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Francis Greenslade

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Francis Greenslade
Born (1962-10-03) 3 October 1962 (age 62)
Honiara, Solomon Islands
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present

Francis Greenslade (born 3 October 1962) is an Australian comedic actor and acting teacher.[1]

Early life

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Greenslade was born in Honiara, Solomon Islands to Australian parents. In the 1980s, Greenslade studied at the University of Adelaide where he first met Shaun Micallef. They performed together in the university's Footlights Club.[2] Greenslade was the president of the South Australian Debating Association (SADA) in 1992 and represented the University of Adelaide at the World Universities Debating Championship where he was the Best Speaker in 1988.[3]

Career

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Greenslade has performed with Micallef in many television shows including The Micallef Program, Welcher & Welcher, Micallef Tonight and Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell. They both also appeared in Full Frontal.[citation needed]

Greenslade has also appeared on children's comedy Pig's Breakfast, SeaChange, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, The Games and Marshall Law as well as in the 2003 Australian feature film Take Away (with Stephen Curry). He stars as Brian Gross in the Seven Network show Winners & Losers alongside Denise Scott who plays his on-screen wife Trish.[2]

Greenslade has appeared in numerous productions for the Malthouse Theatre, the Melbourne Theatre Company, Playbox Theatre, State Theatre Company of South Australia and the Magpie Theatre Company.[4]

Greenslade teaches acting including drama at The National Theatre Drama School[5] and at the Film & Television Studio International[6]

In 2015, Greenslade appeared in The Ex-PM, he then made an appearance in the Channel 9 television film Schapelle after Schapelle Corby's high profile legal case, where he played Alexander Downer.[7]

In 2022, Greenslade appeared in the Netflix series Irreverent playing Ron.[8][9]

Community work

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Greenslade was a guest host at The Impossible Orchestra: 24 Hour Concert where Australia and New Zealand musicians played a world-first 24-hour symphony concert to raise awareness of the Care Aware campaign.[10]

Personal life

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Greenslade and his wife, Louise, have three children.[2] He plays a range of musical instruments; the clarinet, keyboard, accordion, guitar, ukulele and recorder.[2] He is also a debater and has won various awards.[5]

Despite sharing a surname, he is not related to his Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell co-star Tosh Greenslade.[11][12]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Take Away Innkeeper
2012 10 Terrorists Alan Dean
2017 Lazy Bones Jack
2020 Out of Order Shaun
2021 Piñata The Man
TBA Yesterday Island Dusty Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1991 The River Kings Pastor Patterson Episode #1.4
1992 The New Adventures of Black Beauty Policeman Episode: "The Fugitive"
Ultraman: Towards the Future Episode: "Tourists from the Stars"
1994 The Damnation of Harvey McHugh Colin Episode: "Paint Your Bandwagon"
1995 Full Frontal Various characters 26 episodes
Janus Lange Episode: "Suicide by Cop"
1995–2003 Blue Heelers Various characters 5 episodes
1996 Shaun Micallef's World Around Him Todd Nugent Television film
Mercury Flustered Bloke Episode: "Every Picture Tells a Story"
1998 The Games Emmanuel Murdoch Episode: "A Conflict of Interest"
1998–2000 SeaChange Simmo 9 episodes
1998–2001 The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) Various characters 23 episodes
1999 Water Rats Ken Martin Episode: "A Woman of Substance"
1999–2000 Pig's Breakfast Martin Green TV series
2000 Introducing Gary Petty Edwin 6 episodes
2002 Marshall Law Gavin Duffy 4 episodes
2003 Welcher & Welcher Paul / Claude 8 episodes
2004 Fergus McPhail Eric Sponge Episode: "The Best Man for the Job"
2006 Real Stories Samuel Sutherland Episode #1.8
2007 All Saints Eddie Comfort Episode: "Lost & Found"
Bastard Boys Bill Kelly TV miniseries
2007–2008 Newstopia Various characters 6 episodes
2007, 2010 City Homicide Greg Cosgrove / Patrick Franklin 2 episodes
2009 Shaun Micallef's New Year's Rave Various TV special
The Librarians MC Episode: "My Rock"
East of Everything Episode: "Secrets and Lies"
2010 Bed of Roses Ray Mumprhrey Episode: "Mind the Gap"
Offspring Bad Doctor Episode: "Re-Unravel"
Sleuth 101 Mick Episode: "Performance Enhancing Death"
2011 The Bazura Project Cinema History Professor Episode: "Violence"
2011–2016 Winners & Losers Brian Gross 95 episodes
2012 Mrs Biggs Tam O'Leary Episode #1.5
2012–2022 Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell Various characters 172 episodes
2013 The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting Special Guest Episode #1.3
2014 It's a Date Guard Episode: "Should You Date Outside Your Comfort Zone?"
Schapelle Alexander Downer Television film
2015 Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane Judge 4 episodes
2015–2017 The Ex-PM Curtis 12 episodes
2016 Soul Mates Dr. Hackett 4 episodes
The Doctor Blake Mysteries Clayton Richardson Episode: "A Difficult Lie"
2017 The Leftovers Officer Gerard 2 episodes
2018 Jack Irish Kyle Molan Episode #2.5
Terry La Rue's Homegrown Masterclass Terry La Rue TV series
2021 Metro Sexual Bart Finley Episode: "The Tribunal"
2022 Irreverent Ron 10 episodes
2024 High Country Dr. Patrick Haber 2 episodes

