Helmut Bakaitis

Early life Bakaitis was born in Dresden

Career

Bakaitis spent seven years with the Melbourne Theatre Company as an actor and head of the youth workshops, followed by stints with the Old Tote Theatre, the Sydney Theatre Company. and as co-director of Adelaide's Come Out Youth Festival. He subsequently studied a post-graduate diploma in Drama and Education at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and established youth programs in inner London.

On his return to Melbourne, he became founding artistic director of St Martins Youth Arts Centre, Melbourne, where he worked for 5 years, then the Director of the New Moon Company in Cairns for 3 years. Back in Sydney he became Director of Penrith's Q Theatre for 7 years, He then started teaching directing at Australian Academy of Dramatic Art (AADA), now the Australian Institute of Music – Dramatic Arts (AIMDA).

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Type 1971 Stork Clyde Feature film 1972 Shirley Thompson vs. the Aliens Harold Feature film 1985 I Can't Get Started Sidney TV film 2000 Drama School Himself 2001 The Farm Judge Wescott 2003 The Matrix Reloaded The Architect Feature film The Matrix Revolutions Feature film Syntax Error Doctor Short film 2005 The Illustrated Family Doctor John Feature film 2006 Happy Feet Live Action Cast Feature film 2009 Lucky Country Connolly Feature film2015 Truth Dick Thornburgh Feature film Crushed Sgt O'Reilly 2016 Hacksaw Ridge Minister Feature film 2018 Jack Irish Thornton Finch TV film

Television Year Title Role Type 1967–70 Homicide Larry Fenton / Tommy Fraser / Don Lambton TV series, 3 episodes "Taken Care Of", "Dead Shot", "The Living Death" 1987 Melba John Lemonne TV miniseries 1988 Home and Away George Morris TV series 1996 Police Rescue Dr. Mayfield TV series, episode: "Nobby's Place" 1997–99 Home and Away Peter Fraser TV series 1998 A Difficult Woman Chancellor #2 TV miniseries 2003 All Saints Salvator Forlano TV series, 3 episodes: "To Forgive, Divine", "Wrong Call", "Older and Wiser" 2005 The Surgeon Dr. Gearhardt TV series 2009 Satisfaction Marty Volkering TV series 2012 Howzat! Kerry Packer's War Bob Parish TV miniseries 2016 Rake Judge Barton TV series

As screenwriter Year Title Role Type 1972 Shirley Thompson vs. the Aliens Screenwriter Feature film

Theatre

As actor Year Title Role Type 1959 Hamlet Hamlet Fort Street High School, Sydney 1967 The Importance of Being Earnest Lane (Manservant) St Martins Theatre, Melbourne 1967 Moby Dick – Rehearsed Russell Street Theatre 1967 The Flower Children A Little Bourke Street Discotheque 1967 Death of a Salesman Russell Street Theatre 1967 A Flea in Her Ear Russell Street Theatre 1968 The Crucible Russell Street Theatre, Canberra Theatre, Tasmania 1968 The Magistrate Russell Street Theatre, Canberra Theatre, Mildura Arts Centre, Broken Hill, The King's Theatre Mt Gambier, Adelaide Teachers College Theatre 1968 Burke's Company Wills Russell Street Theatre 1968 The Man in the Glass Booth Russell Street Theatre 1968 Three Sisters Russell Street Theatre 1968 Major Barbara Russell Street Theatre 1969 Henry IV, Part 1 Edmund Mortimer Octagon Theatre, Perth, Keith Murdoch Court, Melbourne 1969 The Country Wife Russell Street Theatre, Canberra Theatre 1969 Loot Russell Street Theatre 1969 The Soldiers Russell Street Theatre, Canberra Theatre 1969 A Long View Russell Street Theatre 1969 Six Characters in Search of an Author Russell Street Theatre 1969 The Unknown Soldier and His Wife Russell Street Theatre 1969 Rookery Nook Russell Street Theatre 1970 The First Mrs Fraser Ninian Fraser St Martins Theatre, Melbourne 1970 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Shauva Russell Street Theatre 1970 Day of Glory Russell Street Theatre 1970 The Devils Russell Street Theatre 1970 Son of Man Russell Street Theatre 1970–71 All's Well That Ends Well Princess Theatre Melbourne, Canberra Theatre, Octagon Theatre, Perth 1971 King Lear Russell Street Theatre 1972 The Taming of the Shrew UNSW Parade Theatre, Canberra Theatre 1972 Macbeth UNSW Parade Theatre 1973 Crete and Sergeant Pepper Union Hall, Adelaide 1973 Measure for Measure Union Hall, Adelaide 1973 Occupations Arts Theatre, Adelaide 1973 Hans Kohlhaas Union Hall, Adelaide 1987 The Department Hans Seymour Centre with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust / Sydney Theatre Company 1989 Top Silk Paul Bradley Seymour Centre, Melbourne Athenaeum, Canberra Theatre, Playhouse Adelaide with Melbourne Theatre Company 1994 Dead City Belvoir Street Theatre 1995 King Lear Wharf Theatre, Q Theatre, Penrith, Orange Civic Theatre 1996 Pentecost Wharf Theatre 1996 Macbeth Wharf Theatre 1997 Pygmalion Glen Street Theatre 1999 Glory Cameo NIDA Theatre 2001 My Head Was a Sledgehammer The Professor Belvoir Street Theatre 2003 Sydney Symphony Superdome Spectacular Sydney Olympic Park 2006 The Illusion Darlinghurst Theatre 2006 No Names ... No Pack Drill Detective Browning Parade Theatre 2006 Now That Communism Is Dead My Life Feels Empty Voiceover artist Tower Theatre, Melbourne 2011 Titus Andronicus Wharf Theatre 2013 Liberty Equality Fraternity Walter Silverstein Ensemble Theatre 2020 Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Walter Silverstein Online – Australia: NSW

