Francis Greenslade
| Francis Greenslade | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
3 October 1962 Honiara, Solomon Islands | ||
| Nationality | Australian | ||
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide | ||
| Occupation | Actor | ||
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Francis Greenslade (born 3 October 1962 in Honiara, Solomon Islands) is an Australian comedic actor. He also teaches acting.
Early life
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.[1]
Career
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.
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.[1]
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.[2]
Greenslade teaches acting including drama at The National Theatre Drama School[3] and at the Film & Television Studio International[4]
Community work
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.[5]
Personal life
Greenslade is married and he and his wife, Louise, have 3 children.[1] He plays a range of musical instruments; clarinet, keyboard, accordion, guitar, ukulele and recorder.[1] He is also a debater and has won various awards.[3]
Filmography
Movies
- Keeper
- Introducing Gary Petty
- Theatre Sports
- Fergus McPhail
Television
- East of Everything
- Winners & Losers
- The Bazura Project
- The Librarians
- All Saints
- City Homicide
- Newstopia
- Soul Mates
- Bastard Boys
- Marshall Law
- Micallef Programme
- Micallef Tonight
- Pig's Breakfast
- Blue Heelers
- SeaChange
- Water Rats
- The Games
- Full Frontal
Narration
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
Melbourne Theatre Company
- The Madwoman of Chaillot
- Urinetown
- Things We Do for Love
- Man the Balloon
- Blabbermouth
- The Odd Couple
Sydney Theatre Company
- Navigating
Playbox
- Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee
- Waking Eve
- Competitive Tenderness
- Babes in the Wood
Malthouse
- Optimism
- The Odyssey
- Tartuffe
State Theatre Company (SA)
- The Club
- School for Scandal
- Così
- The Tempest
- Accidental Death of an Anarchist
- Marat/Sade
- The Comedy of Errors
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
References
- 1 2 3 4 Francis Greenslade profile, au.gwn7.yahoo.com, 18 June 2012; retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ↑ Welcher and Welcher. ABC | Retrieved 11 April 2013
- 1 2 Staff. The National Theatre Drama School | Retrieved 5 April 2013
- ↑ The Team. Film & Television Studio International | Retrieved 5 April 2013
- ↑ What's On - The Impossible Orchestra. Arts Centre Melbourne | Retrieved 11 April 2013