Narration

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Greenslade is a narrator of audio books including:-

  • Death Delight by Gabrielle Lord
  • The Gizmo by Paul Jennings
  • 48 Shades of Brown by Nick Earls
  • The Art of War for Executives by Sun Tzu; Donald G. Krause
  • The Book of Secrets by Tom Harper
  • Lost temple by Tom Harper
  • Bachelor kisses by Nick Earls
  • Walter wants to be a werewolf! by Richard Harland
  • Lethal factor by Gabrielle Lord
  • HMAS Sydney by Tom Frame
  • Backs to the Wall by G.D. Mitchell

Theatre

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Melbourne Theatre Company

Sydney Theatre Company

  • Navigating

Playbox

  • Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee
  • Waking Eve
  • Competitive Tenderness
  • Babes in the Wood

Malthouse

State Theatre Company (SA)

Magpie Theatre

  • Funerals and Circuses
  • Chutney
  • Snap
  • Prince of Knumbskulls
  • Radio Dazef

Arena Theatre Company

Red Shed

Patch

  • Evensong for Antarctica

The Marat Pack

  • The Ages of Man
  • Bishop Takes Knight
  • As Time Goes By
  • Not One But Two

Other

Honours

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In 2017, Greenslade's portrait by artist/animator Phil Meatchem was a finalist in the Archibald Prize. The 153 x 117 cm portrait has him sitting on a couch dressed in a suit, looking out at the viewer, that Meatchem said was "inspired by the elegant Oscar-night celebrity portraits by photographer Mark Seliger."[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Francis Greenslade". tv.apple.com. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Francis Greenslade profile, au.gwn7.yahoo.com, 18 June 2012; retrieved 6 April 2013.
  3. ^ "World Universities Debating Championships Top Speakers". World Debating News. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. ^ Welcher and Welcher. ABC | Retrieved 11 April 2013
  5. ^ a b "Staff. The National Theatre Drama School | Retrieved 5 April 2013". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  6. ^ The Team. Film & Television Studio International |Retrieved 5 April 2013
  7. ^ Knox, David (24 May 2017). "Nine repeats Schapelle telemovie -on her first day home. | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  8. ^ Irreverent (Crime, Drama), Matchbox Pictures, Netflix, Peacock, 30 November 2022, retrieved 22 December 2022
  9. ^ Knox, David (2 December 2022). "Irreverent gets Kylie Bracknell's blessing | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  10. ^ What's On – The Impossible Orchestra. Arts Centre Melbourne |Retrieved 11 April 2013
  11. ^ Knox, David (12 July 2012). ""It's about the writing" says Mad as Hell's Roz Hammond". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  12. ^ Knox, David (28 August 2017). "Meet the man behind the loudest man on TV". TV Tonight. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  13. ^ Phil Meatchem: Aah yeah, that guy, Archibald Prize finalists, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2017-07-20
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