As writer / director Year Title Role Company / venues 1966, 1968 Pageant of Love Tree Playwright Russell Street Theatre, Victorian Country Tour 1968 The Titillators Director / playwright La Mama Theatre 1969 The Little Lady Steps Out Playwright La Mama Theatre 1970 Mutants Playwright Sydney 1971–72, 1975 The Incredible Mind-Blowing Trial of Jack Smith Playwright Melbourne, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, Traralgon, Playhouse Adelaide, Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator, Ipswich 1972 Shadows of Blood Playwright Nimrod Street Theatre 1974 The One Show Devisor / director Carclew Stables, Adelaide 1975 The Lay of Sir Orfeo Devisor / director Space Theatre, Adelaide 1975–76 Carlota and Maximilian Director / playwright Melbourne, Space Theatre Adelaide 1976 Le Chateau d'Hydro-Therapie Magnetique Playwright Jane Street Theatre 1979 The Sensational South Yarra Show Playwright / director St Martins Youth Arts Centre 1980 The Two Fiddlers Director Scott Theatre, Adelaide 1980 Cain's Hand Director Scott Theatre, Adelaide, St Martins Youth Arts Centre, Nimrod Upstairs 1981 A Sign in Space Playwright Theatre 62, Adelaide 1981 When Lips Collide Director / lyricist Playbox Theatre, Melbourne 1982 Sweaty Weather Director St Martins Youth Arts Centre 1983 The Incredible Mind-Blowing Trial of Jack Smith Writer St Michael's College, Adelaide 1983 Spring Awakening Director St Martins Youth Arts Centre 1983 La Dispute Adaptor St Martins Theatre 1983 Snuff Bingo Director St Martins Theatre 1984 Beach Blanket Tempest Director Townsville, Cairns Civic Theatre, Theatre Royal Mackay, Rockhampton, Mt Isa, Araluen Arts Centre, Playhouse Adelaide, Canberra Theatre, University of Sydney with New Moon Company 1984 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Director North Queensland tour with New Moon Company 1984 Key Largo Director North Queensland tour with New Moon Company 1985 Guys and Dolls Director North Queensland tour with New Moon Company 1985 On Our Selection Director North Queensland tour with New Moon Company 1985 Trumpets and Raspberries Director North Queensland tour with New Moon Company 1997 Mistletoe Magic Director / playwright Sydney Opera House 1988 A Different Drummer Director Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane 1990 Operation Holy Mountain Director Q Theatre, Penrith 1990 The Government Investigator Director Q Theatre, Penrith 1990 Rome Tremble – Crumbs from a Feast of Callas Director Wharf Theatre 1990 Beach Blanket Tempest Director Q Theatre, Penrith 1991 The Christian Brothers Director Ensemble Theatre, Q Theatre Penrith, University of Newcastle 1991 The Caretaker Director Q Theatre, Penrith 1991 The Killing of Sister George Director Q Theatre, Penrith 1991 Kenny's Coming Home Director Q Theatre, Penrith 1992 Better Known as Bee Director Q Theatre, Penrith 1992 Lipstick Dreams Director Q Theatre, Penrith 1993 Daylight Saving Director Q Theatre, Penrith 1993 Wet and Dry Director Q Theatre, Penrith 1993 Lumps Director Q Theatre, Penrith 1994 A Winning Day Director Q Theatre, Penrith 1995 Chair in a Landscape Director Q Theatre, Penrith 1996 Working: A Musical Director Glen Street Theatre 1998 The Curse of the House of Atreus Director NIDA Theatre 1999 Le Legs et La Dispute Director NIDA Theatre 1999 The Telephone / Wolfboy / The Post Office / The White Room Producer NIDA Theatre 1999 Meadowlark, Excerpts from The Baker's Wife / Dracula / Action Producer NIDA Theatre 1999 Glory Director NIDA Theatre 2000 The Ugly Man Director NIDA Theatre 2000 Variety, Vaudeville & Basic Burlesque Director (Australian Vaudeville) NIDA Theatre 2001 Titus Andronicus Director NIDA Theatre 2001 Goodnight Children Everywhere Director NIDA Theatre 2003 Antigone Director Parade Theatre 2005 Too Young for Ghosts Director NIDA