyrics, Meaning & Videos |url=https://sonichits.com/video/Memtrix_%26_Spor/Darkest_Hour |website=Sonic Hits |access-date=24 September 2023 |language=en}}