Helmut Bakaitis is attached to the world of acting in both performing, directing and screen-writing. He was born in Lauban, Silesia, Germany (later became Luban, Poland). He moved to Australia, where he was educated in Sydney at the Fort Street High School. On the steps of the Sydney War Memorial, Helmut participated in a school production of ...
Retired as the Head of Directing at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney, Australia [December 2007]
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Best known to American audiences as the Architect in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. He was cast in the part after the original choice, Sean Connery, declined.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Out of the Shadows
post-production
Father Joe Phillips
Hacksaw Ridge
2016
Minister
Rake
2016
TV Series
Judge Barton
The Weekend Shift
2016
TV Series
Al
Truth
2015
Dick Thornburgh
Crushed
2015/I
Sgt O'Reilly
Reg Makes Contact
2015
Short
Reg
Howzat! Kerry Packer's War
2012
TV Mini-Series
Bob Parish
Falling Fowl
2010
Short
Frank Fowl
Satisfaction
2009
TV Series
Marty Volkering
Dark Frontier
2009
Connolly
The Art of Darts & Dying
2009
Short
Henry Dalton
Single Sexy Bilingual
2007
Short
Father
Courting Hope
2007
Short
Maitre d'
Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance
2007
Plastic Surgeon
Happy Feet
2006
Live Action Cast
What's the Matter?
2006
Short
Dr Glass
The Surgeon
2005
TV Series
Dr. Gearhardt
The Fabulous Adventure of Mr Money: The Diary of an Entrepreneur
2005
Short
The Traveller
The Illustrated Family Doctor
2005
John
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
2005
Short
Doctor Claude Belgon (voice)
The Eye Inside
2005
Short
Dr Charcot
Syntax Error
2003
Short
Doctor
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
The Architect
All Saints
2003
TV Series
Salvatore Forlano
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
The Architect
The Farm
2001
TV Mini-Series
Judge Wescott
Home and Away
1988-1999
TV Series
George Morris / Peter Fraser
Has Beans
1998
Short
Lima Beans
A Difficult Woman
1998
TV Mini-Series
Chancellor #2
Police Rescue
1996
TV Series
Dr. Mayfield
Great Performances
1988
TV Series
John Lemmone
I Can't Get Started
1985
Sidney
Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens
1972
Harold
Stork
1971
Clyde
Division 4
1970
TV Series
Tony Potter
Homicide
1967-1970
TV Series
Larry Fenton / Batholomew / Tommy Fraser / ...
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens
1972
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Matrix Reloaded: The Exiles
2004
Video documentary
Himself
Drama School
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself (as Helmut Bakaitu)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Matrix: Path of Neo
2005
Video Game
Architect
Known for movies
The Matrix Revolutions (2003) as The Architect
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) as The Architect
Happy Feet (2006) as Live Action Cast
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005) as Doctor Claude Belgon
$1.1 Million
