Justin K Hayward

Justin K Hayward is an actor, voice artist, producer and award-winning writer based in the South of England.

He can be seen in the upcoming biopic ‘Vindication Swim’, the story of Mercedes Gleitze and her attempts to become the first woman to swim the Channel in 1927. The film will be in cinemas in the UK from 8th March 2023.

Justin trained as a choral singer before moving in to musical theatre in the late 1980’s.

Since returning to the profession after a break working in corporate communications, Justin enjoys a varied list of credits, spanning TV & Film, stage and audio plays.

Justin is also an award-winning screenplay writer. Current projects include female-led horror screenplay ‘Ghost Species‘, female-led heist thriller ‘12 Hours 2 Steal‘ and home invasion thriller ‘First Foot’.

He can be found on IMDb and LinkedIn. For casting professionals, please see Spotlight and vShowcards.

Justin can be seen as Leonard Clay in the mulit-award-winning biopic ‘Vindication Swim’ directed by Elliott Hasler.

Additionally, he can be found playing the role of Collins in the thriller ‘Escape‘ by Howard J Ford as well as Detective Alex Briggs in the lockdown horror ‘The Lockdown Hauntings‘ by Howard, released by Altitude Films. He also plays Michael in the debut folk-horror feature film ‘Are We Monsters‘ by Seb Cox, which premiered at the Arrow Frightfest Film Festival in London. He also plays Marric in Aidan Crowley’s multi award-winning ‘The Haunting of the Midshipman‘, for which he won a Best Supporting Actor award.

Upcoming work includes ‘The Black-Eyed Children‘, a found footage horror by József Gallai.

Additionally, he has recorded audio plays, ‘Ella’ and ‘The Other Side of the World’ for Simon Moorhead’s TBC Audio as well as ‘The Birds are Feeding Me’ for Sophie Flack’s Funfight at the OK Corona!

Corporate work includes voiceovers for Credit Suisse and immersive experience videos for Knockhatch Adventure Park.

Justin is also a writer and producer at Drop Dead Films and is currently working on a horror feature with Director John Langridge ‘Charlie Shaw’s Revenge‘ (working title).