Anthony Hayes born 21 September 1977 is an Australian actor best known for his role as Jack McLeod in the acclaimed Australian series McLeods Daughters Apart from acting in numerous films and television shows he also wrote directed and produced the films Ten Empty 2008 New Skin 2002 and Sweet Dreams 2002 Ten Empty had its World Premiere at the Sydney Film Festival 2008 The screenplay was nominated for 2007 Queensland Premiers Literary Awards and 2008 Victorian Premiers Literary Award New Skin 2002 won the Dendy Award at the 2002 Sydney Film Festival and won Hayes an IF Award as best emerging director Sweet Dreams 2002 was voted most popular film by the audience at the St Kilda Film Festival in 2003 Hayes also earned AFI and Film Critics Circle award nominations for The Boys Hayes received AFI and Film Critics Circle award nominations for best supporting actor in The Square 2009 and won for Look Both Ways 2005 and Suburban Mayhem 2006 He is a cofounder of Rogue Stars Productions with fellow actors Brendan Cowell and Leland Kean in 1999 Joel Edgerton nicknamed him The King of Western Grit during the shoorting of The Square The moniker later became the name of a Facebook page with a collection of movie posters with Hayes face on them Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Hayes licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia