Tom Haywood

Thomas Richard Haywood was born in Liverpool on the 21st August in 1993, he was the first born of his mother Joanna Martin (Haywood) and his father Kevin Kinsley, he is the eldest of all his siblings. Haywood spent most of his early childhood living with his grandparents 'June & Rick' Haywood, while he attended 'Our Lady of the Assumption' Catholic Primary School, by the age of 8, he started living with his mother, and was moved to 'St. Gregory's' Catholic Primary School in Netherley, Liverpool. He attended 'Halewood College" for his secondary education, where he was a member of the 'Halewood College' Basketball Team and took after school acting classes, he also gained an A* in Drama during his time there. After leaving school, at the age of 16, Haywood studied BTEC 'Public Services' Level 3 in 'KCC Roby College', It was during this time that he started to find his passion for acting, taking part in student films, short comedies and theatre workshops. Upon finishing his course, he took the decision not to enroll to University to study Criminology, to focus on pursuing his goal to become a professional actor. Haywood also had a passion for 'Professional Wrestling', at the age of 16, he was referred to a training academy called 'Runcorn Wrestling Academy' run by Andrew Baker (Andreas Rossi) he made his in-ring debut in 2010 under his character persona 'Tommy Hayden' and has performed on many shows up and down the country over the years. Throughout the years Tom has worked on countless Film & TV projects, most of his early work was for Student Films, from 2016 he was receiving work as an 'Extra' on soap opera's such as; Hollyoaks. He has performed as a 'Scare Actor' for 'Contained' a scare attraction based in Liverpool for the Halloween Season since 2017, and has recently joined the 'MINT' Casting agency, he landed his first lead role for the indie film "BottleNeck" in 2018.